What are your best computer tips?

[amitabhishek]

Say no to social networking!!!

[gn2]

Just because you've done it heaps of times before and it's a really easy job, don't try to fit RAM by feel when the PC is still under the desk, get the PC out and do the job properly on a table.

I did this and got the RAM in upside down frying my new RAM, the motherboard and the CPU.

So tip #1 from me, never ever ever let the magic blue smoke escape.

[linux phreak]

Clean out the computer case once in a while.

[NoaHall]

Have you tired turning it off and on again
Are you sure it's plugged in?
Have you installed it?
Are you sure?
Have you rebooted it after installing?
Are you sure your monitor is on?

[Korozu]

Update your Ubuntu at least once a month.

[Bölvaður]

middle mouse button

Select text, ctrl+c, select a different text, press middle mouse button (scroll wheel) into a textbox, now ctrl+v.

open nautilus in your home directory and click something (image, song or a text) with the middle mouse button.
Now click and hold down the middle mouse button on the same file and release.


now you have discovered magic

[xpod]

Dont be afraid to have a go.

[alindgr1]

Happened to me. LOL. 100 GB 2.5" laptop HD .... killed by Isaac Newton.

Gravity sucks. Litterally.

I am always dropping stuff, and I had lost a hard drive like this before, along with a cell phone, and other various items. When I got my latest external, I also bought a small pelican case for it. I put extra padding in it so the drive is nice and tight, then drilled a hole in the side for the USB cable. Now, if I drop it, I can then run it over with a car, and it will still be good. It is large, but it still works.

[lisati]

Some problems can be solved after reading what is on the screen.
Other problems can be solved after figuring out what is NOT on the screen.
Many of the problems that remain can be traced back to a place in between the keyboard and the chair.


Computers are particularly good at what they have been told to do. This does not always match what is required of them.

[JillSwift]

The three pillars of computing:

1. Backup.
2. Backup.
3. Backup.

Seriously.

You will either backup and one day thank yourself, or you will not backup and one day curse yourself.