Ubuntu: sharing folders with Windows

These simple steps are taken from the Ubuntu Official Documentation:

1. Press Applications → Accessories → Terminal to open a Terminal.
2. Type shares-admin and press Enter to open Shared Folders.
3. You may receive a message which says Sharing services are not installed. If this happens, ensure that the two checkboxes in the message box are checked and press Install services. Sharing service support will then be downloaded and installed; this may take a while.
4. Press the  button and enter your password in the Password field.
5. Press the Authenticate button.
6. Select the Shared Folders tab and press Add.
7. Select the location of the folder you wish to share by changing the Path option.
8. Choose Windows networks (SMB) from the Share through option.
9. Enter a name and comment for the shared folder.
10. If you would like people accessing the shared folder to be able to add, change and remove files in the folder, uncheck Read only. If you leave Read only checked, people will only be able to view files in the folder.
11. Press Share to make the shared folder available. Other people on the same network (LAN) as you should now be able to access the folder.

Maybe the Windows pc has to be restarted...

Quicker searches with Google Chrome

If you are used to Firefox and you miss the separate search bar where you can choose which search engine to use (e.g. search a word in Wikipedia) here is the solution for Chrome-users:

1. Go to the Settings menu in the right-hand upper corner (image)
2. Go to Preferences and stay in the tab "Basics"
3. Under the bold title "Search" click the button "Manage"
4. Click the button "Add..."
5. Insert the name of the search engine, a keyword for the quick search, and then the URL of the engine.

Here is an example: to add the English Wikipedia engine insert:

• Wikipedia EN (or whatever you want) as name
• enwiki (or whatever you want) as keyword
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s as URL

Now if you tipe "enwiki google chrome" the english version of the Wikipedia page of Google Chrome will be opened. (if you set another keyword you have to use that keyword instead of "enwiky" which is my keyword)

Other useful URLs are:

- http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=Im+Feeling+Lucky
  for Google's "I'm feeling lucky" option

- http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
  for the italian Wikipedia pages

If you want more search engines or can suggest some, just leave a comment!