This brief tutorial show you how to quickly upgrade from openSUSE 11.2 to 11.3 with ease if you haven’t already done so. As you may already know, openSUSE 11.3 was released yesterday and if you want to take advantage of the new release, this tutorial will show you how to do that.
This brief tutorial will show you how to remove or disable the lock out screensaver password prompts in Ubuntu Maverick. If security is not your main concern and want to get rid of the password prompts to resume your previous session, then this tutorial will show you how to do it.
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Tags: GNOME, Linux, OpenSUSE, Operating system, Screensaver, Ubuntu (operating system)
This quick tutorial will show you how to open nautilus or launch programs in openSUSE (Gnome) as root. If you’re familiar with Ubuntu, you know that normal users can launch nautilus or programs as root by running ‘gksu’ in the Run Application dialog box. This brief tutorial will show you how to accomplish the same in openSUSE.
Secure DNS Servers are mostly free DNS services from companies that help resolve your DNS (Domain Name System) queries through their network of redundant servers. If you don’t know what DNS is, it is a network service that allow your PC find names of websites online. Since computers only communicate in binary numbers, DNS servers translate those numbers into words like facebook.com so you don’t have to type binary numbers in order to go to facebook.com. Now, every PC has one or more DNS servers assigned to it once it is connected to the Internet. Some are secured while others are not. This article shows you a list of some secure DNS providers that you can use to protect yourself online.
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If you want to create a wallpaper slideshow of your custom images automatically in Ubuntu, Fedora or openSUSE, then this tutorial will introduce to a cool script called Gnome Wallpaper Slideshow that will help you do just that easily. It allows you to define a folder where it looks for your images to display as backgrounds.
This brief tutorial will show you how to move the top panel in Ubuntu to the bottom. If you’re used to starting applications from the bottom menu in other operating systems like Windows and KDE desktop systems, then this tutorial will show you how to move it to the bottom.
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We have written a lot on file sharing between Windows and openSUSE in the past. This is another complete tutorial to that will show you how to share files/folders and printer between all editions of Windows and openSUSE.
This brief tutorial will show you how to disable or enable system services in openSUSE Linux quickly and easily. If you allow unnecessary program services to run in the background when you start openSUSE Linux, sooner than later, your computer performance may suffer.
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