Problem: I needed to install Skype on a Linux Live USB distro with persistence (so it remembers the settings & saves files) so I could video chat with my fiancée while on a business trip. On a 64-bit machine with Ubuntu 13.04, Skype is nowhere to be found in the Ubuntu Software Center. If you…
Fix It: My Computer Won’t Turn On!
Your computer won’t turn on. You press the power button… nothing. You wiggle the mouse, tap a few keyboard keys… nothing. Your monitor says “No Signal” or something similar. OH. EM. GEE. Don’t Panic Freaking out, throwing the computer out the window, or hitting or kicking your computer when it won’t turn on will mostly…
Fix a Slow Windows PC
Just about anyone who uses Microsoft Windows has at some point or another reached the pinnacle of frustration and cried out “THIS COMPUTER IS TOO DAMN SLOW!” For some people, this means “dealing with it” until they can afford a new computer, or they pay someone to come fix it. In most cases,…