In Ubuntu the edge of windows for resizing is quite sensitive and thin.

But there is an easier way to resize windows ~ 
just like you can move windows around by holding Alt and draging the window with your left mouse button – you can do the same with your right mouse button to resize the window.

Install Compiz – then do this:

Alt+F2 (run program) -> type ‘gconf-editor’ ->  click to directories: apps -> metacity -> general -> ‘resize_with_right_button’ tick the checkbox

And that’s it ~

This is a random tip:

It’s quite easy to share files between Ubuntu and Apple Mac if connected to the same WIFI network.

• just open mac’s
  Settings -> Sharing ->Check box file sharing on
• click next to the checkbox -> otions
• share files and folders using FTP check on

Then from Ubuntu,

• click places -> Network, and it should show
• type in the Mac login details to connect
• you can now browse the mac directories, and take files from there, or put files there.

How to edit a file in Konsole:

sudo nano -w /folder/filename.txt

Save: Ctrl + o
Exit: Ctrl + x

I had this problem that I had an undeletable file – when I pressed “delete” or “rename”, it would say “file does not exist”
I got rid of one in the terminal, but the other had a “!” in the filename and so terminal thought it was some other command…

Delete everything in a folder in the terminal:

sudo rm -rf ~/Folder/*

`Warning – files deleted this way can’t be recovered.

If you want to have a shared folder linking you Kubuntu desktop to a virtual XP – click Settings -> Shared Folders (in Virtual Box pane)

fill in all the info for your folder you want to share,

then in Windows,

Run (command) -> type in “net use x: \\vboxsvr\Folder" (no quotes) where folder is a folder in your home directory.

This will mount your shared folder into Windows.