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Recently, I re-checked the XDA-Developers forum again and found that someone has created a super-easy way to create a dualboot system. I tried it and it works! Here’s what I did:. Disclaimer: This tutorial will format your tablet hard disk and wipe out all your data. It could also brick your tablet. It would definitely void your warranty. MakeTechEasier will not be held responsible for any damage, data loss, fire or death of a loved one resulting from using this mod for your device....

Wink is a tutorial and presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. Wink is also available in several languages including English, French, German, Italian, Danish, Spanish, Serbian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified/Traditional Chinese. Here’s how we use Wink to create screencast easily....

Zeit’s sole goal is to make adding and managing your cron jobs very easy. With Zeit, running commands and scripts is as straightforward as adding a new entry to a task list. Let’s see how it allows you to easily create cron jobs in Linux. Installation On most Linux distributions, you’ll have to build Zeit from source. After downloading it, and according to the official documentation, you can turn it into a usable app with: If you’re on Ubuntu, you can add its repository and install Zeit with the following commands: After a while, you’ll find Zeit among the rest of your installed programs....

Recently, with the release of Firefox 60, Mozilla finally added support for Client Side Decoration(CSD) to the Linux version of Firefox. For the first time Firefox fully integrates with GTK-based Linux desktop environments, like GNOME and XFCE. Even better, it’s very easy to enable this long-awaited feature. Enable CSD in Firefox In order for this to work, you need to have Firefox 60 or later installed. A lot of distributions have made the move to Firefox 60 already....

This allows Internet Explorer 11 to capture the response using the ActiveX controls and displays the information in a compatibility mode. Though this is a useful feature for web developers, Microsoft chose to hide it deep inside the Group Policy settings. So if you are wondering, here is how you can enable Enterprise Mode in Windows. Note: Enterprise Mode is only available for Pro and Ultimate versions of Windows 8....

Whether you’re an Evernote junkie or just a casual user, it is a good idea to set this up as soon as possible; it will only take a few minutes of your time. To get started, you will need to go to Evernote.com, sign in and then click on your name at the top right corner of the page. You should see an “Account Settings” option in the menu that drops down....

Why is this important to you? A mistake made by the Dropbox team few days back had left the Dropbox’s main door open for 4 hours. During this period, anyone can log into any account and access all the files in that account without any passwords. While this affects only 1% of its users (which amounts to about 250,000, and that is not a small number), if you are one of those whose accounts have been compromised and you have confidential files in your Dropbox, you better watch out for the bad things that might happen to you....

Some iPhone users have also raised concerns that their old iPhones can’t get the latest iOS update, and the devices start acting up by calling people, changing pages, or interrupting their browsing. While this is a possible occurrence, it isn’t an indicator of a virus resident in the device. It could point to a different issue altogether, like a failing touch-screen, in which case the phone would have to be replaced....

Note: This tutorial is done on Windows 8.1, but it should work with Windows 7 and Vista too. Find Drivers for Unknown Devices To find drivers for unknown devices in Windows, we need to access device manager where you can manage all your hardware device drivers. To open device manager in Windows 8, press “Win + X” to open the power user menu and then select the option “Device Manager....

Since Windows is silently downloading and installing updates, you might be curious to know what updates have been installed on your Windows system or what updates are causing the problems. In those situations it is better to check the Windows update history. This helps you to better understand what updates have been successfully installed or failed to install. This article will show you how to see Windows update history in Windows 10....

Note: “Unexpected Store Exception” is not related to the Microsoft Store. Tip: does your Windows system crash when you try to process massive amounts of data? Get past that problem by using one of these tools to view large files. What Is the “Unexpected Store Exception” Error in Windows? The “Unexpected Store Exception” error is caused by various hardware and file integrity issues associated with the kernel memory module. The bug is also known as UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION and has a value of 0x00000154, which refers to a “stop code,” a special category of blue screen errors....

1. Reboot Your iPhone The simplest solution to such an issue is to restart your iPhone. This usually fixes the missing contacts’ names. Do note that rebooting helps to fix other issues too, such as Apple Pay problems. To reboot your phone, you can either power off and then power on as you would usually do or do a hard reboot. To hard reboot or force restart your iPhone, follow these steps:...

Try a Different Version of VirtualBox No program is free of bugs, and this goes for both Ubuntu and VirtualBox. Some users have found that different versions of VirtualBox and Ubuntu sometimes just don’t get along. If a certain version of Ubuntu never froze in the past, you can try installing an older version of VirtualBox. Conversely, you might try running a newer version of Ubuntu. Not only will you possibly solve your freezing problem, but you’ll get new features as well....

If you just started to exploring GitHub, you’ll find a steep learning curve. Therefore, we have prepared a step-by-step guide that will gently introduce you to the world of GitHub. 1. Create a GitHub account Go to this link and create your GitHub account. You can start with a free account for individuals, which limits you to only three collaborators. There are professional, team, and enterprise editions which support unlimited collaborators....

The dock is a great way to store the programs that you use all of the time and do not want to dive into the applications folder in order to find it each time you want to use it. Of course, if you have a wide variety of programs that you use on a regular basis, you may find that your dock is getting crowded and that the convenience is less than it was before....

1. Hide Telegram Chats by Archiving Them The easiest way to hide texts from view in Telegram without deleting them is to achieve them, although the process requires a few extra steps to complete. Follow the instructions below to do so on both mobile and PC. How to Hide “Archived Chats” From View Your chat thread will be taken to the “Archived Chats” folder, which is displayed at the top of your chats....

Note: find out what Tor and onion routing are first before you proceed. Why Host Your Website Over Tor? One of the biggest advantages of hosting over Tor is that its connection also goes through intermediary nodes similar to the Tor Browser. A visitor checking out your website will not be able to know where you are hosting it from. Aside from that, you also do not need to forward any ports to make your Tor-only website work....

The main reason why I use BatteryBar is that it will install a statusbar icon which will show you the total time left in full discharge. You can click on the BatteryBar icon to change the values in hours and minutes or percentages. Improving Laptop Battery Life Normally, the laptop LCD screen consumes the most battery power. Windows gives us an option to adjust the brightness of the screen. Reducing the screen brightness to even one point will usually improve the battery time by 10%....

Despite this, the community has found ways to bring Adobe apps to your Linux Desktop through Wine. But it can be difficult to get the Creative Cloud suite working in Wine due to compatibility issues with the multiple versions of the setup program available from Adobe’s website. To solve this problem, Corbin Davenport created an installation script that helps you install any of the Adobe Creative Cloud apps on Linux without all the hassle....

Binary Space Partitioning, Explained Binary Space Partitioning is the idea that windows in a desktop can be represented as leaves in a full binary tree. A full binary tree is a structure of ordering information using hierarchical nodes. Any information within that tree is sorted in twos with a root node always containing two nodes. Bspwm works with nodes. In practice, when you create a window on an empty desktop, bspwm will create a single node for that window to be placed in....