My Computer tips. Computing Tips & tutorials, programming, linux.

Computer Ramblings

My Computer Tips fun, interesting and educational website links

Date Posted: 29th of November 2023

Number of Views: 83

Linux Mint

Where are the action scripts located in Nemo file manager

Date Posted: 23rd of November 2023

Number of Views: 68

Linux Terminal

Output CPU, Kernel, Memory, Storage information using the inxi command in the terminal Linux

Date Posted: 22nd of November 2023

Number of Views: 156

Google

Google Family App, where do I manage approval requests when my child makes a purchase

Date Posted: 24th of September 2023

Number of Views: 335

Apps

Where can I watch Discovery Plus, if I cancel my Sky contract

Date Posted: 24th of September 2023

Number of Views: 14

Ubuntu

Virtualbox, how do I start, shutdown and save a machine state using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 28th of July 2023

Number of Views: 422

Debian

Download Debian 12, bookworm. Firmware is now included in the normal Debian installer images

Date Posted: 28th of July 2023

Number of Views: 1,848

Android

I want to purchase and also redeem a Google Play Store Voucher

Date Posted: 17th of July 2023

Number of Views: 752

Android

Website reverts to Desktop site using Chome on Android

Date Posted: 15th of July 2023

Number of Views: 289

CPanel

How to access your site through CPanel without a domain name

Date Posted: 7th of July 2023

Number of Views: 465

Linux Terminal

How do I install Windows fonts in my Linux distribution

Date Posted: 5th of July 2023

Number of Views: 403

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

Put your old Blackberry Playbook to use in 2020

Date Posted: 2nd of July 2023

Number of Views: 7,199

Amazon Associates

Embedding iframe on website using Amazon Associates sitestripe Text+Image feature does not show product on website

Date Posted: 9th of June 2023

Number of Views: 581

Bash Scripts

Bash script. Creating a simple menu using the read command in Linux

Date Posted: 5th of June 2023

Number of Views: 514

PC Components & Maintenance

Dell Latitude E5440 Laptop, M1004 error fan not spinning

Date Posted: 18th of May 2023

Number of Views: 446

Linux Terminal

Write and append to .txt file using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 11th of May 2023

Number of Views: 421

Firefox

How do I enable the top menu bar in Firefox

Date Posted: 2nd of May 2023

Number of Views: 525

Kubuntu

Where are the wallpapers located in Kubuntu. How to do I add my own wallpaper

Date Posted: 2nd of May 2023

Number of Views: 395

PHP7

Split comma delimeted string using the php explode() function and output results

Date Posted: 18th of April 2023

Number of Views: 502

PC Components & Maintenance

4 Pin to 8 Pin ATX Motherboard CPU Supply Adaptor

Date Posted: 12th of April 2023

Number of Views: 637

Emulators

C64 Forever, Free Express edition. Commodore 64 Emulator running on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions using Wine

Date Posted: 12th of April 2023

Number of Views: 3,688

Android

Backup your WhatsApp contacts, messages, images and videos before migrating to a new Android phone

Date Posted: 7th of April 2023

Number of Views: 422

Emulators

How do I start dosbox in fullscreen mode

Date Posted: 5th of April 2023

Number of Views: 478

PC Components & Maintenance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 CPU 2.66GHz - Socket 775

Date Posted: 31st of March 2023

Number of Views: 425

Search Engines (SEO)

How do I view the latest cache of my website on Google Search

Date Posted: 21st of February 2023

Number of Views: 366

CSS

Creating a fixed footer div at the bottom of your webpage

Date Posted: 19th of February 2023

Number of Views: 315

Linux Terminal

Get the dimensions of image using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 18th of February 2023

Number of Views: 725

MariaDB Database

Unable to connect to MariaDB remotely. Socket fail to connect to host on IP address, port

Date Posted: 16th of January 2023

Number of Views: 799

MariaDB Database

Unable to connect to MariaDB remotely, Host ip_address is not allowed to connect to MariaDB server

Date Posted: 14th of January 2023

Number of Views: 860

Emulators

Joystick not detected after installing Amiga Emulator fsuae snap package

Date Posted: 9th of January 2023

Number of Views: 812

Emulators

Install fsuae Amiga Emulator via snap package on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 6th of January 2023

