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Overview

How To Geek has a rating of 3.93 stars from 14 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. How To Geek ranks 15th among Linux sites.

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    2
  • Value
    3
  • Shipping
    1
  • Returns
    1
  • Quality
    2
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 50%
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How would you rate How To Geek?
Top Positive Review

“Joe Fedewa - You Are The Best!”

MG B.
6/29/23

Dear Joe, you are and have been my favorite Staff Writer. Your articles are easy to read and understand. I am not a young person now, but I have always loved technology. And now that I have my first smartphone, which is an Android, which I love, those articles really help me learn more about my phone. Keep up the good work and stay safe! Thank you, Marianne Brody P.S. Love the cartoons.

Top Critical Review

“Finally Ruined by Ads”

Jack W.
9/23/23

Since the takeover of "How to Geek in July '23, the huge increase in popup and overlay Ads has made this newsletter unreadable. Read it for DECADES, but I guess the "New Broom Swept in the Dirt". What a shame

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Thumbnail of user mgbrody183
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 29th, 2023

Dear Joe, you are and have been my favorite Staff Writer. Your articles are easy to read and understand. I am not a young person now, but I have always loved technology. And now that I have my first smartphone, which is an Android, which I love, those articles really help me learn more about my phone. Keep up the good work and stay safe! Thank you, Marianne Brody
P.S. Love the cartoons.

Thumbnail of user giovannia44
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
August 18th, 2022

Solid info, a little excessive on writing a guide about anything and everything but in general HTG is informative and well laid out. They could do with less ads.

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Thumbnail of user kd136
1 review
3 helpful votes
July 22nd, 2019

Is that your thing?
STOP harassing via email: i did not give my permission to you>
Consequence: reporting you to FTC, among other forums.

Thumbnail of user djfsalkdfs
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 5th, 2021

Its good, recommend it to everyone. Whoever was giving that false review, at least stop destroying reputations of good sites. Its funny to you but not to us. So yeah, dont be like them. Anyways, the site is so good.

Tip for consumers:
Dont false review.

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Thumbnail of user vincenta68
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
November 12th, 2018

I love this site. It offers a lot of good, vetted information on a lot of different topics. When I have a geeky-type question, I will often go to this site for answers, and I will usually be successful. Check this site out if you haven't already.

Thumbnail of user jaimed
17 reviews
64 helpful votes
August 2nd, 2011

There is always something interesting on the site, I love to just wander through it. Its like walmart for geeks.

Thumbnail of user jack.w1
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 23rd, 2023

Since the takeover of "How to Geek in July '23, the huge increase in popup and overlay Ads has made this newsletter unreadable. Read it for DECADES, but I guess the "New Broom Swept in the Dirt". What a shame

Thumbnail of user larrycodea
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
September 29th, 2017

Lots of articles on various topics, timely, and interesting! Always great short articles that give me more to read, and original stuff I'd never see elsewhere!

Thumbnail of user johnr4255
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
March 21st, 2022

I now look at the bottom of the page on these. What little info provided is just a way to make money from manufactures. When I see the statement that they make money on links or products they recommend I just put them in the sales garbage pile. I want independent info not money dependent results. Why would they make recommendations on products they don't get paid for? Really?

Tip for consumers:
Read if they are paid at the bottom of the page and take advice with a grain of salt.

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review of site not product

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Thumbnail of user susanp171
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 26th, 2017

SloxSoft LLC is the one of most renowned software development as well as support service provider. With their own R&D, they have been designed and developed four of the ultra refined PCs utility software i. E. Disk Tuner, Reg Tuner, Shutdown Scheduler and upcoming Express Recovery.

Thumbnail of user kathyh3
37 reviews
339 helpful votes
August 25th, 2011

Although their search function could use a little work, this is an excellent site, especially if you are looking for help with Linux. Great resource for all things geeky.

Thumbnail of user davidg97
4 reviews
10 helpful votes
January 23rd, 2014

One of my favorite websites with very relevant information with subject matter for both novices and the skilled in computer hardware/software.

Thumbnail of user kumarm
98 reviews
406 helpful votes
April 8th, 2011

An absolute must for all those people who need to learn basic to advanced tricks and tips bout windows or microsoft or computing related stuff. Great for all the wannabe IT geeks and already-a-geek people... :))

Thumbnail of user ronk
139 reviews
1,046 helpful votes
September 9th, 2009

If link above is not complete/functional, point your browser here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/*******/wirelessly-sync-share-your-music-collection-with-any-mobile-phone/_I've tried this and it works beautifully with my Droid X. Works with Android & iPhone.

"Have an iPhone or Android phone and a music collection too large to sync to it? Want to share your library with friends? Here's how to sync your library with your smart-phone over the internet, or stream it in any browser.

Subsonic is a powerful little cross-platform solution to these problems and moreit's an open source media streamer that is based on both Java and donations, so it's a cross-platform solution that is free for basic usage utilizing the web interface.

Note: In this guide we're going to be showcasing two mobile clients which use the Subsonic API which is NOT free. You'll get a 30-day window to try out the setup, after which you'll be required to make a minimum 10 donation, which will give you access to all the clients including an Adobe AIR client, and a few bonuses, like removing the ad from the web interface, free future upgrades, and a yourname.subsonic.org server address. If you choose to not donate, you can continue using the web client at no extra cost. You can more details at the Subsonic Apps page.

Head over to their download page and grab the installer for free. Double-click the file and Subsonic will be installed as a service which will automatically start with Windows. Note: While installing Subsonic on Mac OS X and Linux is also relatively quick and easy, to get support for transcoding requires a little more effort. Be sure to check the Installation Instructions.

Once you've installed Subsonic, open up a browser and point it to http :// localhost/. Under the login, you'll notice a warning message that gives you the default username and password and reminds you to change it as soon as you login".

Great music sharing mechanism.
Best,
Ron

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