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
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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 [...]
Feb
21
How to install Ubuntu Studio in Windows using VirtualBox – A Complete Walkthrough
February 21, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
This tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Ubuntu Studio using VirtualBox for Windows. In other words, even new users should be able to follow along.
Who this tutorial is for
This tutorial is for anyone with a PC running Windows (Windows 2000 SP3, XP or Server 2003) who is curious about [...]
Feb
21
How to Regularly Backup Ubuntu Using rsync
February 21, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to..., Installation
Right after I wrote How to regularly backup Windows XP to Ubuntu, using rsync for my T42 ThinkPad, I ended up installing Ubuntu on it. In the end I was mostly interested in backing it up for the purpose of safely wiping Windows. So much for regularly.
Then something unexpected happened: I started to use my [...]