Number of Views: 1,165

Vanilla Javascript

Show and Hide div using Javascript

Date Posted: 29th of December 2022

Number of Views: 650

Google Chrome

How do I open a file in Google Chrome / Chromium

Date Posted: 26th of December 2022

Number of Views: 627

Vanilla Javascript

Get the window width and height in Javascript

Date Posted: 21st of December 2022

Number of Views: 625

PHP7

Remove double whitespaces from a string of text using PHP preg_replace

Date Posted: 18th of December 2022

Number of Views: 664

Computer Ramblings

Crossover Office 22.0.1, Adobe, Photoshop CS2 on Linux Mint 21 Vanessa

Date Posted: 9th of December 2022

Number of Views: 910

Ubuntu

Install SQLite DB Browser, Create a new table, Insert and query data in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 9th of December 2022

Number of Views: 815

Computer Ramblings

Selling your old Audio CDs and DVDs, can you make decent money on Ebay

Date Posted: 7th of December 2022

Number of Views: 1,622

Libre Office Draw

Libre Office Draw, set up unit measurement and ratio for technical drawings

Date Posted: 10th of November 2022

Number of Views: 973

Android

How do I disable voice message recording in WhatsApp on Android

Date Posted: 15th of October 2022

Number of Views: 16,038

Vanilla Javascript

Simple for loop in Javascript

Date Posted: 11th of October 2022

Number of Views: 610

HTML

Use the HTML <mark></mark> tag to highlight text on your webpages

Date Posted: 2nd of October 2022

Number of Views: 614

HTML

Using the HTML <kbd></kbd> tag to show keyboard shortcuts in your webpages

Date Posted: 2nd of October 2022

Number of Views: 724

MariaDB Database

Perform basic SELECT queries in MariaDB using the Linux Terminal (Part 4)

Date Posted: 25th of September 2022

Number of Views: 2,537

MariaDB Database

Create a new database, table and insert data, using MariaDB in the Linux Terminal (Part 3)

Date Posted: 25th of September 2022

Number of Views: 2,703

MariaDB Database

Create a new user using MariaDB database in the Linux Terminal (Part 2)

Date Posted: 25th of September 2022

Number of Views: 2,764

MariaDB Database

Install MariaDB database in Ubuntu based distributions 2022 (Part 1)

Date Posted: 25th of September 2022

Number of Views: 3,093

Linux Terminal

SFTP Secure file upload and download using the put and get commands in the Linux Terminal

Date Posted: 15th of September 2022

Number of Views: 605

Bash Scripts

Rename all images inside folder with sequential numbers bash scripts

Date Posted: 27th of August 2022

Number of Views: 794

Android

Tips on saving your mobile data whilst using your Android Mobile abroad

Date Posted: 27th of August 2022

Number of Views: 468

Android

No internet access using your mobile, android device in the EU, try these tips

Date Posted: 26th of August 2022

Number of Views: 656

Bash Scripts

Getting user input bash scripts

Date Posted: 2nd of August 2022

Number of Views: 1,106

Linux Terminal

The whatis command in Linux

Date Posted: 25th of July 2022

Number of Views: 711

Linux Terminal

Export man pages in .html or .pdf format by installing mandoc on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 9th of July 2022

Number of Views: 1,049

Ubuntu

Install Apache2 on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions in 2022

Date Posted: 26th of June 2022

Number of Views: 1,122

Lubuntu

Adding a new application shortcut to the panel in Lubuntu

Date Posted: 25th of June 2022

Number of Views: 3,988

Linux Terminal

Using the rm command to delete a directory, files using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 31st of May 2022

Number of Views: 1,011

Linux Terminal

Check amount of free disk space using the df command in the terminal on Linux

Date Posted: 23rd of May 2022

Number of Views: 843

PC Components & Maintenance

Upgrading the graphics card on my old PC. CPU fan not spinning up.

