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How To Setup vsftpd FTP on Ubuntu Linux

This tutorial will show you how to set up your own ftp in Ubuntu Linux. With it, you can make your own file storage server, file storage ...more

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How To Move from Windows to Linux

A suggestive guide on how to move from Windows to Linux. Get a taste of Linux without disrupting your Windows installation. Choose a Linux ...more

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How To Learn to Use Linux

Most computers these days run some version of Microsoft Windows, but many servers and desktop computers are starting to run Linux, a free ...more

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How To Install iPod Linux on a 4G or Nano using Windows and the Johnny West Installer

Like many iPod owners you may have become interested in installing the ...more

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How To Assign an IP Address on a Linux Computer

Linux is the free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Windows and Mac. The operating system itself can be chopped down entirely to a raw ...more

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How To Install Java on Linux

Java is a very useful program to have on your computer. Follow one of these easy methods to install it on your GNU/Linux machine. Manual ...more

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How To Install Arch Linux

Arch Linux is a lightweight distribution of Linux, optimized for Intel i686 and x86-64 processors and designed for use by experienced ...more

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How To Install Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is the most popular Linux operating system distribution. Before you start, choose a flavour of Ubuntu and if you want a text or ...more

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How To Create a Live Linux DVD from Fedora CD ISOs

This is a how to for creating an installable Fedora DVD from the 4 Fedora CD images (ISOs). Extract all the files from Discs 2,3,4, into ...more

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How To Install Knoppix Linux

Knoppix is a "live distribution" of Linux which requires no install. No changes are made to the hard disk drive and its therefore quite good ...more

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How To Use File Permissions in Linux

This guide is to those who really need help starting to change permissions on files and folders in any Linux Kernel for this demo I will be ...more

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How To Set Paths, Colors, Fonts & Aliases on a Linux System on a Macintosh

Are you used to using a Linux machine and recently switched to Mac? If ...more

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How To Create a Stop Motion Animation

If you were wondering how they create movies such as Wallace and Gromit or those groovy Lego shorts on YouTube , your search is over ...more

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How To Remove Spyware

Let's face it, the internet is a Mecca of pornography, viruses, and spyware, especially if you run a Windows computer. Spyware is on the ...more

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How To Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from Starting

This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system (without ...more

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How To Install Software in Ubuntu

Want to install programs you want, but because you are new to Linux, don't understand how it works? This article will show you how to ...more

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How To Create an Event for a C Sharp Class

Many C# programmers use events in other classes by attaching event handlers to them but have you ever wanted to implement your own event(s ...more

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How To Choose Between an Apple Macintosh and Other PCs

Which platform do you want to run? This guide will help you with your ...more

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How To Do a Remote Shutdown for a PC on a LAN

Do you need to shutdown a server or other remote computer? Need to do this from the convenience of your own PC? Here's how to shutdown a ...more

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How To Migrate to Open Source Software

Migrating to open source is not difficult; much open source software is available on Windows, so you won't have to switch to Linux if you ...more

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How To Buy a New Computer

Whether you need it for home, school or your business, a new computer can be a major purchase. There are a lot of factors to consider like ...more

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How To Record on an iPod for Free

Have you ever wanted to record interesting audio with your iPod? If you've got a third-generation iPod, following these steps can allow you ...more

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How To Recover a Dead Windows Machine

Back up your work before troubleshooting. The first step in any restore is to back up your data from the hard drive. If your machine runs ...more

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How To Format a Hard Drive

This article includes the basics for high-level formatting a hard drive. For Windows XP If you want to save any of the data on the disk ...more

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How To Pimp Your Windows XP Desktop to Look Like a Cool Mac Desktop

If you use the default Windows desktop , chances are that you could ...more

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How To Become a Free Software Hacker

Writing and using Free software is not just a type of programming, it is a kind of philosophy. While programming language is all you need to ...more

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How To Become a Hacker

There is a community, a shared culture, of expert programmers and networking wizards that traces its history back through decades to the ...more

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How To Build an External Hard Drive

