Friday, February 18, 2011

Dual boot ubuntu and Windows, Preinstalled or not, on same partition

You may have heard of ubuntu/linux/some other distro and want to try it out, or want both, or don't have a windows CD and don't want to have to pay for it again if you screw something up. There is an easy solution. Wubi. Wubi dual boots ubuntu and the copy of windows you already have on the same partition by installing ubuntu as a program in windows. This method's User Interface is the same as any other dualboot, just if you start ubuntu you have to press enter twice instead of once.
1. Download Wubi, This one worked for Ubuntu 10.4, and is supposed to for ubuntu 10.10 http://download.cnet.com/Wubi/3000-2094_4-10701841.html
2. run the exe file(it can download a ubuntu ISO but it takes forever, download one straight from the ubuntu website)
3. it may take awhile, if it errors, do it again
4. reboot, choose ubuntu, then the top option, Ubuntu Generic
5. it will do the default ubuntu install, don't wet your pants
6. follow the setup steps, reboot after, choose windows or choose ubuntu--> ubuntu generic to start windows or ubuntu, irrespectively.
===========================UNINSTALLATION=========================
1. open windows, if your computer does not, go to the boot menu
2. (only for if you go to the boot menu)unplug all wires except power choose your hard disk/SSD(if you don't know what that is, you don't have it)
3. choose windows
4. sign in to an admin account
5. uninstall the program "ubuntu"
6. restart, if wubi, grub loader, or no menu opens at start up, you didn't follow instructions(I did this twice on each of the 5 PCs I own and they all worked)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Turn an android into a mobile games platform

Androids already beat out the iphone and Blackberry on the games front, but that little brick is your ticket to games galore!Just get these apps(and cords)
1. Droidemu or Droidemulite from the market
2. ROM Gripper
3. Wiimote controller(only if you can get #6)
4. Replica island, Squibble etc. (these are normal android games)
5. android cable splitter(for a charger and other cables all at once)
6. Android 2 TV cable(you have to make this)
7. PSX4droid and a rom gripper ++
For froyo phones get Flash player and kongregate arcade too
Steps-
1. get apps/cords that you can
2. get ROMs from Romgripper, ROM gripper ++
3. PLug n play

Monday, January 31, 2011

Run apps from a USB/Android/CD/any drive that goes into a computer

Portable apps-aapplications(i.e. Thunderbird, Microsoft word, Google chrome, Skype) that are run without installs from any memory storage space. Translation-no installs, run from USB, CD, DVD, Android Phone Plugged into a PC, etc. I put them on a CD or my G1. Yout can get all kinds of them too.
Pros-no installs(great to try software out without slowing anything down)
take anywhere
need a cd/USB/Phone/etc. is fixed by puting on dropbox, go download file, run to go to the cloud
near traceless
Cons- need to bring CD/USB/android unless you go to the cloud
if you go to the cloud you may need to download
may be slightly slower on 1st gen USB
May be out of date software
may be in different languages(not likely)
like all downloads, may have malware(go to cnet/others to avoid, mywot gives you a good idea if it's safe or                   .     not)
Hard to find for Mac/Linux

Overall score-Windows-9.7, Mac- I don't have a mac, Linux- Don't have linux
Chrome Portable(in german)- http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/20006/run-portable-chrome-from-your-flash-drive-on-any-windows-machine/
Firefox 3.5 portable- download.cnet.com/Firefox-Portable/3000-2356_4-10437430.html
Thunderbird portable- download.cnet.com/...Thunderbird-Portable/3000-2367_4-10526818.html 
Seamonkey portable- download.cnet.com/SeaMonkey-Portable/3000-2356_4-75090730.html

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Internet Explorer 9 beta

The IE9 beta is becoming more stable every day. You might want to try it, like I have, but here are some things to consider:
Bad:The tabs are to the right of the address bar(only enough for, like 2)
still pretty slow
still crappy extensions

Good:got html5
not so many toolbars, buttons
Finally got an omnibar(after chrome, FF)
Score:6.5
Chrome's score:8.75
FF score: 7.9
Conclusion: for those who don't use FF or chrome will like it, other wise steer clear(bt IF you have IE tab it will make it a little faster, and it's an update, how is that bad?)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chrome betas

Did you know there is 7 builds of chrome? there's stable(default), Beta(stable with some features), dev(mostly stable by 90%), canary, 60%, chromium stable 95%, chromium beta ?%, and chrome dev ?%   I use chromium stable and chrome dev as a lifeline.
Getting chrome- Go to the links
Stable- http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome.html?hl=en
Beta- http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/
Dev- http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=devchannel
Canary- http://tools.google.com/dlpage/chromesxs
Canary can be run with another chrome build at the same time, but cannot be your default browser. This means if you click a link in Microsoft outlook it will not go there. I recommend working up to dev and getting canary if you don't like manual updates, If you don't care about manual updates, get chromium!

To get chromium, go to the link and scroll to the 2nd from the bottom. The bottom is "latest" and don't do anything. Open the highest version number and download "mini_install" and run it to install chromium. Bookmark the link so you can come back for updates. Updating chromium is essentially doing a second install.

Chromium builds- http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/
Chromium is updated 5-15 times a day, Dev is once a week, beta once a month, and stable 4-8 times a year. Chromium can be set as default browser and run side by side with canary and chrome. It has a blue tinted icon, and canary has a gray and yellow one. Chromium doesn't come with current flash or shockwave. To fix this, click update plugin or get plugin, it will then bring you to adobe's site. Download this and some chrome extension, themes, and web apps if you link from https://chrome.google.com/webstore?hl=en-US and enjoy!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Welcome

Welcome to Google-ite101! This is a resource for all things google(and then some!). This includes-
-Google chrome Browser
-Google chrome OS
-android phones
-Chromium/Chrome beta builds
-gmail
-Igoogle
-Blogger(not that much)
-windows trick(no code involved :)
-all things web
I use Google chrome browser, Chromium, Android, Picasa, Igoogle, gmail, google voice and more. I will show you easy windows tweaks, android apps, chrome web apps, chrome extensions, and random computer/Videogame tricks. Posting will be allitle sporatic, so I will try to get an RSS up as soon as possible.
Have Fun!