Date Posted: 14th of May 2022

Number of Views: 756

Lubuntu

How do I change the font sizes in Lubuntu

Date Posted: 14th of April 2022

Number of Views: 1,281

Ubuntu Mate

Change the preferred applications in Ubuntu Mate

Date Posted: 2nd of March 2022

Number of Views: 810

Ubuntu Mate

Install Opera web browser in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 20th of February 2022

Number of Views: 971

Bash Scripts

Best books for learning how to create bash / shell scripts in Linux 2022, rated by customer reviews

Date Posted: 10th of February 2022

Number of Views: 940

Ubuntu Mate

Create an animated .png using apngasm in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 27th of January 2022

Number of Views: 1,363

PC Components & Maintenance

How do I upgrade the memory on a Compaq CQ58 Laptop

Date Posted: 20th of January 2022

Number of Views: 1,113

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

Duck Shoot for the Commodore Vic 20, Mastertronic (1984)

Date Posted: 12th of January 2022

Number of Views: 1,321

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

8-bit and 16-bit computer games I used to play in the 1980's - 1990's

Date Posted: 16th of December 2021

Number of Views: 1,580

Computer Ramblings

The Linus Tech Tips Linux challenges and the state of Linux

Date Posted: 15th of December 2021

Number of Views: 1,371

Ubuntu Mate

Convert image in .png format to .webp on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 9th of December 2021

Number of Views: 2,126

Ubuntu Mate

Update keybinding for Print Screen button to open mate screenshot and capture active window with delay

Date Posted: 8th of December 2021

Number of Views: 1,704

Linux Terminal

How to access linux man pages and output specific manual page to a .txt file

Date Posted: 29th of November 2021

Number of Views: 1,555

Java

Install Bluej on Ubuntu, Java Development Environment for beginners

Date Posted: 19th of November 2021

Number of Views: 1,989

Java

Simple for loop in Java. Print the numbers 1 to 10 in the console

Date Posted: 13th of November 2021

Number of Views: 1,591

Caja File Manager

Caja file manager scripts. Creating and executing bash scripts from the right click context menu

Date Posted: 12th of November 2021

Number of Views: 1,319

Cups (Common UNIX Printing System)

Show status of printers and other printer information using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 30th of October 2021

Number of Views: 1,637

Java

Reading user input and outputting the results to console in Java using Scanner class

Date Posted: 27th of October 2021

Number of Views: 1,349

Java

Printing to console in Java using the System.out.println command

Date Posted: 19th of October 2021

Number of Views: 2,096

Java

How to compile your Java code using the terminal in Linux, Learning Java

Date Posted: 16th of October 2021

Number of Views: 1,517

C++

Guess the random number C++ code on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions, Learning C++

Date Posted: 5th of October 2021

Number of Views: 1,125

Ubuntu

How do I upgrade a single package in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 12th of September 2021

Number of Views: 1,584

Ubuntu

Create a multiboot USB for your .iso images, using Ventoy on Linux

Date Posted: 25th of August 2021

Number of Views: 2,254

Emulators

Install Open MSX emulator in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 21st of August 2021

Number of Views: 1,545

Computer Ramblings

The information superhighway. Getting online in the early days of the internet

Date Posted: 18th of August 2021

Number of Views: 1,944

Firefox

Launch Firefox in Kiosk mode from the command line in Linux

Date Posted: 6th of August 2021

Number of Views: 1,482

Firefox

Launch Firefox in incognito mode from the command line in Linux

Date Posted: 6th of August 2021

Number of Views: 2,063

Vanilla Javascript

Display date and time using Javascript

Date Posted: 25th of July 2021

Number of Views: 1,233

Libre Office Draw

Turn off snap to grid in Libre Office draw

Date Posted: 23rd of July 2021

Number of Views: 4,990

Kubuntu

Where are the wallpapers located in Kubuntu

Date Posted: 22nd of July 2021

Number of Views: 1,593

Thunderbird Email Client

Thunderbird Export / Save Emails to different formats using ImportExportTools NG

Date Posted: 20th of June 2021

Number of Views: 1,418

Google

How do I turn on the dark theme in Google Search

Date Posted: 9th of June 2021

Number of Views: 1,095

Computer Ramblings

HP Envy 5320 will not print in Colour on Windows 10

Date Posted: 5th of June 2021

Number of Views: 1,842

Xubuntu

Install Cool Retro Terminal on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 5th of June 2021

