If you are an aspiring entrepreneur looking to start an online business, the first thing that you need to do is to setup your online shop. Technically, that means you have to register a domain, sign up for a webhost and install shopping cart (or e-commerce) software on your server. If you are not technically inclined, fret not! We will show you how to install a shopping cart software in your website in just 5 minutes.
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How to Install A Shopping Cart Software In Your Website In Under 5 Minutes
By | August 24, 2011 | 5 Comments
Essential Software To Install After Installing Windows
By | June 27, 2011 | 6 Comments
Installing or re-installing Windows is a tedious and time consuming task. Other than the time spent installing the OS, we still need to restore all our favorite and essential software. Personally, I have a list of utilities and software that I install after installing Windows. Keeping this list made my life easier as it allows me to install everything that is essential without me forgetting anything. I’ll list down all the software and settings that I install after installing Windows. I have also categorized them so that it’s easy for you to select which category is essential for you.
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How to Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard in VirtualBox
By | May 27, 2011 | 9 Comments
If you need to test a software on Mac OSX, and it is not justifiable for you to get a new Macbook, a good way is to install the Mac OSX as a virtual machine in your Windows (or Linux) based PC. Both the two popular virtual machine software – Virtualbox and VMware, support Mac OSX installation as a virtual guest, but in this article, we will deal with Virtualbox.
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How to Install Plasmoids In Kubuntu (KDE)
By | May 18, 2011 | 5 Comments
I have just started using Kubuntu a week ago. Being a new user of the KDE desktop, I admit that I am have difficulty getting used to its terms. One of the thing I am always confuse is the difference between plasmoids and widgets. The two terms are used interchangeably and it took some googling to discover that plasmoids are actually widgets.
That is only one part. The next issue is the installing of new plasmoids. I downloaded some plasmoids from kde-apps.org and I have completely no ideas how to install it (I am still a newbie in KDE). I double click on it. It doesn’t work. I drag it to the widget section. It doesn’t work either. Once again, I have to google for help.
If you are, just like me, having difficulty in installing your plasmoids, here is how you can do it:
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I Have Installed Ubuntu…What’s Next?
By | March 16, 2011 | 17 Comments
Does this sound familiar to you? You have taken the plunge and install Ubuntu on your computer. The next moment, you have no idea what to do next and where to head. Now, before any doubt creeps in and you are wondering if you have make the right choice leaving the comfort zone (Windows or Mac) and venture into the unknown ground, let us show you what you can, and should do after installing Ubuntu
Note: While this article deals with Ubuntu, it should work for any other distro as well.
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Android Market (Web) Vs. Appbrain
By | February 13, 2011 | 17 Comments
If you have not heard, the Android Market is now available to view on your desktop browser. I was pretty excited to see the features offered in the web version of the Android Market. However, much like many of you, I have grown comfortable using Appbrain for my Android app searching needs.
I’m not going to go in depth into Appbrain here. Here is a post to reference if you want a more detailed explanation of how Appbrain works. I will talk about the key differences between the 2 though.
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3 Ways to Install Applications On Android Without The Market
By | January 28, 2011 |
Installing apps on Android is relatively straightforward with the Android Market. You search for an app, select it and click install. However, there are often times when you may want to install a newly released app or an app that is not available in the Android Market. In these cases you will usually have to manually download and install an .apk file. An .apk file behaves in a similar manner to a “.exe” file on Windows, you need to copy it to your device and run it. Here are some ways that you can manually install an application without going through the market.
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How to Reinstall Windows 7 Without Formatting the Hard Drive
By | November 25, 2010 |
It is very common for WIndows OS to become sluggishly after some time, but when it reaches the point where you can’t get anything to run properly, you know that it is time to do a re-installation. For my Windows 7 machine, after countless installation/uninstallation of various applications (all for testing purpose), it starts to give way and behaves abnormally. Apps start to run sluggishly and I can’t even get the Windows update to function. The best choice for me is to reinstall the OS.
However, most people don’t like (or even hate) to do a reinstallation because it means that they have to reformat the hard drive and probably lost some of their precious data. The fact is, you don’t really have to reformat your hard drive to reinstall the OS. Even after the reinstallation, your data will still be intact. Here’s how you can do it:
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How to Download, Install and Manage Fonts in Windows
By | July 31, 2010 |
If you are a graphic designer or a multimedia professional, you must need different kinds of fonts for your projects. Unfortunately, Windows does not have a variety of fonts installed by default.
Even though there are quite a lot of fonts installed by default in Windows, if you are looking for some variety, you will find that the default inventory is not sufficient. You may need different kinds of fonts and styles to use in your projects and design work.
In this article we will see how to download, install and manage fonts in Windows.
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What to Install After Installing Ubuntu Lucid?
By | April 21, 2010 |
As Ubuntu Lucid is preparing for its grand launch on 29th April 2010, I am sure you should have already known what to expect in this release. The next usual question is: “what should I install after installing Lucid?”
We have done plenty of “what to install after installing Ubuntu” articles previously, but this time round, I am going to save you all the trouble and introduce you to a script that can automate plenty of stuffs for you.
Ubuntu Start is a bash script written by Alin Andrei that aims to help you to overcome the “what to install” block. It performs a series of tweaks and allows you to choose extra applications to install. Truthfully speaking, it is not a polished script. The only great thing about it is that it WORKS!. It doesn’t cover every single thing you need/want, but it covers the necessary tweaks and installation for your Ubuntu machine, especially Ubuntu Lucid.
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