http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog Technology How-tos, technology help, technology gadgetry, staying on top of your Mac, Windows, or Linux computer. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:05:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moving Thunderbird (email, accounts, settings, calendar, message filters, and address book) to a New Computer: This Method of Transfering your Thunder Bird email accounts preserves ALL your Thunderbird email accounts, settings, message filters, and address book. 1. Install Thunderbird on the new computer / account: You can install Thunderbird by downloading it from ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/11/13/transfering-thunderbird-to-a-new-computer/ What is Evolution? Evolution is an Personal Information Manager/email client for Gnome that is included in Gnome-based installations of many Linux distributions. It features such options as a personal contact manager, email, address book, and a task list. Setting up Email in Evolution: Lets take a look at setting up an email account ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/09/11/setting-up-evolution-in-ubuntu/ What is DDWRT? What is DD-WRT?  DD-WRT is a free Linux based Operating System for a fairly broad range of routers.  Basically what you're looking at is: DD-WRT upgrades the performance / capabilities of your router.  Most standard, retail-class routers come with basic options that are suitable for end-consumer/home-user class applications.  ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/09/03/installing-dd-wrt-on-your-router/ How to unzip a tar.gz file from the linux command line: So you've downloaded a tar.gz file from some place or the other on the web, but you have an issue. You do not know how to uzip this file. Here is the procedure you need to follow ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/07/28/unzipping-a-targz-file-in-linux/ Favicon? I'm sure by now most of you have noticed the "favicons" located in the address bar of your browser or in  your favorites/bookmarks links: *Adding a "Favicon" to your website is actually a pretty simple process.  Follow the instructions below to add a favicon to your site. Adding the Favicon: 1. Create your ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/07/11/adding-a-favicon-to-your-website/ Looking for a Fully Functional Office Program? Have you considered purchasing a copy of Microsoft Word, Excel, or maybe the entire suite (Office)? You may have been turned off by the high pricing associated with this type of software. Are you aware that there are several versions of ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/05/27/free-office-suites-excellent-functionality-at-no-cost/ Thunderbird Calendar (Lightning) Thunderbird has many functionalities, one of them is a calendar. Thunderbird calendar (known as Lightning) is a practical, easy-to-install, calendar that features a audible reminders and a number of other nice features. I will run through downloading and installing the calendar into Thunderbird. Downloading The Calendar ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/05/07/setting-up-a-calendar-in-thunderbird/ Mac OS Leopard's Mail Setting up your email in Mac OS Leopard is a snap. As usual, the interface is clean and friendly which make configuring things a simplified experience. Ill run through setting up a POP (Post Office Protocol) account in Mail, I will include plenty ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/04/10/setting-up-email-in-mac-os-leopard/ Virtual Machines What is a "virtual machine"? Virtual Machines are the new wave of future processing. Basically, what happens in the case of a virtual machine is, a super machine is created and divided into a number of machines managed via a core operating system. After the construction ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/03/25/virtual-computers-machines-inside-a-machine/ Firefox is Very Versatile Firefox, the browser by Mozilla, is indeed a very versatile creature. If you consider the multiple levels on which you can use Firefox it is quite amazing. Today I would like to cover a couple of the more popular features available. One ... http://truestarcomputers.com/trueblog/2008/03/15/firefox-skin-and-weather/