Number of Views: 2,111

CSS

CSS keyframes animation, move text around the screen in a square path

Date Posted: 2nd of June 2021

Number of Views: 1,629

CSS

CSS animation, rotate image 90 degrees using transform rotate

Date Posted: 20th of May 2021

Number of Views: 3,980

Computer Ramblings

Block websites using the Sky Broadband Shield

Date Posted: 8th of May 2021

Number of Views: 2,355

Ubuntu Mate

MATE Desktop Environment, how do I edit the main menu

Date Posted: 5th of May 2021

Number of Views: 3,466

Ubuntu Mate

Open website with no browser toolbars in Chromium or Google Chrome on Ubuntu Mate

Date Posted: 18th of April 2021

Number of Views: 2,067

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

USB to internal Floppy Disk PCB connector board on Linux

Date Posted: 18th of April 2021

Number of Views: 2,008

Ubuntu

How to find out what date you installed Linux on your machine

Date Posted: 13th of April 2021

Number of Views: 1,795

CSS

Alternating div background colours using CSS

Date Posted: 9th of April 2021

Number of Views: 4,227

PC Components & Maintenance

ICY BOX IB-173SSK Mobile Rack for 2.5" & 3.5" SATA, SSD, HDD

Date Posted: 1st of April 2021

Number of Views: 1,996

Computer Ramblings

SKYQ apps versus FreeSat apps for YouTube and other services

Date Posted: 27th of March 2021

Number of Views: 2,128

CSS

How I created rounded boxes in the early days of the web using HTML tables, .gifs and Photoshop

Date Posted: 6th of March 2021

Number of Views: 1,613

Caja File Manager

Copy and paste the path to a folder using the location bar in Caja file manager

Date Posted: 28th of February 2021

Number of Views: 1,380

Ubuntu Mate

Neofetch, display system information in the terminal on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 25th of February 2021

Number of Views: 2,405

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

Extract and list the contents of an Amiga .adf file using the terminal in Ubuntu

Date Posted: 22nd of February 2021

Number of Views: 3,053

Ubuntu

Install bashtop in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions. Monitor your cpu, memory, disks, network and other processes

Date Posted: 21st of February 2021

Number of Views: 1,920

Ubuntu Mate

Install the Fira sans font on on Ubuntu Mate

Date Posted: 15th of February 2021

Number of Views: 5,140

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla installation error, installer crashed

Date Posted: 3rd of February 2021

Number of Views: 2,521

Ubuntu Mate

Install psensor on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions to monitor hardware sensors

Date Posted: 31st of January 2021

Number of Views: 1,823

Ubuntu

Find out what version of Ubuntu you are running, using the terminal

Date Posted: 29th of January 2021

Number of Views: 1,708

Ubuntu Mate

Output graphics card details in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions using the terminal

Date Posted: 22nd of January 2021

Number of Views: 1,836

Ubuntu Mate

How do I calibrate a Joystick or Gamepad in Ubuntu or Ubuntu based distribution

Date Posted: 14th of January 2021

Number of Views: 4,978

Linux Terminal

Kill multiple processes using the pkill command in Linux

Date Posted: 5th of January 2021

Number of Views: 2,594

PC Components & Maintenance

HP Deskjet D1560 printer, old printers

Date Posted: 4th of January 2021

Number of Views: 2,452

Computer Ramblings

PayPal smart buttons. Create a Pay Now button for your website

Date Posted: 28th of December 2020

Number of Views: 2,246

Emulators

Install dosemu2 dos emulator in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 24th of December 2020

Number of Views: 5,019

Ubuntu Mate

USB floppy drive, Formatting floppy disks to work in Windows using Ubuntu Mate

Date Posted: 22nd of December 2020

Number of Views: 2,246

C++

Basic user input and output using C++ in Linux, Learning C++

Date Posted: 19th of December 2020

Number of Views: 2,137

Linux Terminal

Display free memory using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 17th of December 2020

