The Quickest Way to Install Spotify Client in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)


Want to install Spotify Client in Ubuntu easily? Well, this brief tutorial is going to show you how to do it. If you’re reading this post then you probably already know what Spotify is, so I am going to spare you the details and show you the quickest way to install it in Ubuntu. Step one shows you how to add Spotify repository key. Two shows you how to add Spotify software repository and the last shows you how to install Spotify Client.

Without wasting anymore of your time, let’s get going.

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Setup a Permanent Static IP Address in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)


In some network environments, you may required to setup a static IP address on your computer, whether it is a Windows or Ubuntu machine. In this brief tutorial, I am going to show you how to do it in Ubuntu 12.04. This should also work in other versions of Ubuntu. I am only using version 12.04 because it’s the latest from Canonical.

Before you can configure these settings, you must know the IP address, Network Mask, Gateway of the network you wish to use. Without those, it may be impossible to connect or use any resources on that network.

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Create and Automatically Mount Windows 7 Shares in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)


Want to create and automatically mount Windows 7 shares in Ubuntu? Well, this brief tutorial is going to show you how to do just that. If you have both Windows and Ubuntu machines and you want to easily access files and folders on your Windows machine then file sharing is something you’ll want to enable. This tutorial assumes that both machines are on the same LAN (switch) and that both machines are able to ping (communicate with) each other. Without that, this is not going to work. This first step will be to create a share in Windows. Then we’ll install samba packages in Ubuntu and finally enable file shares.

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