Author Archives: gnairooze

Back with lubuntu 15.04

Posted on July 11, 2015 by gnairooze

After being away for a while, totally on windows 8, I’ve setup my old laptop to be totally on lubuntu. It is core2duo processor, 2G RAM and 320 GB HDD. This laptop had windows 7 and ubuntu. Now, it is … Continue reading →

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Install Linux Mint Debian On External HDD

Posted on March 28, 2014 by gnairooze

Hardware Dell XPS 15 Steps 1- Download Linux Mint iso linuxmint-201403-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso 2- On Windows download Universal-USB-Installer Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.2.exe 3- Prepare live usb or sdcard of Linux Mint: a. Run Universal-USB-Installer b. Choose your usb flash drive or sd card c. Select … Continue reading →

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Use Your Android Cellphone as a Mouse

Posted on June 14, 2013 by gnairooze

Turn your android cellphone to a wireless mouse using ulimate control from negusoft. You only need to setup Ulimate Mouse Lite app on your cellphone. Then setup ucontrol receiver on your PC. It supports Linux, Mac and Windows. After setup … Continue reading →

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Install Shrew Soft VPN client on Ubuntu 13.04

Posted on May 6, 2013 by gnairooze

The following post is based on the original post in stackoverflow site . The answer done by JapSlap and Kate Gregory. I’ve just added some dependencies based on my installation experience and some configuration. Step 1: download shrew soft package … Continue reading →

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Secure Shell (ssh) to another computer with audio and video forwarding

Posted on May 5, 2013 by gnairooze

Recently, I’ve succeeded in connecting to my desktop computer using my laptop using secure shell command (ssh). It was my first time to use ssh. I’d like to share this experience with you. I tried to play audio on Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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Remote Desktop Client

Posted on April 26, 2013 by gnairooze

I’ve been using Remmina Remote Desktop Client for a while now. But recently it kept freezing on rdp remote connection with a windows machine. It was so frustrating, till I used rdesktop. Please use the following command to install it … Continue reading →

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Add A New Resolution To An External Monitor

Posted on April 20, 2013 by gnairooze

I had a problem when trying to connect my laptop “HP ProBook 5310m” to a projector using a VGA converter plugged in my DisplayPort. The best resolution I got was 1024×768. I know the projector can display a higher resolution. … Continue reading →

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My Office Apps

Posted on April 13, 2013 by gnairooze

My Office Apps: LibreOffice: usually the libreoffice site contains more recent version than the one in Ubuntu Software Center. Tomboy Notes: note taking app Xmind: it is a nice cross platform mind mapping app. You can find it here.

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My Network Apps

Posted on April 12, 2013 by gnairooze

My network apps: Shrew Soft VPN Access Manager: can import cisco vpn files. The setup is very easy from Software Center in Ubuntu 12.04, but you have to install it manually in Ubuntu 12.10. You can use this article for … Continue reading →

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My Media Apps

Posted on April 12, 2013 by gnairooze

My Media Apps are VLC: the popular cross platform media player TvTime: It is a simple tv tune app gmtp: it is a GUI for mtp service on Linux to connect to mtp devices (e.g. Nexus 4). You can use … Continue reading →

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