How to Install TeamViewer for Easy Remote Desktop Support:
- Click this link to download TeamViewer
- Click Save
- Open your Downloads folder
- Right-Click on teamviewer_linux_x64.deb
- Select Open with GDebi Package Installer
- Click Install Package
- After installation has finished you can close the Package Installer window
- TeamViewer is now ready to launch to do this go to Applications > Internet > TeamViewer
- Once Teamviewer is up you should see a window similar to this one
- Email the ID and Password to your support technician.
- Each time you open TeamViewer you will be given a new ID and Password so make sure to send the most recent if you close TeamViewer.
- Your support technician will only be able to log into your system while the TeamViewer program is running.
- If you don’t plan on being present when your support technician will be accessing your system make sure to disable any sleep functions so that the system is available during the scheduled remote desktop session.
- TeamViewer is Free for non-commercial use.
Perform a System Restore
1. Click Start > All Programs
Another year of free computing and a look at how my desktop has changed.
- Click this link and click Open With: Package Installer.
- Click Install.
- Click Force Install.
- The Package Installer will now ask you for your root password.
- When the installation is complete you can now open Picasa via Applications > Graphics > Picasa (folder) > Picasa.
- The first time Picasa runs it will search for images in your home folder, this can take a while if you have a large image collection.
- After Picasa has finished searching for images simply select the images that you want to send.
- Click Email.
- Sign into your gmail account.
- Enter your recipient’s email address, the subject, and a short message.
- Click Send.
They don’t make em out of bent sheet metal like they used to! I hadn’t decided what to do with it at the the time, but they one day it dawned on me that it would make one cool portable sound system.
And so I gathered up some materials including an old car speaker and a 9v battery powered amplifier/speaker from the local shack. Modifying the heater was as simple as taking out a few screws to remove the old heating element, popping open the portable amplifier, soldering the car speaker to the amplifier board, and then mounting everything inside the heater. One thing I will add later is a nice knob to adjust the volume without opening the heater.
I was so proud of my new desktop arrangement I decided I should share it with everyone!
gtk2: Olona (2late)
dock: Gnome Do (dock mode)
desktop: interfacelift.com
icons: meliae
I have recently been introduced to a great program and service called Dropbox. This simple app creates a folder on your computer and anything you throw into that folder gets uploaded to the Dropbox servers. From here you can access your Dropbox files via their website or using another computer with Dropbox installed. The experience is seamless and extremely easy to use most will not notice any difference between using Dropbox and using their files and folders as they normally would. Dropbox currently offers 2gb of storage for free, which isn’t much but it is another option to carrying around a thumb drive. Dropbox does offer more storage in 50gb and 100gb sizes for $9.99 and $19.99 respectively.
I have long used a pc is some form or another as a media center. Originally using a mouse and keyboard to simple navigate to a folder and play a video. The process was tideous but it worked and after some time there was the introduction of such media center software. Media center applications improved the experience by menus that were easy to view and navigate on a tv screen. Today there are probably thousands to choose from, but I have only seen one that is fairly unique in its approach to putting media on your television.
Boxee as colorfuly graphic and easy to use as it is has much more to offer than being a plain jain media center. This rascal allows you to stream content from major online distributors. You can steam content from CNN, WB, ABC, and Hulu (when they want to play nice). If the included sources aren’t to your liking you can create your own via RSS feeds of which you can even download torrents all from within the Boxee interface. Boxee also creates a twitter like feel as it will tell your friends what programs you have recently viewed and allow you to make recomendations.
I’ve used several different media center applications and while I think Boxee is best one suited for my needs you can tell that it is not as stable as others might be. Given time I’m sure the bugs will be ironed out and even more features will be added to the already full featured Boxee!
Be sure to sign up and check it out here.
