This brief tutorial will show you how to install Microsoft True Type Core Fonts in Ubuntu easily. Fonts such as Ariel, Black Ariel, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, and Time New Roman can be installed and used in Ubuntu Lucid. This tutorial will show you how to do that.
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As with our previous tutorials, we try to make our tutorials so easy, even a newbie shouldn’t find it difficult to follow. Yes, I will agree that we sometimes over do it, but that’s why we’re here, to provide easy to read and understand computer tutorials for beginners as well as geeks.
In brief tutorial, I’ll show you how to upgrade packages in PCLinuxOS 2009.2 from your hard drive.
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Ubuntu Tweak is an application that lets you customize Ubuntu’s many options with ease from a single control panel. It provides many settings options to configure your Ubuntu splash screen, Trash Bin, Applications, and other security settings without knowing much about Ubuntu’s commands. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install Ubuntu Tweak to customize your system.
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This is part of our new series geared towards Linux beginners. Our goal is to make your computing life as easy as it can be by providing you with easy to read and understand tutorials for both Windows and Linux.
Today, we’ll continue and show you how to install and remove programs in Ubuntu Linux with Synaptic Package Manager.
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Many PC users around the world would like to experience the stability and security of the Linux Operating System. However, getting them to install Linux is the most difficult part. For many, it’s because they can’t afford a second PC to install Linux. Others want to try Linux but don’t know how or how easily it can be done.
In this simple-to-follow tutorial, I will show you how to run a full edition of Knoppix Linux onto your Windows machine from a CD or DVD drives without affecting or modifying the machine. Running Knoppix from a CD/DVD makes it easy to experience all that Linux has to offer in terms of security, stability, and usability without actually disturbing your Windows Operating System.
Knoppix is a free Linux OS and applications compressed and packaged onto a CD or DVD that boots and runs entirely from the CD or DVD drives of your computer. It includes most of the applications and software that make up the Linux OS. Knoppix is known by Linux enthusiasts as the distribution of choice for newcomers. It allow newcomers to test and try Linux before actually installing it.
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