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How to: iOS 6.x Untethered Jailbreak on Linux

4th of February 2013 12:52 GMT

The following tutorial will teach Linux users how to jailbreak their Apple iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4/4S, iPad 2/3/4 and iPod Touch 4G/5G devices that run iOS 6 or later. In this tutorial we will use the recently released evasi0n jailbreak tool, which runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. In no more than five min...

How to Reinstall Android on Nexus 7, Removing Ubuntu

29th of January 2013 10:00 GMT

The following tutorial will teach Nexus 7 users, who installed the Ubuntu Linux operating system on their tablet, how to re-install Android and remove Ubuntu from Nexus 7. This guide was designed as a continuation of our previous tutorial, about how to install Ubuntu on a Nexus 7 tablet, offering users a way to ret...

How to Make Thunderbird Chat Work with All XMPP Accounts

27th of December 2012 10:30 GMT

The following tutorial will teach all Thunderbird users how to force the chat client to connect to an existing XMPP or Jabber account. Starting with Thunderbird 15.0, Mozilla introduced a new function to the already powerful email and RSS feed reader client, the chat. By default, Thunderbird Chat works with the fo...

How to Install Spec Ops: The Line on Linux

24th of July 2012 06:51 GMT

The following tutorial will teach Linux users how to install the Spec Ops: The Line game on their open source operating system. Officially released at the end of June 2012, the ninth installment in the Spec Ops series, Spec Ops: The Line, is a third-person shooter video game developed by Yager Development and publi...

How to Install Mass Effect 3 on Linux

9th of July 2012 13:51 GMT

The following tutorial will teach Linux users how to install the Mass Effect 3 game on their open source operating system. The third installment in the Mass Effect franchise, Mass Effect 3, is an action role-playing game (RPG) developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. For more details about Mass Effec...