In a galaxy far far away, in a time period before the Unity desktop ever existed it was possible to install Ubuntu using a Windows application called WUBI.

WUBI worked like any other application installer and when you booted your computer you could choose whether to use Windows or Ubuntu.

Installing Ubuntu in this way was much easier than the way we do things now as the common methods used today are to dual boot on separate partitions or run Ubuntu in a virtual machine. (There are many different virtual machine software programs to from which to choose)

The gzip command is a common way of compressing files within Linux.

By default when you compress a file or folder using the gzip command it will have the same file name as it did before but with the extension .gz.

YouTube black screen errors can strike at any time, and this problem can be caused by a number of unrelated issues. Some of the most common causes of YouTube displaying black boxes instead of videos include malfunctioning ad blockers, problems with the web browser or computer, and connectivity issues with either the local network or the internet.

You can fix most of these playback problems yourself, but it may take a while to track down the exact reason that you’re seeing black screens on YouTube.

A cache is a collection of snapshots and data from web pages you’ve visited in the past. The information is stored to make your internet experience run more smoothly and revisited web pages load faster. In time, the cache may take up a big chunk of your computer’s memory.

In most browsers, you can clear the cache in either the settings or options menu. The keyboard combinations Ctrl+Shift+Del (Windows) or Command+Shift+Delete (Mac) bring up the necessary deletion screen in most browsers as well.

While the keyboard shortcut works in most nonmobile browsers, the exact steps involved in clearing your browser’s cache depend on the web browser you’re using.

Script errors can be difficult to pin down, because they aren’t very descriptive. They’re intentionally designed this way for security reasons, but you don’t really need to know why a script error happened to fix the problem. Most script error messages are caused by using an outdated web browser like Internet Explorer, but there are a number of other fixes if you’re using a modern browser.

Access the BIOS setup utility to manage memory settings, configure a new hard drive, change the boot order, reset the BIOS password, and similar operations.

Print the date and time in various formats using the Linux command date.