Ubuntu

One thing I have not touched upon yet in my Working without Windows series is security. Coming from a Windows background, we have become used to making anti virus software installation the first thing we do before going online. In a world where viruses, malware and spyware infest our lives and computer systems, it is not […]

Ubuntu comes with some basic software for touching up images, but I wanted to do a little more than that. GIMP (short for GNU Image Manipulation Project) is open source image editing software. It is available in the Software Centre, so it is easy to get hold of and install. When you open GIMP you’ll see […]

One of the most appealing things about Open Source software is the ability to always have the latest version installed. A few days ago Canonical released the latest version of Ubuntu, 13.04 dubbed Raring Ringtail. For me some software updates appeared via the Software Updater. Once they were installed a message popped up to say that […]

Update: Ubuntu One is no more. Alternatives for Linux do exist, like DropBox and Copy, and Google Drive for Linux has been in the pipeline for a long time now. Perhaps a new post is in order to cover cloud storage for Linux? Let me know in the comments. In the last Working without Windows […]

Working without Windows implies working with something else. In this episode of our series, we will be delving further into the options you see in the Launcher, including a look at the applications that come pre-installed with Ubuntu and how to find and install new applications. LibreOffice The most commonly asked question whenever anyone asks […]

For the third episode in our Working without Windows series, it’s time to take a closer look at how to get things done using Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the bones and meat of the system. It is the layer on which the desktop sits. The desktop that ships with Ubuntu is called Unity. Starting from the top […]