Number of Views: 2,381

Python3

Learning Python 3, check user input is an integer

Date Posted: 11th of December 2020

Number of Views: 1,563

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 5

Date Posted: 8th of December 2020

Number of Views: 2,282

Emulators

dosbox, disable mouse capture inside dosbox window

Date Posted: 8th of December 2020

Number of Views: 3,711

Python3

Learning Python3, Generate a random number using Python3

Date Posted: 8th of December 2020

Number of Views: 1,412

Python3

Learning Python 3, getting basic user input and printing the results

Date Posted: 7th of December 2020

Number of Views: 1,461

PHP7

What version of .php are my hosts running

Date Posted: 3rd of December 2020

Number of Views: 1,360

Python3

Learning Python3, System calls on Linux

Date Posted: 1st of December 2020

Number of Views: 1,638

Linux Terminal

Using mlocate to find files by name, extension using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 27th of November 2020

Number of Views: 1,909

Ubuntu

Install Redshift to automatically adjust the colour of your screen depending on time of day on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 26th of November 2020

Number of Views: 2,926

Python3

Create a new window using GTK and Python in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 19th of November 2020

Number of Views: 1,415

SQlite

Install SQlite3 in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions, create table, insert data

Date Posted: 19th of November 2020

Number of Views: 1,253

Linux Terminal

Capture screenshots of websites using cutycapt in different formats using the terminal in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 15th of November 2020

Number of Views: 2,497

Ubuntu

PulseAudio, Pavucontrol not saving settings after reboot on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 11th of November 2020

Number of Views: 8,766

Ubuntu

No sound after installation of Ubuntu or Ubuntu based distribution, install pavucontrol

Date Posted: 9th of November 2020

Number of Views: 1,935

Linux Terminal

Display a calendar in the terminal

Date Posted: 6th of November 2020

Number of Views: 2,206

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

OctaMED SoundStudio for the Commodore Amiga

Date Posted: 2nd of November 2020

Number of Views: 4,583

Ubuntu

Shutdown Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions at a specific time or within (x) minutes

Date Posted: 30th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,955

Emulators

Vice Commdore 64 Emulator will not launch on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 30th of October 2020

Number of Views: 4,604

Ubuntu

Open and edit files using Visual Studio Code from FIlezilla FTP Client on Linux

Date Posted: 27th of October 2020

Number of Views: 29,238

Vanilla Javascript

Clear all form fields using Javascript

Date Posted: 25th of October 2020

Number of Views: 18

PHP7

Running .php scripts from the terminal using Ubuntu

Date Posted: 23rd of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,621

Ubuntu

Download Microsoft Edge preview version for Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 22nd of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,618

Linux Terminal

Create a simple cronjob in Linux

Date Posted: 20th of October 2020

Number of Views: 2,144

C++

Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code in Kubuntu, Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions. Compile and execute C++ script

Date Posted: 18th of October 2020

Number of Views: 3,033

C++

Create a simple c++ script using Ubuntu and other Ubuntu based distributions, Learning C++

Date Posted: 17th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,726

Firefox

Firefox site information, connection to website, padlock is showing as insecure

Date Posted: 12th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,523

PHP7

Convert all characters to Upper or Lower case in PHP7

Date Posted: 7th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,556

Image Editors

Photopea advanced image editor. A Photoshop alternative online

Date Posted: 6th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,653

Xubuntu

Install Putty in Xubuntu and other Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 5th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,865

Cups (Common UNIX Printing System)

Start, Stop and Restart the Cups print Server in Linux using the terminal

Date Posted: 30th of September 2020

Number of Views: 36,688

Cups (Common UNIX Printing System)

Cups, Unauthorized Enter your username and password or the root username and password to access this page.

Date Posted: 30th of September 2020

Number of Views: 2,136

Search Engines (SEO)

How do I generate a sitemap in .xml format and import this to Google Search Console to get my website listed in Google

Date Posted: 30th of September 2020

Number of Views: 1,801

Computer Ramblings

Sell or re-purpose your old computer cables and components

Date Posted: 3rd of September 2020

Number of Views: 2,452

Computer Ramblings

Making the switch from Windows to Linux, here are some things to think about

Date Posted: 31st of August 2020

Number of Views: 2,717

Linux Terminal

Create a new folder and file using the mkdir and touch commands using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 16th of August 2020

Number of Views: 2,479

Ubuntu

Create a really simple banner using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) in Linux

Date Posted: 7th of August 2020

Number of Views: 2,062

Linux Terminal

Convert a PDF document to text or html using pdftotext, pdftohtml in Linux using the terminal

