Crenk » install

How to Install FreeNX Server and Client in Ubuntu 9.10

Steven Finch — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:47:17 +0000

FreeNX is a system that allows you to access your desktop from another machine over the Internet. You can use this to login graphically to your desktop from a remote location. One example of its use would be to have a FreeNX server set up on your home computer, and graphically logging in to the home computer from your work computer, using a FreeNX client.

Installing the FreeNX server on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Open your terminal from Applications->Accessories->Terminal

Run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freenx-team

sudo apt-get update

sudo aptitude install freenx

Now use nxsetup to install necessary files and create the special user “nx”

sudo /usr/lib/nx/nxsetup –install

FreeNX Client installation in ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

If you want to install opensource client for freenx use QTNX,QTNX NX client for QT install qtnx using the following command

sudo apt-get install qtnx

Install Freenx client in windows

You can download freenx windows client from here and install.

How To Install Open Office in Ubuntu

Steven Finch — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:39:15 +0000

This tutorial will explain how to install latest version of openoffice in ubuntu

First go to the OpenOffice website and download the Linux .deb file (On your desktop)

1 – Once you have done that, extract the .deb file,

OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Run the following command from terminal or just right click select extract

tar xzvf OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Then you’ll see a file called OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483

2 – You can remove the existing version of OpenOffice if you wish with this command:

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*

3 – Copy and paste OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483 onto the desktop then open Terminal and paste this command:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/*.deb

4 – Then paste this command:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.2-debian-menus_3.2-9472_all.deb

Once you’ve done that you’ll find OpenOffice 3.2 in Office.

How to Install the ActiveX Control on Facebook Photos

Steven Finch — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:10 +0000

ActiveX controls are small programs that work with Internet Explorer to display certain types of files. When you try to view certain photos or animations in Facebook, you may get a message, usually via a pop-up window, that you must install an ActiveX control to view them. Many people worry that this means that Facebook wants you to download a virus or spyware of some kind. On the contrary–these type of files are pretty much par for the course.

Launch Internet Explorer on your machine. Once the program loads, click on the “Tools” menu. It should be at the top of the window directly underneath the navigation bar. Click on “Internet Options” in the drop-down menu. It will be at the very bottom.
Look at the “Internet Options” window that comes up. There are seven tabs at the top. Click on the one that says “Security” on it. Click on the button near the bottom of the window that says “Custom Level” on it.
Look at the new menu that says “Security Settings — Internet Zone” at the top. Scroll down until you find an item called “ActiveX Controls.” Double click on it. You will see 10 items related to ActiveX, each with a series of radial buttons next to it.
Find the option that says “Run ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins.” Click on the radial button next to the word “Enable.” Continue through the list looking for the options that have the word “Recommended” in parentheses next to them. Click the radial button for each of these options. This will allow ActiveX to install, but only with your permission, not automatically. That way you can block it if you wish.
Click “Okay” at the bottom of the window. Close your Internet Explorer window and restart the program. Navigate to a page in FaceBook where an ActiveX window came up when you tried to view a photo. Look for a yellow bar at the top of your screen that is the same width as your standard toolbar. Click on it and select “Allow” to let ActiveX run for this page. You should be able to view the photo properly.

How to Install Mac OS X Leopard

Steven Finch — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:57:45 +0000

It’s time for a new release of Mac OS X! Leopard promises lots of new built-in features like the backup program Time Machine, Boot Camp which allows you to install Windows XP or Vista (only for Intel based Macs), Screen Sharing in iChat, and that’s only the beginning.

There’s a new Finder with Cover Flow to “flip” through files, Quick Look allows you to preview almost any kind of document without launching a program, and Spaces allows you to maintain several “workspaces” on one desktop.

And as usual, the installation process is easy & painless.

Back up your computer. You can either just back up your data or use a disk cloning program to make an exact copy of your hard drive just in case anything goes wrong while you install OS X Leopard.
Insert the Mac OS X Leopard installation DVD. You can either insert it before you boot up your computer, and your Mac will automatically start the installation, or you can insert the DVD while your computer is running and run the “Install Mac OSX.app”.
Click the “Restart” button when the big black “X” appears on your screen.
When your computer has restarted, select your language.
Click on “More Information” if you want to read more about the new features of Mac OS X Leopard, otherwise, hit the “Continue” button on the bottom of the screen.
Select the drive on which you want to install Mac OS X Leopard. This is usually “Macintosh HD”. Then hit the “Continue” button on the bottom of the screen.
Hit the “Install” button at the bottom of the “Install Summary” screen.
Now you wait. The installation may take between one and two hours.
When the installation is complete, fill out the registration screen. Congratulations! Now go play with all the nifty new features of Mac OS X Leopard!

How To Install Ubuntu on a Linux Computer or Laptop

Steven Finch — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:36:57 +0000

Install Ubuntu Linux Easily

Step 1: The first thing you need to do before actually installing the operating system is to get hold of the installation disc. The disc requires a DVD drive and a blank DVD-R to copy the disc to. If you’re unable to burn the disc to DVD, you must order one. But, the beauty of ordering one is that because the operating system is free, you don’t have to pay a dime for anything more than shipping. Go ahead and download or order an installation disc.

Step 2: If you are going to download the disc and burn it yourself, the next page, after choosing the download option, will ask you a few questions. If you’re looking to use the disc to install Ubuntu on your Server or Netbook, click on the appropriate tabs at the top of the page. Choose a country or server from the drop down menu right below the tabs to give them an idea of which server would be the fastest download for you. Lastly, check the box that’ll let you pick either 32 or 64 bit Ubuntu and voila, you’re almost there.

Step 3: The installation disc will download itself in an ISO format that’s very easy to burn to disc afterward. Depending on your connection speed, you can expect to wait anywhere from a few minutes to just over an hour or so if you’re on a broadband connection.

