Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 Install and Overview / Review Video

Budgie: the desktop that set our hearts a flutter… Solus OS had us believing that the year of the Linux desktop might actually be a reality. No really, Solus is a…

Good, Free OpenSource Web Conferencing using BigBlueButton on Ubuntu

Installing BigBlueButton on Ubuntu 16.04 BigBlueButton has been around a while now, and it’s definitely worth a look at if you haven’t before if you are in need of any…

How to create a bootable Windows 10 usb stick in Ubuntu

Need to install Windows 10 on a machine, but need to put the Windows 10 ISO on a USB stick on nothing but a Linux box? Sure! During the recording…

Ubuntu, SuSE and Fedora now in the Windows store!

Did you say Linux? In the Windows Store? Like, OMG! Did we just enter some weird hallucination, or parallel universe? Nope! Microsoft have announced that they continue their partnership with Ubuntu/Canonical.…

Hello nftables, Goodbye iptables

Firewalling under Linux gets revamped. Yep, you read it right. The firewalling tool that has been either hated or loved, ever since Kernel 2.4 is being phased out from kernel…

Shock news as Ubuntu ditches their Unity desktop

The ink was barely dry when the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide wrapped up it’s review of Ubuntu 17.04, which saw us point out that the Unity desktop was surely in…

Preview of Ubuntu Zesty Zapus 17.04: Paint drying version & how to upgrade

Let’s get it out of the way first, here are the new features that are just about to hit us from Canonical, with the latest version, Ubuntu 17.04, Zesty Zapus.…

Screencast recording with Green Recorder

Ever fancied recording your very own video tutorials like those here at The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide? Well, there’s a new app for that in town that the folks over…

How to use Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Amazon S3 and more in Linux

Google Drive hasn’t been supported on Linux officially, well, ever…. It’s been possible to use it in the past using third party apps like inSync or the more basic Gdrive. However…

How to put a Linux ISO onto a USB stick and make it bootable on a Mac

So, you’ve got a mac computer and you want to put the ISO you just downloaded onto it. If you’ve used tools like UNetBootin before, then you’ll have found it…