If you are an avid Ubuntu user, you will know that Canonical has released the Ubuntu Touch developer preview for you to install and test it out on your phone. For those with a Nexus device (Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus 4, Nexus 10), you can now flash your device and install Ubuntu Touch on … Read more
Most modern Linux distributions include a selection of command-line utilities that allow you to perform some basic tasks. And in most cases, these utilities are sufficient for sometimes crude or simplistic. However, for repetitive tasks, you can do better with the following commands, many of which are merely an apt-get install away! “htop” (instead of … Read more
If you are a writer, you would have used tools like Final Draft or Scrivener to create your work. What if you are a Linux user and those tools are not available on Linux platform? What choices do you have to create your novels, scripts, or screenplays. Well, you are not totally lost. Here are … Read more
For Linux users, knowing how to get around on the command line is an essential skill. But there are times where you might not remember a particular flag or you actually need to edit a file instead of just working with it. The Midnight Commander is an excellent tool when you need to get thing … Read more
In the past, we’ve written about several cool KDE apps. I’m now going to show you some desktop applets – called plasmoids – that have caught my attention. They are all included in KDE 4.9. KDE and productivity junkies, read on! If you need help installing Plasmoids, here’s the instructions. 1. Character Selector I frequently … Read more
Virtual workspaces are nothing new in the Linux world. They allow a single computer screen to feel like several, making multitasking a smoother experience. If you want to make your workflow even easier, consider having specific applications open up automatically into separate workspaces in GNOME, saving you from having to rearrange windows the old-fashioned way. … Read more
While the community continues to debate KDE versus Unity versus GNOME (while proponents of other GUI environments drum their fingers), those new to Linux rarely encounter an important component that makes each of these desktops possible: the venerable X-Window System. Let’s take a look at this important piece of software in more detail. History of … Read more
One of the critiques of GNOME 3 is that it is less customizable than the final releases of GNOME 2. While new tools and functionality still need to be developed to make tweaking GNOME 3 more straightforward, the capability is still there. If you are not a fan of one of GNOME 3’s default fonts, … