Posts tagged Linux

YouGrab 3 now available – Windows, Linux and Mac OS X – August 2010 issue

Jul 13th

Posted by Darren Yates in PC User software

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PC User’s exclusive YouTube download manager is now available in the August 2010 issue of PC User on sale now.

We’ve come up with not one but three versions – Windows, Linux (Ubuntu and all UserOS operating systems) and Mac OS X.

One tip worth remembering is that Windows Vista and Windows 7 users who have User Account Control (UAC) activated will need to right-click on the YouGrab 3 launch icon and choose “Run as Administrator”.

You can grab PC User’s August 2010 issue from all good newsagents.

 
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HOW TO – Run Ubuntu 10.04 on a virtual machine in Windows XP, Vista or 7

May 20th

Posted by Darren Yates in Q&A

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If you’ve thought about trying Ubuntu or its lower-grunt-requiring sibling, Xubuntu, but haven’t had a spare PC to throw it on and you have wanted to do more than use a live CD, one simple way is to build a virtual PC.

A virtual PC is basically a PC made entirely out of software.

To an operating system, it runs and operates as if it were hardware but the beauty of it is that the whole thing resides as a series of files on your PCs hard drive.

Here’s how you do it:

1. Get the tools

You’ll need to download the following tools:

* VMware More >

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Ubuntu 10.04 is out!

Apr 30th

Posted by Darren Yates in Freeware software

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Ubuntu 10.04 is finally out! You can grab a copy here.

Having played with the first Beta and the Release Candidate, I’m hopeful that 10.04 could be a bit of a breakout release for Canonical and for Linux in general.

There are many different releases of Linux (including PC User’s own UserOS series) however, the theme and styling chosen for 10.04 is definitely the cleanest Canonical has produced so far.

What’s more, it’s nice that this has coincided with a “long term support” release – that means it’ll be good for three years rather than the usual 18 months.

Work will begin on the More >

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