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How to Downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7

In this tutorial, we will guide you how to downgrade from windows 8 to windows 7 with only a factory reset disk and still keep your files. Using this method, you will even have the user account you used to login with.


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How to Set Environment Variables in Windows

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set environment variables in windows.
Operating systems require environment variables as settings and configurations for several processes. Although these variables are automatically defined or initialized during the installation of the system or specific software, in windows, to set environment variables manually is not a difficult task. That’s because windows allows us to manually add, remove or edit environment variables through system settings according to our requirements.


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How to View Disk Space in Linux

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to view disk space in linux. We will teach you how to find out how much free space is available on your disk(s). Furthermore, we will teach you how to do so in two different ways.


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How to Zip a Folder in Linux

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to zip a Folder in Linux. We will teach you two ways in which you can zip a folder in Linux. You can zip a folder through the terminal application or use the compress option available.


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How to Send eMail from the Linux Command Line

In this tutorial, we will teach you how to send email from the Linux command line. This tutorial will walk you through from initially setting up the configuration file for email purposes to eventually viewing the email in the inbox. In Linux, you can send email from the command line.


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How to Restart Linux Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you how to restart a Linux Server.
It is recommended that if your Linux server is on a production environment, do not restart the Linux server until and unless you are facing some fatal error. In this step by step guide, we will teach you how to restart your Linux server not only through the user interface but also through the terminal application.


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How to Find Linux Command Line

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to find the Linux Command Line application.
In ubuntu, the command line application is called the terminal. It’s like the command prompt in windows, a simple text interface through which you can operate your computer, just by using different commands. In other words, it is Linux’s version of command line.


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How to Install Eclipse in Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a very well-known and widely used Linux based operating system. Developers prefer this OS because of its light weight and ease of use. In this tutorial we will learn how to install eclipse on ubuntu for development purposes.


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How to Set Environment Variables in Linux

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set environment variables in linux.
Linux based operating systems use bash shell. The shell environment variables are used for several purposes, from storing data, storing software configurations, set terminal settings, and changing shell environment. The environment variables are normally created by the operating system during installation, or by different software as per the required need. Apart from that, in linux, to set environment variables, we first need to access the terminal application. That’s because the user has the privilege to add, edit, and remove different variables at will.


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How to Download Google Web Fonts

In ubuntu, there is an application named typecatcher which allows you to browse and download google web fonts.
So let’s start by first installing the application. In this tutorial, we will teach you how to download google webfonts.


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