Date Posted: 3rd of August 2020

Number of Views: 2,865

Emulators

BBC Micro emulator beebem for Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint and other distributions

Date Posted: 28th of July 2020

Number of Views: 3,929

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

BEEBUG FOR THE BBC, Retro magazine for the BBC Micro 1984

Date Posted: 26th of July 2020

Number of Views: 2,541

Ubuntu

Install the tree package to list folders and files in a tree like format inside the terminal on Linux

Date Posted: 22nd of July 2020

Number of Views: 1,910

Linux Terminal

List files in a directory using the ls command

Date Posted: 22nd of July 2020

Number of Views: 2,510

Xubuntu

Open thunar file manager as root user on Xubuntu

Date Posted: 16th of July 2020

Number of Views: 14,772

Kubuntu

Enable Desktop Cube in Kubuntu

Date Posted: 11th of May 2020

Number of Views: 2,229

Thunderbird Email Client

How do I disable paragraph spacing when composing emails on Thunderbird

Date Posted: 8th of May 2020

Number of Views: 3,761

Thunderbird Email Client

Change the default web browser for opening links inside emails on Thunderbird Linux

Date Posted: 7th of May 2020

Number of Views: 3,483

Python3

How to create a basic Python3 script in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 28th of April 2020

Number of Views: 2,772

Computer Ramblings

Websites that prompt users to turn off their ad blocker, or block website content

Date Posted: 28th of April 2020

Number of Views: 1,697

Kubuntu

How do I remove widget / application icon from the menu panel in Kubuntu 19.10

Date Posted: 21st of April 2020

Number of Views: 1,698

Ubuntu Mate

How do I find out what version of Caja file manager I am running

Date Posted: 16th of April 2020

Number of Views: 5,540

Android

How do I turn off Chrome notifications in Android

Date Posted: 15th of April 2020

Number of Views: 1,619

CSS

Using CSS grids to create a simple grid layout

Date Posted: 10th of April 2020

Number of Views: 1,983

PC Components & Maintenance

My computer powers up for a few seconds then shuts down

Date Posted: 4th of April 2020

Number of Views: 1,620

Xubuntu

Understanding themes and icons in Xubuntu, XCFE

Date Posted: 2nd of April 2020

Number of Views: 2,476

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

YouTube channels featuring retro computers, games, software, and peripherals

Date Posted: 26th of February 2020

Number of Views: 6,239

Xubuntu

How do I create a new menu panel in Xubuntu or other Linux distribution that uses XFCE4

Date Posted: 22nd of February 2020

Number of Views: 3,338

Xubuntu

Where are the desktop wallpapers located in Xubuntu. /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops

Date Posted: 18th of February 2020

Number of Views: 6,769

Xubuntu

How do I reset the menu panels in Xubuntu, XFCE4

Date Posted: 18th of February 2020

Number of Views: 3,700

Thunderbird Email Client

How to import Thunderbird profile from newer to older version, thunderbird --allow-downgrade

Date Posted: 5th of February 2020

Number of Views: 3,281

HTML

How do I display a popup calendar using HTML5

Date Posted: 4th of February 2020

Number of Views: 4,126

Linux Terminal

How to access HP Linux Imaging and Printing System set up on Ubuntu using the terminal

Date Posted: 13th of November 2019

Number of Views: 2,630

Thunderbird Email Client

Linux, Thunderbird is already running but not responding error

Date Posted: 24th of October 2019

Number of Views: 3,315

Linux Terminal

Where are the log files located in Linux

Date Posted: 16th of October 2019

Number of Views: 2,022

Linux Terminal

Oracle VirtualBox, Unable to insert virtual optical disk

Date Posted: 11th of October 2019

Number of Views: 8,352

Linux Terminal

Oracle VirtualBox only displaying 32-bit version(s), when setting up new Virtual Machine on Linux

Date Posted: 11th of October 2019

Number of Views: 2,290

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 4.10, Warty Warthog. The first Ubuntu Linux Distribution

Date Posted: 6th of October 2019

Number of Views: 4,045

Retro Software, Magazines & Games

Microsoft Office Standard, 3.5" Floppy Disk version . Word, Excel, Power Point and Mail. Windows 3.1, MS-DOS

