**Hello, i am trying to figure out how to share an Internet connection between a Windows XP SP3 laptop and an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop. What I want to do is, through Ethernet, take the xp laptop wifi connection and allow the Ubuntu desktop to use it.

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 in a desktop computer (this has no wireless adapter, and I am trying to install one WiFi adapter via USB, Acteck USB 150 5cBi), when I installed Ubuntu, I did it with the Ethernet cable, and then without it, and I get no

As the name suggests,I haven't used Ubuntu past the stage of just trying it out so far. I have grown to see though that it is a great OS & am currently typing this on a laptop that belongs to my auntie who is a light PC user that only has this one PC

I have looked this up a few times and they are all telling me the same thing that doesn't seem to work. Here are some specks: Toshiba satellite, Ubuntu 15.1, 2 USBs (one 2.0 the other 3.0), and I'm using Ubuntu startup disk creator and GParted partio

I have apache2 well working, and get the default page "it works" so that is fine. I have, to the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, added: <Directory /home/meteor/webcam/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Require all granted </

Hello I am trying to get my Nagios install, which is working fine, to monitor a windows server with some raid disks. I have a nagios installation working but when I installed the nagios-plugins-contrib_14.20141104_amd64.deb binary I do not see the co

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS a little while ago and I consider myself a beginner. I am using the Nautilus file manager: I wonder if you can navigate the folders through the directory tree, as well as in Windows through folders or the + sign. ----------

In preparation for installing new hd, did several backups. Went to restore backup and Backups won't recognize the file. I see the file on the hd. The hd is working fine, did another backup of new install and I have the option to restore it. I think t

I have a new laptop which came with Windows 10. I managed to make it dual boot with Ubuntu 15.10. Unfortunately I left the Windows partition(s) too large when installing from a USB stick loaded with 64 bit 15.10. My hard disk, which does dual boot fr

I've recently updated the AMD graphics cards (what a mistake..) AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series. Since then, many full screen applications show a blue screen. So far I was unable to find a solution. How can I fix this, or at least go back to the d

Is there an installer instead of having a browser download? because I want to install on a thumb drive. drive specified

Whenever I open the document from this link in Okular and unfold Part I in the table of content, then chapter 4 is also unfolded, no matter how the TOC looked when I last closed the document. Downloading a new copy of the file does not remove this. I

My question: When URLs were first designed, why was case-sensitivity made a feature? I ask this because it seems to me (i.e., a layperson) that case-insensitivity would be preferred to prevent needless errors and simplify an already complicated strin

When I looked in the Google for such data I found only one article that deals with ALT attributes and (if I understood correctly) clues that indeed it is logical to put dots in the end of ALT text especially when it's a sentence; What about Image tit

Let's consider a hypothetical web platform provider, operating under the domain name "dashwidget.com". It would provide the platform to be used in child sites, such as "catswidget.com", or "blahwidget.com". The actual name of

I have to choose between two names (A and B) for my website: A is a cool short name which doesn't mean anything; B is a longer composition of two words, the former of which signals the topic of the website by using semantic in a way that is congruent

I am building kinda a search engine for online shops, and several website are blocking me although I check the robots.txt Let's take an example, I need to get this page: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-Easy-use-Pet-Animal-Dog-Grooming-Nail-Clippe

I want to better understand which criteria I should adopt while chosing a domain name and therefore I'd like see some examples of how much already registered domains are worth, since when, and possibly which hosting service they are hosted by. Is the

I'm trying to calculate the total area of a game object composed of several images. For each image, I know: Width, Height X, Y Rotation ScaleX, ScaleY OriginX, OriginY Where OriginX/Y are floats in the range [0, 1] indicating the relative point insid

I have a VBO storing some data in my game. The thing is, the data can change at a rate of about a second. The data is not fixed size, meaning that some objects will sometimes be visible, sometimes invisible and could even have a different polygon cou