by Richard W | Mar 4, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
The Linux Kernel has just been updated to a stable version 3.8.2 of the 3.8 mainline. This version is a maintenance release that fixes some issues or bugs and added enhancements in other areas. These fixes include, a validation feature (efivarfs) that performs a...
by Richard W | Mar 3, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Regularly updating your computers with security patches and installing security programs to protect yourself are good habits to keep when using Ubuntu. To make sure your information and your computer are safe and secure, you must take these basic precautions. One area...
by Richard W | Mar 1, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
VirtualBox has just been updated to version 4.2.8 for Windows, Mac and Linux systems, including Ubuntu. This maintenance release fixes many bugs, including one that crashes a guest machine with huge amount of guest RAM on VT-x hosts and another that corrupts data...
by Richard W | Feb 26, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
Evernote is a popular online note-taking service that lets you remember things big and small from your life using your computer, smart phone, tablet and from the web. It has client for Windows, Android, Apple OS X but none for Linux systems. And that’s where Everpad...
by Richard W | Feb 22, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
NetBeans version 7.3 has been just been released with new features and support for HEML5 with automatic code completion elements for HTML5 called Project Easel. This feature enhances the “development experience with client side Web applications that utilize the HTML5...