Date Posted: 3rd of October 2019

Number of Views: 4,618

Linux Terminal

The Linux uptime command

Date Posted: 3rd of October 2019

Number of Views: 2,786

Emulators

Install Fuse ZX Spectrum Emulator in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 27th of September 2019

Number of Views: 8,148

HTML

HTML select menu, displaying counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Date Posted: 26th of September 2019

Number of Views: 3,635

Firefox

Turn off push notifications in Firefox web browser

Date Posted: 24th of September 2019

Number of Views: 2,175

Linux Terminal

Using GParted in Linux to format a hard drive, flash drive, SD Card

Date Posted: 17th of September 2019

Number of Views: 7,270

Wine

What version of wine am I running

Date Posted: 12th of September 2019

Number of Views: 3,326

Ubuntu Mate

Wine application icon missing in Ubuntu Mate menu

Date Posted: 9th of September 2019

Number of Views: 3,755

Linux Terminal

Copy .iso image to USB flash drive using dd command in Linux using the terminal

Date Posted: 3rd of September 2019

Number of Views: 3,720

Lubuntu

Where are the Desktop wallpapers located in Lubuntu

Date Posted: 30th of May 2019

Number of Views: 5,200

Emulators

Install Commodore Amiga Emulator FS-UAE on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 25th of May 2019

Number of Views: 7,844

Lubuntu

Open pcmanfc file manager as root user on Lubuntu

Date Posted: 25th of May 2019

Number of Views: 11,239

Ubuntu

Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition Install Wine Linux. Trouble installing from CD/Disk 2

Date Posted: 19th of May 2019

Number of Views: 3,243

Computer Ramblings

Switching from Windows to Linux, three ways to Install and try a Linux distribution without dual booting

Date Posted: 26th of January 2019

Number of Views: 3,749

Linux Terminal

Nemo file manager not showing thumbnails of images

Date Posted: 22nd of November 2018

Number of Views: 7,765

Vanilla Javascript

Generate a random number between 1 and 5 using Math.floor and Math.random commands in Javascript

Date Posted: 22nd of October 2018

Number of Views: 2,846

Vanilla Javascript

Using document.getElementByID() in javascript to send form data

Date Posted: 15th of October 2018

Number of Views: 2,798

Vanilla Javascript

Using document write() in javascript.

Date Posted: 14th of October 2018

Number of Views: 2,982

Linux Terminal

Remove files and folders from inside directory on Linux

Date Posted: 15th of September 2018

Number of Views: 3,193

Wine

How do I uninstall a programme in Wine

Date Posted: 13th of September 2018

Number of Views: 2,799

Wine

Remove wine menu entries in Ubuntu and other distributions

Date Posted: 28th of June 2018

Number of Views: 6,761

Linux Terminal

How do I access the cups server, common unix printing system

Date Posted: 27th of June 2018

Number of Views: 5,165

Wine

Missing wine programme launcher after installation on Linux Mint

Date Posted: 14th of June 2018

Number of Views: 3,688

Linux Terminal

Find my username using the terminal

Date Posted: 5th of June 2018

Number of Views: 3,001

Ubuntu

Where are the fonts located in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 3rd of June 2018

Number of Views: 2,600

MariaDB Database

Create a new user in MariaDB and GRANT ALL privileges

Date Posted: 28th of May 2018

Number of Views: 2,631

Ubuntu

Install MariaDB Database in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 26th of May 2018

