Linkding is a simple, yet flexible web-based bookmark manager for Linux. Similar to offline bookmark managers, it allows you to create and annotate the web links that you have accumulated over time. This article will show you how you can install Linkding on an Ubuntu 22.04 machine using Docker and Docker Compose. It will also … Read more
There have been many false dawns for Linux gaming, but in recent years things have been improving unabated. The launch of the Proton compatibility layer meant that thousands of DirectX-only games can now be translated to Vulkan and therefore work on Linux, while new Linux-compatible games continue to be released as well. If you want … Read more
Who doesn’t love playing their favorite games from when they were younger? Retro gaming with emulators is great because it opens up all of your old favorites in one convenient place: your PC. If you’re on Linux, emulators are just as accessible and easy to use as they would be anywhere else. These eight open-source … Read more
The ISO 9660 standard is one of the most popular formats for distributing CD and DVD data images online. In essence, it is a system-agnostic filesystem for optical discs that is meant to be accurate, reliable and consistent. This makes ISO ideal for storing data that you want to be both burnable to a physical … Read more
Roaming home directories is a neat way of managing multiple machines in a local network. It works by utilizing an IdM server to maintain a list of users and an NFS server that holds the users’ data. This allows you to log in to any machine in a network and get the same set of … Read more
SCP (Secure Copy) and SFTP (Secure File Transfer Program) are alternatives for FTP (File Transfer Protocol), which is useful for non-scheduled file transfers. All three can help accomplish moving files from one location to another over a network medium. However, FTP sends data in plain text, while the other two use the SSH File Transfer … Read more
Ghost is an open-source content management program that allows you to easily create a blog and a newsletter service. You can choose to subscribe to the Ghost(Pro) service to use the CMS, or, if you are more technically inclined, self-host it on your server. Here we show you the latter – self-host Ghost on your … Read more
One of the problems with an open-source operating system like Linux is the lack of official hardware support from device makers. Although a plethora of drivers exist for a large variety of devices, many of these drivers are reverse-engineered and aren’t provided by the equipment manufacturers. Fortunately, over the last few years, the attitude of … Read more
We have often said that you should use a complicated and unique password for each and every one of your accounts. However, unless you have a great memory, you are not going to be able to remember them all. That is where tools like password managers come in handy. KeePass is a very handy and … Read more
Tiny Tiny RSS is a simple, yet highly flexible web-based RSS reader that you can install on your own server. It allows you to create your own personal library of RSS feeds that can automatically update and you can read feeds straight from your browser. This article will show you how you can install Tiny … Read more