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If you ever have to call tech support for any issue that’s even tangentially related to networking or Internet connectivity, you’ll likely be asked to provide your machine’s MAC address.
Just so there’s no confusion, MAC addresses aren’t necessarily associated with Apple’s MAC line of computers.
Yes, Mac desktop computers and MacBooks have MAC addresses, but so do Windows PCs, Linux boxes, Android devices, iPhones and every other such device that connects to a network. [Read more…]
Question from Mark: I have a very important question for you, Rick.
How much is Facebook’s cut of all the money that’s donated to charity to honor someone’s birthday?
I’ve heard they keep half of it. If that’s true it should be illegal in my opinion.
I’d really like to know the answer to this because I’ve made several donations in the recent past.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Microsoft Office, for years now, has been the best office software used in creating and editing documents, spreadsheet for calculation and arranging of data, and an established presentation used to view different slideshows during a presentation for people of diverse occupations: students, teachers, businessmen, and women.
Microsoft Office is used all over the world, but now, there are various alternatives to Microsoft Office. In this article, we’ll talk about five of the best Microsoft Office alternatives and their features. [Read more…]
Question from Jules K.: The hard drive on my fairly old, but awesome Acer laptop died and I bought a 500GB SSD to replace it.
Since I have to reinstall the operating system anyway I’m seriously considering installing Linux on it instead of Windows 7 (I still have the Window 7 CD) since Microsoft is no longer supporting it.
The only thing I use this laptop for is keeping up with several of my favorite websites so I’m not really worried about running any Windows programs on it.
If I decide to forge ahead with Linux I’d really like to install the version that looks and works the most like Windows. Can you tell me which version that is? [Read more…]
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I’m often asked to recommend a good PDF editor that runs on Linux PCs, and as luck would have it, there are several excellent ones to choose from.
If you’re looking for a good PDF editor for your own Linux machine, here’s a little secret that you might not know… [Read more…]