Number of Views: 2,692

Ubuntu

Convert .mkv video to .png images using ffmpeg

Date Posted: 24th of May 2018

Number of Views: 7,072

Linux Terminal

List hardware information using the terminal

Date Posted: 20th of May 2018

Number of Views: 2,555

Ubuntu

Shutdown Ubuntu using the terminal

Date Posted: 20th of May 2018

Number of Views: 2,429

Wine

How do I install .msi file using Wine

Date Posted: 3rd of May 2018

Number of Views: 6,963

Linux Terminal

Batch resize images in Linux using imagemagick and the terminal

Date Posted: 14th of October 2017

Number of Views: 3,557

Linux Terminal

Install multiple .deb files

Date Posted: 17th of March 2017

Number of Views: 9,895

Xubuntu

Xubuntu, Gigolo opens FTP connections in Firefox instead of Thunar

Date Posted: 29th of May 2016

Number of Views: 3,963

Ubuntu

Running Sketchup 8 in Wine. Sketchup was unable to initialize OpenGL, Linux

Date Posted: 29th of May 2016

Number of Views: 6,660

Linux Terminal

Change the default text editor in Filezilla, Linux

Date Posted: 26th of April 2016

Number of Views: 5,834

Ubuntu

How do I install a .deb package using the terminal

Date Posted: 17th of April 2016

Number of Views: 3,513

Linux Terminal

How to view files on a Linux partition in Windows

Date Posted: 13th of April 2016

Number of Views: 3,365

Linux Mint

Access FTP server using the Nemo File Manager in Linux Mint

Date Posted: 27th of March 2016

Number of Views: 14,017

Linux Mint

What happens when a file is owned by root in Linux Mint

Date Posted: 23rd of March 2016

Number of Views: 3,340

Ubuntu

Unable to access files on external drive on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distribution, change ownership and group using chown -R

Date Posted: 23rd of March 2016

Number of Views: 3,456

Ubuntu

Unable to set the correct time in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 17th of March 2016

Number of Views: 3,544

Linux Terminal

Crossover Linux 19, the easy way to install Windows Applications and Games

Date Posted: 8th of February 2016

Number of Views: 2,924

CSS

Simple CSS responsive menu for websites and mobile devices

Date Posted: 26th of January 2016

Number of Views: 2,891

Xubuntu

Volume control is missing from my panel and plugins in Xubuntu, how do I restore it?

Date Posted: 20th of January 2016

Number of Views: 3,732

Linux Terminal

Show hidden files in a specific directory using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 18th of January 2016

Number of Views: 5,947

PHP7

Get the day of the week for a specified date using PHP7

Date Posted: 17th of January 2016

Number of Views: 3,354

Xubuntu

Xubuntu, Panel Preferences notification area greyed out

Date Posted: 16th of January 2016

Number of Views: 3,900

PHP7

How to upload files larger than 2MB using PHP7

Date Posted: 14th of January 2016

Number of Views: 3,303

Ubuntu

Enable ufw, uncomplicated firewall in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 26th of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,747

Thunderbird Email Client

Back up emails, accounts and contacts in Thunderbird on Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 24th of December 2015

Number of Views: 4,883

Linux Terminal

How can I view all of the bash history in Linux using the terminal

Date Posted: 23rd of December 2015

Number of Views: 2,475

Ubuntu

Install a very basic LAMP server using Ubuntu 15.10

Date Posted: 21st of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,343

PHP7

Preserve line breaks in PHP. nl2br function

Date Posted: 21st of December 2015

Number of Views: 7,693

Bash Scripts

Create a simple bash script in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 18th of December 2015

Number of Views: 4,136

PHP7

Convert a Unix timestamp to date and time using PHP

Date Posted: 18th of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,876

Linux Terminal

Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender. No Such User Here

Date Posted: 17th of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,377

Ubuntu

Install Perl in Ubuntu, and create a perl script

Date Posted: 17th of December 2015

Number of Views: 6,175

Ubuntu

View hard disk information in Ubuntu, sudo fdisk -l

Date Posted: 17th of December 2015

Number of Views: 10,338

Linux Terminal

Import - Export MySQL / MariaDB database using the terminal in Ubuntu Linux

Date Posted: 15th of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,436

PHP7

How to validate a form using PHP7

Date Posted: 15th of December 2015

Number of Views: 2,658

PHP7

Count the number of elements in a PHP array using the count() function

Date Posted: 15th of December 2015

Number of Views: 2,401

MySQL Database

Create a new user, assign all privileges using MySQL / MariaDB using Linux

Date Posted: 28th of November 2015

Number of Views: 2,848

PHP7

Pass ampersand through query strings in URL using PHP7

Date Posted: 27th of November 2015

Number of Views: 4,404

MySQL Database

MySQL / Maria DB Basic Security

Date Posted: 21st of November 2015

Number of Views: 3,032

Gnome3

How do I change the font size of the top menu panel in Gnome3

Date Posted: 25th of September 2015

Number of Views: 3,749

Ubuntu

Install dosbox in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 18th of September 2015

Number of Views: 6,335

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