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How to create a bootable Windows 10 usb stick in Ubuntu

July 3, 2017 Alistair Ross
Create a bootable USB Windows 10 stick with Linux

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 of the Ubuntu Podcast, Ubuntu MATE’s […]

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Ubuntu, SuSE and Fedora now in the Windows store!

May 20, 2017 Alistair Ross
Linux Multi-Distro in Windows

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. MS have now announced that they […]

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How to theme your Linux Desktop

February 2, 2017 Alistair Ross
linux desktop themes. There are literally thousands available to make your desktop look just like you want!

Are you tired of the way your desktop looks? Those icons and widgets that once seemed so endearing are now looking a bit shabby or dated? Fear not, here’s a quick tip on how to […]

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Metasploit eyeing Linux and usability improvements; iOS support uncertain – TechRepublic

October 16, 2016October 16, 2016 Alistair Ross

Metasploit to make interface easier, add iOS module

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How to Mount Windows or Samba Shares Permanently

January 3, 2016January 3, 2016 Alistair Ross

This howto describes how to mount Windows CIFS (SMB) shares permanently. The shares might be hosted on a Windows computer/server, or on a Linux/UNIX server running Samba. This document also applies to SMBFS shares, which […]

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How to read and write to Windows NTFS drives as any user

January 12, 2015January 3, 2016 Alistair Ross

So you have a Windows hard drive using the NTFS partition type. The good news is that most Linux distributions these days can read and write to it automatically without as much as a config […]

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What is X, XFree, XOrg or X Windows?

July 23, 2013 Alistair Ross

What X is Not: X is not a product by Microsoft with the letter X before it. X does not affect the way graphical windows on your screen look X won’t let you browse through files in a […]

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