Arsgeek has an excellent tutorial that demonstrates how to create and print to a PDF printer in Ubuntu. Basically, this process lets you create PDFs out of any file, in any program. The process only takes five steps.
Ever wanted to print a document of just about any sort to a virtual printer […]
Eric D. Schabell released a group of classes he teaches on Linux for free under the GFDL. The classes are totally web-based and are fantastic. The following is the complete listing of the classes offered:
Linux First Steps
Day 1 - Linux history and installation.
Day 2 - Linux basics.
Day 3 - Linux customization.
Day 4 - […]
Beryl, Compiz, and Mac OS-esque docks have been gaining popularity very quickly recently. The Kiba Dock (formerly Akamaru) leverages the Beryl and Compiz libraries to create some very impressive results that shame Vista Aero and OS X Aqua. Pimp Your Linux does an awesome job reviewing Kiba and showing some of the extremely […]
The O’Reilly Network has a well written essay on the top seven security mistakes system administrators typically make. While some of the mistakes are “softball,” some of the mistakes are big enough to crash your system. This is well worth the read even for non-system administrators as it outlines some excellent security practices.
You […]
This page is a plain, flat out list of 100 tutorials for the Linux operating system. The tutorials are aimed at Ubuntu, but they are extensible to other Linux distributions, as well. The tutorials cover: resources and how to’s, apps and scripts, tricks and tips, and desktop and appearance. The tutorials are […]
If you’ve updated to Ubuntu 7.04 you’ve likely noticed that you have the option of turning desktop effects on. Unfortunately, this leaves some users (myself included) with a plain white screen. The worst case scenario is if you do nothing and Ubuntu saves your settings and you’re never able to get back to […]
The Simple Help weblog has an extremely detailed tutorial that demonstrates how to install Ubuntu 7.04 in OS X using Parallels. Earlier this week I demonstrated how to install Ubuntu using the free (and beta) VMWare Fusion. If you’re a fan of Parallels, this tutorial should get you up and running very quickly. […]
Who doesn’t love the command line? The following command will show you how to force empty your trash using the command line in Ubuntu or Debian:
sudo rm -fr /home/USERNAME/.Trash
Replace the “USERNAME” section with your own username. You may need to refresh your GNOME or KDE session to see the results. You can […]
Arsgeek has a tutorial for beginners that introduces the new user to the ps and kill terminal commands. If you’re a seasoned Linux pro then this will be old hat, however, it’s a great tutorial for the beginner, or if you’ve only graphically killed applications. Here’s the skinny:
Ever find yourself on a Linux […]
Automatix is a powerful scripting application that helps streamline the installation of commonly used (and sometimes difficult to install) applications. Automatix (in my opinion) is most useful for Ubuntu because of the lack of installed codecs that Ubuntu comes with out of the box. Automatix has made some major improvements along the way and […]
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