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If you did not correctly install and/or deinstall a XOOPS module, you will see an emptly line in the module overview with the text "Module File for Not Found". Let's get rid of it.

Install and use your printer in Ubuntu

A lot of software is installed by default in Ubuntu. Here is how to install more.

If you want to switch to another language in Open Office Writer or if you want to use more than one languages within one Open Office document, you may have a difficult time finding out how to do it - especially if you are used to Microsoft Word as the procedure is slightly different.

If your website is down, you can ping your site to see if the problem is your server.

If your website is down, you can ping your site to see if the problem is your server. Ubuntu uses the MyTraceRoute tool. Read how to do it.

Download and install Google Earth in Ubuntu

Before you install a new version of Google Earth, you need to uninstall the previous one.

A number of multimedia file formats are patented and cannot be distributed with Ubuntu. However, these formats are easily installed after installing Ubuntu on your computer. Read how to install multimedia file formats in Ubuntu.

Microsoft fonts like Arial, Times New Roman and Verdana are not included in the Ubuntu installation CD, but installing these fonds is just a few clicks away. This makes it easier to open MS Office documents in OpenOffice.

LCD screens are widely used as flat screens and as screens in laptop computers. Removing fingerprints and smudges from an LCD screen requires extra care as the surface of an LCD monitor is softer than a CRT monitor that has a glass surface. Read below how to get a clean LCD screen!

Edit the GRUB menu in Ubuntu. GRUB is a menu that allows you

Adapt the size of the windows listing in the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn taskbar.

Unfortunately, PDFCreator and PrimoPDF do not work for Windows Vista yet. Here are some free alternatives: FreePDF and CutePDF!

Ubuntu's equivalent to temporary internet files are the firefox cache files. Read how the find these.

Wine is a Windows compatibility layer for Linux. With Wine you can run many Windows programs on Linux. Read how to install Wine in Ubuntu...

Print the content of your screen to a .png, .gif .bmp or .jpg file

Since Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), Compiz Fusion is part of Ubuntu. Many people have seen the rotating cube with a workspace on its sides... here is how to get that rocking cube!

The print button and the pdf button in the XOOPS module Smartsection allow the visitor to print your articles to pdf or to paper. However, these buttons are also a source of "double content" which may affact your search engine ranking in a negative way. Read how to remove those buttons...

Tiny screens, slow internet connections: using a mobile web browser for normal websites is often difficult. Google offers a solution.

Did you move a file on your website? Redirect a file to its new location with PHP so that your visitors can find it.

If several people share a computer, you may wish to assign a maximum disk space usage. This howto only works if you have administrator privileges.