Step 4: We’re almost home free with the setup and almost to the installation. The final step is to download a program called ISO Recorder. It’s freeware. Insert a blank CD or DVD into your drive and browse for the Ubuntu ISO file on your hard drive using ISO Recorder. It shouldn’t take long to load and once it does, click burn and watch the magic happen.

Step 5: Once you have the disc ready to go, pop it back into your drive and restart your computer. If you’re not familiar with how to do the next step, there are a few quick and easy guides online that’ll help you through it. Or, you can check out the Help Documentation section on Ubuntu’s website. Go into you computer’s BIOS and set the computer to boot from the CD first before the hard drive. Once this is set, save your settings and restart the computer one last time.

Step 6: The graphical installer will load from the CD and the installation will guide you every step of the way to make sure you have all of the necessary drivers and software before you’re ready to go.

And that’s it. It’s that easy. There isn’t much work to installing Ubuntu on your desktop or server. It should take just over a few hours to get everything you need together and installed. And now that you have it installed, enjoy! Read more about Ubuntu.

All My Apps: The Easy Way To Install Software on Your PC or Mac

Steven Finch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:02:26 +0000

Allmyapps makes software installation a breeze. No matter how many applications you need, 1 click is all you need to have all your favorite applications installed on your PC. Allmyapps also keeps your applications safe! Would you need to reinstall your system, Allmyapps takes care of reinstalling all your favorite applications in the blink of an eye.

With Allmyapps, installing software applications has become so easy that you’ll soon find yourself installing a lot of great new applications! Be prepared to enjoy your computer like never before! Allmyapps provides some great application ideas that I have never even heard of, but I’m sure they can make me a lot more product, but on the other side there are a lot of time killers out there!

Convey This: A Brilliant Easy to Install Web Translator

Dean Sherwin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:01:45 +0000

The World Wide Web – just where the hell would we be without it? We’d all most likely still be fascinated by ham radios. However, for all of its greatness the Internet has a major downfall in the very area it triumphs – worldwide access to one network. That means people in the US, India, France, Pakistan, Russia and the UK can all read this post and many others like it.

Convey This is a language translator aimed at blogs and company websites that overcomes the language barrier. It’s basically a small button with around a dozen flags and corresponding language names in a drop down menu below it. When you select you desired language from the list, the web page will be instantly translated using one of several popular web translators such as Google Translator

I think this is excellent and it could really increase international traffic to a blog or business site that is showing potential in far away lands. By giving people the option to read in their own language you may just be gaining a reader for life.

And it’s not hard to set up easier. The most novice blogger could have it set up on their site in a matter of minutes. The most complex aspect is entering the HTML code but most platforms such as Blogger allow you to copy and paste it into a widget anyway. Convey This is available here.

Google Chrome OS: Install Chrome OS for Linux

Steven Finch — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:11:55 +0000

There has been a lot of reports about Google Chrome OS which Google officially announced they have been working on. Since that time I have been very keen to get my hands on the product and give it a good test.

I came across a very interesting article today about installing Google Chrome OS for Linux machines.

First things first you will need to download Google Chrome OS Beta and Virtual Box.

Once you have downloaded the .ISO file and unzipped it you can create your virtual disk.

Step 1 – Name the Virtual Machine and set OS and type to other

Step 2 – Set the base memory size(RAM) I used 1000MB NOTE: Go easy on this at first you can always bump it up later if need be

Step 3 – Create a new hard disk and boot hard drive

Step 4 -Pick the type of storage you would like I did dynamically expanding storage.

Step 5 – Now set your hard drive space. I could spare 2 GB so that’s what I used.

Step 6 -Go ahead and Run your new Virtual Machine

Step 7 -Begin installing your Chrome ISO

Step 8 -Select your ISO image and blast off!

Step 9 -Select to install Chrome OS then sit back and watch it install.

Step 10 -Enjoy, test and play with Google Chrome OS.

Internet Explorer Under Critisism…Again

Dean — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:11:14 +0000

Have you ever downloaded a less than scrupulous piece of software only to discover the next day that you default browser has been changed and your homepage is some rubbish search engine based in North Korea? I have. So have thousands of others who were attracted by freeware never stopping to think of the scheming companies that lurked behind them. Such as Microsoft.

At the present, when users download IE8, the newest edition of Internet Explorer they will quite obviously have to install it. Now when you’re installing any piece of software you’re given a choice.

a) Quick Install

b) Custom install

In most cases the ‘Quick Install’ is already selected for you and most of us will go right on ahead and press ’Next’. Microsoft copped onto that so that when you install IE by choosing the quick install method your default browser and homepage are changed to please Bill Gates.

Microsoft recently came under fire about these practices you would expect from a smaller more desperate company. They responded by saying on their blog that they were making an update and that by August IE8 will ask your permission to become the default browser first.

“IE will never install, or become the default browser without your explicit consent. However, we heard a lot of feedback from a lot of different people and groups and decided to make the user choice of the default browser even more explicit,” Microsoft said.

IE8 has already been in the spotlight when they released the OMGIGP advertisement which Crenk covered here.

The Pirate Bay Launches a Free Video Converter and Toolbar

Steven Finch — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:11:56 +0000

The Pirate Bay is at it again but this time they are actually offering something useful to its users. The Pirate Bay’s new offering is a ViO converters which reduces AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV and others videos to 20% of its original size without any reduction in image quality, and claims to do it faster than any other converter.

The ViO converter is currently completely free and pre-configured for popular mobile devices.

Additionally the Pirate Bay are offering an optional toolbar that can be installed. The toolbar is a dynamic video directory guide of all streaming video sites on the net, featuring a tube site ripper, powerful media search engine and one-click access to ViO video converter straight from your browser!