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Available domain suggestions,expired and expiring domain name, whois lookup. Security. Css. Design Examples. Color Hex Color Codes. Ubuntu Restricted Extras: The First Thing You Should Install On Ubuntu [Linux] Advertisement Install Java, Flash, every codec you’ll ever need and much more, all at once.

It’s heavily proprietary, but Ubuntu Restricted Extras is probably the first package you should install in Ubuntu. Are you a new Ubuntu user? You might soon notice that a lot of things don’t work out of the box. You cannot listen to MP3 files or watch most movies; even DVDs. Windows users need special tools, such as Ninite, to install this amount of software at once. Installation Installing software in Ubuntu couldn’t be easier.

The Software Center is a collection of programs you can install in Ubuntu. You’ll find it under “Top rated software.” Are you too lazy to open the program and find Restricted Extras? Included Packages There’s nothing magic about Ubuntu Restricted Extras: it’s just a “meta-package”, which is a fancy way of saying it installs a number of other packages you could find separately in the Software Center if you wanted to. Feature Gallery for the Amahi Home Server. How To Set Up A Home Server With Amahi [Linux] However, the Home Server team recently announced that they would not be including the disk pooling technology in the next release, so I’ve been looking for an alternative.

Amahi Home Server – a Linux based solution – might just be the answer. First off, let me explain why anyone would even need a server for their home. In the modern home, there are sometimes a lot of media and computing devices. At one point last year, my home network consisted of: An Xbox 360 and Playstation.A network connected LCD TV in the living room.2 laptops.2 desktops.1 iPad and 2 iPhones.A number of guests who would bring their machines round. Admittedly, that is a lot for anyone – but even with just a few connected systems, they all need to access shared media (movies, music and such) and all could benefit from a backup every now and again. A central place to store files and media and well as stream those on your home network.A central backup location for computers.Printer sharing.Much, much more.

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Mobile. Flipping. Debunking Myths from the Top 10 Converting Websites. Editor’s Note: We welcome Charles Nicholls as our newest contributor.

He’s a conversion and analytics expert, and the founder and chief strategy officer of SeeWhy, a conversion and cart-abandonment-recovery firm. He’s also the author of “Lessons Learned from the Top Ten Converting Websites,” a study of the top-converting ecommerce sites. In the piece below, Nicholls lists the top converting ecommerce sites, and debunks myths surrounding what’s required to have a high-converting site. Ecommerce teams have an understandable fascination with the top ten converting websites.

While most websites convert 2 or 3 percent of their visitors to a purchase in the same session, some sites are able to achieve much higher levels, up to a whopping 42 percent, according to a recent survey conducted by SeeWhy. The Top Ten Here’s the list of the Top 10 converting websites, showing their rank, company name, industry sector and average six-month conversion rate. Charles Nicholls (Un)Conventional Conversion. Protecting Your HopLinks. The Web Book. Advertising and selling; principles of appeal and response, ...

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