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Some selected categories of information are shown below. Member contributions are encouraged, see [[Info_Wiki:About|About this Wiki]], [[Getting Started Editing Wiki Pages]], and the navigation [[Help:Contents|Help]] page for guidance on doing this.
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<font color=green>Please note that '''information related specifically to''' accessing and using the '''PCUG's 'The Internet Project' (TIP) ISP Services''' are provided on the '''[http://www.tip.net.au/wiki/ TIP Wiki]'''</font>
<font color=green>Please note that '''information related specifically to''' accessing and using the '''PCUG's 'The Internet Project' (TIP)''' are provided on the '''[http://www.tip.net.au/wiki/ TIP Wiki]'''</font>


Please include a link to <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:Technical Info]] at the bottom of any page you create in this area.
Please include a link to <nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{ns:category}}:Technical Info]] at the bottom of any page you create in this area.
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==== Android ====
==== Android ====
* [[Getting Started with Android]]
* [[Android_App_Recommendations]]
* [[Android_App_Recommendations]]
* [[Connect Android to Computer]]


==== Apple ====
==== Apple ====
* [[iPad_App_Recommendations]]
* [[iPad_App_Recommendations]]
* [[iPhone_App_Recommendations]]
* [[iPhone_App_Recommendations]]

==== Cross-Platform ====
*[[Apps Recommended]]


==== Linux ====
==== Linux ====
* [[Beginners Start Here]]
* [[Linux at PCUG Centre]]
* [[Linux at PCUG Centre]]
* [[Dual-Booting]]
* [[Evaluation]]
* [[GPT Partitioning]]
* [[Desktop Appearance]]
* [[Installation]]
* [[Linux_Distribution_Recommendations]]
* [[Configuration]]
* [[Netbook_Linux_Installation]]
* [[Recovery]]
*[[Security]]


==== Smart devices====
==== Smart devices====
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==== Windows 8 ====
==== Windows 8 ====
* [[Editing Windows 8 Usefuls]]
* [[Do I need Windows 8?]]
* [[Editing Windows 8 - Usefuls]]
* [[Safe mode]]
* [[Install a Start button]]
* [[Confirmation of file delete]]
* [[File history]]
* [[Storage Spaces]]
* [[MRU]]
* [[CD/DVD player]]
* [[Computer icon on desktop]]
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==== Email ====
==== Access ====
* [[Internet Access Alternatives]]

==== E-mail ====
* [[Scams]]
* [[Spam]]
* [[Spam]]
* [[Handling Email SPAM]]
*
* [[Scareware]]
* [[Long URLs]]
* [[Macros]]

==== Family Trees ====
* [[Sharing Family Tree Information]]


==== Web ====
==== Web ====
* [[Webmail attachments]]
*
*


==== Web Hosting ====
==== Web Hosting ====
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* [[Booting from Removable Media]]
* [[Booting from Removable Media]]
* [[Using dotISO Files]]
* [[Using dotISO Files]]
* [[Creating Bootable DOS USB Memory Stick]]

==== External Drives ====
* [[External_Drives]]


==== Monitors & Projectors ====
==== Monitors & Projectors ====
* [[Full Screen Mode]]
* [[PCUG Training Room - Notes for Presenters]]
* [[Using an External Display or Projector with a Notebook]]
* [[Using an External Display or Projector with a Notebook]]


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* [[Cleaning Printheads]]
* [[Cleaning Printheads]]
* [[Parallel Port Printers]]
* [[Parallel Port Printers]]
* [[Printer_Driver_not_Available]]
* [[Printing via Network]]
* [[Sharing Printers via CUPS]]
* [[Sharing Printers via CUPS]]


==== Scanners ====
==== Scanners ====
* [[Scanning Slides using CanoScan]]
* [[Scanning Slides using CanoScan]]
* [[Scanning via Network]]



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==== Backup ====
==== Backup ====
*[[Clonezilla]]
* [[Interesting_Techniques]]
*[[Interesting_Techniques]]


==== Firewall ====
* [[Firewall_Software]]
* [[IPFire]]


==== General ====
==== General ====
* [[Interesting_Programs]]
* [[Interesting_Programs]]
*[[PDF_Manipulation]]
*


==== Image and Photo Editing ====
==== Image and Photo Editing ====
* [[GIMP]]
*
*


==== Office ====
==== Office ====
*[[Calligra]]
* [[OpenOffice]]
* [[OpenOffice]]

==== Terminal Emulation ====
*[[Terminal_Emulation]]


==== Vector Drawing ====
==== Vector Drawing ====
* [[OpenOffice Draw]]
*

*
* [[Inkscape]]


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=== Hardware ===
=== Hardware ===
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==== Disks ====
==== Disks ====
*[[Advanced Format (AF) Drives]]
*[[Advanced Format (AF) Drives]]
*[[Floppy Disk Conversion]]

*[[Secure Erasure]]
*[[Solid State Drives (SSD)]]
*[[Solid State Drives (SSD)]]


==== Gateway_Router ====
*[[Choice of Type]]
*[[Commercial]]
*[[DIY_Firewall_Router]]


==== Sub-Compact Computers ====
==== Sub-Compact Computers ====
*[[Android MK802 Pocket PC]]
*[[Android MK802 Pocket PC]]
*[[Raspberry Pi]]
*[[Raspberry Pi]]
*[[Serial_Console]]

==== Desk-Top Computers ====

*[[HP ProDesk 400 G1]]

==== Telephone ====
*[[NBN]]
*[[TransACT]]
*[[VoiP]]

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Latest revision as of 03:44, 2 October 2021

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