The following guide allows you to wirelessly sync an iPhone with Amarok in Ubuntu 7.10, including:
It takes less than 10 minutes, and is completely graphical. Read the rest of this entry »
Need to access your Mac files from Linux? Downloaded something on one OS and need to put it on the other? Sharing files between OS X and Ubuntu is easy. The following guide takes 10 seconds and doesn’t involve any terminal usage or extra software.
Bash, the default shell in Linux and OS X, loses history data after running multiple shells at the same time - for example, using multiple tabs in the terminal. The fix is simple, but not widely known.
Here’s a simple guide to using your existing Windows install inside Ubuntu - and still being able to start it from your hard disk if you need. Unlike previous guides, it takes around 15 minutes and doesn’t require any terminal use.
This simple guide will bring up the Windows start menu inside GNOME and allow you to run, use and install any Windows app (that can run in a VM) inside your existing desktop. It takes about 10 minutes to setup, minus the time to install Windows, and involves one command in total.
Final Update September 2007: Virtualbox 1.5 includes seamless virtualization! Go read about that instead!
Need to access your Mac from your Linux desktop? While Apple Remote Desktop software might be compatible with VNC, anyone who’s tried to use a regular VNC client will know it doesn’t work. Here’s how to fix it.
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It's created by Mike MacCana, who has worked purely in Open Source for 9 years. A former columnist for PC Authority, APC magazine, and co-author of two Linux Pocketbooks, Mike has also trained RHCE and RHCA courses for Red Hat, and consulted as a Linux specialist for a wide variety of clients.
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