More posts in “How To”

Discover an eclectic mix of tutorials covering everything from ways to install neat apps, or enable new features, to workarounds for known issues, and configuring your Ubuntu system.

[How To] Run Unity Next on Ubuntu 12.10

Unity Next, the next-generation Qt/QML version of Ubuntu's Unity interface designed to intelligently adapt to multiple form factors, can now be tried, tested, and hacked-on right from the desktop.

2 April 2013
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[How To] Reset Unity & Compiz in Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04

Ever wondered how or needed to reset Unity and Compiz back to their default settings? We'll show you.

1 April 2013

[How To] Get Your Fingerprint Reader Working in Ubuntu

Fingerprint readers, whether for legitimate security reasons or just as a nifty feature that lets you feel vaguely James Bond-ish, have checkered support under Linux. However there is always a solution.

26 March 2013

[How To] Install Ubuntu Touch Core Apps in Ubuntu 12.10

The 12 Ubuntu Touch apps being built as part of the Core Apps Project are available for testing on the Ubuntu desktop.

8 March 2013

[How To] Turn An Old Computer into a File-Sharing Server

If an old, outdated piece of computing hardware lying around, a great use for it - besides being a dust collector - would be to turn it into a file/media sharing server using Samba.

8 March 2013

[How To] Reinstall Android After Trying Ubuntu Touch

Whatever the reason you want to return to the familiarity and functionality of Android - and, yes, WhatsApp withdrawal, Intagram-itis, or the Snapseed shakes are all legitimate reasons - we're here to talk you through how to do it.

25 February 2013

[How To] Install Ubuntu Touch Preview on Nexus Devices

With the Ubuntu Touch Preview images now available I predict that, round about now, your temptation is buckling under the temptation to try it out. Well here's how!

21 February 2013

[How To] Theme Android To Look Like the Ubuntu Phone

Who ever decreed that 'patience is a virtue' clearly underestimated the power of 'want' when faced with an Ubuntu Phone.

11 February 2013

[How To] Run MATE Desktop In GNOME Shell

This being Linux, we have the good fortune of having our choice of desktop environment - and nobody says that it has to be one at a time.

10 February 2013

[How To] Watch LOVEFiLM, Redbox Instant or Netflix on Ubuntu

Getting Netflix, LOVEFiLM or Redbox Instant to play on Ubuntu should be easy, right?

29 January 2013

[How To] Update An Ubuntu Daily ISO Using zsync

zsync is a nifty command-line utility that can keep files up-to-date with remote ones. One of the most popular uses of zync on Ubuntu is for updating Ubuntu's daily build image with the latest changes - saving the need to download the entire 800MB .iso again. And in this guide we'll show you how to use it.

10 January 2013
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[How To] Install Daily builds of Chrome in Ubuntu

Accessing daily builds of Google's Chrome browser in Ubuntu is a bit of a fuss compared to that on Windows and Mac. Users of those platforms can install the Chrome Canary builds - a sort of pseudo-daily build that offers the latest bleeding edge features, but running insulated from any other version of Chrome installed. In Ubuntu things are less clear cut.

28 December 2012