Category: How To

A Small Business Owner’s Guide To Setting Up WordPress

This should be a very short project for a small business owners who don't want to spend a lot of time learning a CMS.

How To Download LibreOffice When The Normal Method is Slow

I've seen for myself, and read elsewhere on message boards, that sometimes LibreOffice downloads are very slow.  I've got no idea what's going on, but I was able to eventually find a way to get it quicker.

Losing Focus in XFCE

One of the annoying things about a default XFCE install is really easy to fix.  Changing window focus when scrolling is easy to shut off.

Monitor and Keypad, Acer Aspire Laptops and Minor Ubuntu Trouble

Two Acer Aspires I've owned lately both ran like champs, and they did it with Ubuntu on them.  I can't say the same for the latest one I ran into, but the Aspire 5517 and Aspire 7750 have both been substantially awesome.  Initally though, I had a snag with the keyboards and display brightness.  Here's how I fixed them.

Create PDF Files in Linux

There's a real easy way to create pdf files in Linux. Many distros by default allow users to "Print to File," and the resulting file can be a pdf. But I found that this doesn't always work; some apps need to see an installed printer, not the print to file option. Let me introduce to you the cups-pdf package, which will also create pdf files in Linux.

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