Sunday, June 3, 2012

Use Internet search engines to their full potential

Make sure to get the most out of every search result. If you're not finding what you want try surrounding the text in quotes. For example, if you were searching for 'computer help' this actually searches for pages that contain both computer and help and not necessarily pages that have computer and help next to each other. If you search for "computer help" with the quotes around the search query this will only return pages that actually have computer and help next to each other.
Tip Many new computer users also don't realize that in every search box you can press enter instead of having to move the mouse button over to the Search button.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Sharing a directory using NFS

This tutorial will walk you through exporting a directory so that we
can read from or write to it. I will make it really simple so that in
emergency situations, you are good to go within a few minutes
First install nfs server (I am on Debian 5.0, other distributions
would have a the nfs package name similar to that)
aptitude install aptitude install nfs-kernel-server
After we have the nfs server installed, you need to export the
directory by using the /etc/exports file. The format ofthe file is:
dir_to_be_exported allowed_hosts(options)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Know your Internet browser shortcuts.

There are dozens of different shortcut keys that can be used with Internet browsers. Below are a few of our top suggested Internet browser shortcuts.  - Pressing Alt + D in any major Internet browser will move the cursor into the address bar. This is a great way to

Use Internet search engines to their full potential

Make sure to get the most out of every search result. If you're not finding what you want try surrounding the text in quotes. For example, if you were searching for 'computer help' this actually searches for pages that contain both computer and help and not necessarily pages that have

Quickly move between the fields of a web page

If you're filling out an online form, e-mail, or other text field you can quickly move between each of the fields by pressing the Tab key or Shift + Tab to move back a field. For example, if you're filling out your name and the next field is your e-mail address you can press the Tab key to switch to the e-mail field.
Tip This tip also applies to the buttons,