One of the simplest ways to give your laptop more hard drive space, or backup all of your important files without burning them to CD or DVD ...more

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How To Choose an iPod

Stuck in the dark age with your uncool cassette playing Walkman? Ready to make that jump to the mega-trendy iPod? Read on. Buy an iPod ...more

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How To Add an HP Printer to a Wireless Network

If your printer has a built-in ethernet adapter, adding your printer to your network is a snap. These instructions are appropriate for most ...more

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How To Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7

On February 15, 2005 Bill Gates announced that Microsoft would release an update to the Internet Explorer browser in the summer of 2005. The ...more

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How To Stream Your Webcam

Your webcam isn't only good for video chatting one-on-one. You can also share your home or office with the world, using open-source software ...more

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How To Hack

Hacking can be difficult and there are many different ways to hack and many different exploits to use. Hacking is neither defined nor ...more

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How To Run Multiple Operating Systems Concurrently Using VMware

Running multiple Operating Systems usually costs too much, and needs ...more

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How To Switch to Ubuntu

This article will tell you step by step how to switch from Windows to Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux: a free, open source, and ...more

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How To Avoid Getting a Computer Virus or Worm on Your Windows PC

There are many viruses and worms out there that could infect your ...more

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How To Password Protect a Web Page

There are many, many ways to protect a page on a Website with a password. These especially depend on your platform/programming language. The ...more

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How To Create a Panoramic Photo Using Hugin

Panorama stitching is a way to emulate having a much wider field of view than your lens and camera would provide by themselves. Hugin is the ...more

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How To Safely Get Rid of an Old Computer

Unfortunately, you can't just chuck an old computer in the garbage can and move on. Computers, like many electronics, contain heavy metals ...more

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How To Transfer Data Between Two Hard Drives

From time to time, we may need to back up a good amount of data. One way to do this is to copy all the data to another hard drive. This ...more

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How To Connect to Xbox Live Through a Wireless PC

For those of you wondering, there is a very simple way off getting around the fact that the Xbox 360 only uses the 100$ Microsoft made ...more

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How To Break WEP Encryption

Breaking any encryption involves knowing a few things. First, you have to know that there is an encryption scheme. Secondly, you must know ...more

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How To Capture and Download Video With Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox

Free to Capture and Download Video via Mozilla Firefox This is a ...more

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How To Dual Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu

If you want to have access to both a Windows and Linux environment on your computer, this guide will show you an easy way to have that using ...more

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How To Hang a String of Pictures on a Wall

So you have an empty wall. You think it's boring, you want to put something there, but framed pictures aren't what you're looking for? You ...more

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How To Test for Bandwidth Limiting by Your ISP

Bandwidth Bandwidth throttling Internet Service Providers BitTorrent Measurement Lab Method (Windows) Google recently released M-Lab which ...more

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How To Become a Bible Geek

A Bible Geek knows the Bible like a Linux kernel hacker knows C, like an airline pilot knows how to fly, like a sports freak can quote ...more

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How To Block MySpace from a Home Network

MySpace is one of the largest social networking sites on the Internet. There are many reason you may wish to block access to this site on ...more

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How To Choose Your Window Manager

In some systems, the interface is extremely customizable because there is only a very minimal one provided. For advanced things like GUIs ...more

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How To Install GIMP

The GIMP application is open source image editing software that is a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop and other, commercial applications ...more

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The Brits have contributed a new sport to the world, coined Horsesurfing. Yes, it is just what it sounds like: the combined skill of horseback riding and surfing. According to the Daily Mail ...

New Super Hybrid Kicks Tesla Motors' Butt

Capstone's CMT-380 stealth looking prototype can hit 150mph, compared to Tesla's 125. Tesla better step it up. Says Engadget: "Rather than mixing batteries and a conventional engine, this whip ...

Super Robot Has Powers of Levitation

This robot hasn't levitated any humans yet (especially not pictured Days of Our Lives star Deidre Hall), but it looks like the sky may be the limit with the Robo-Air Jet System. Developed by Aaron ...

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