Feb
25
Using Ubuntu as an Electronic Document Management System
February 25, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
Over the weekend a client phoned me as she was interested in the Knowledge Tree Document Management System. She runs a small business that provides document creation services for clients in the US and Canada, and needed an effective solution to manage her (electronic) documents. She also emailed this URL: http://www.knowledgetree.com/
About a year ago she [...]
Feb
24
How to: Easy Remote Access Connection to Ubuntu
February 24, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation
A friend of mine (who’s a recent Linux convert), needed help with some tweaking of his Ubuntu based PC. He phoned me this morning, but it became evident that I actually had to “see” the system. It’s sometimes very hard to advise someone when you cannot actually see what they are doing. And it’s hard [...]
Feb
23
How to Enable Font Smoothing in Ubuntu – The fast way
February 23, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in How to...
I received a message this morning from someone who installed Ubuntu as a new user. I sent him the download link a long time ago and he’s finally installed Dapper (on an older PC). He emailed me because his fonts looked fuzzy. He seemed a bit frazzled, but this fix worked for him so [...]
Feb
22
How to Setup a Wireless Ubuntu Router
February 22, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 10 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
This morning I was moving some stuff around and my router fell, smashing to pieces. Oh no! I need a wireless connection today. The router was a noisy (the fan drives you crazy), older (but faithful) boat anchor. I was in a pinch, with no time to buy a new one (it’s a long [...]
Feb
21
How to Scale the CPU Frequency of Your Ubuntu Laptop – The Easy Way.
February 21, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to...
Does a loud, constant CPU fan on your laptop drive you nuts? Try this simple tweak before more drastic measures…
Try scaling down your CPU frequency: Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery power on notebooks, because the lower the [...]

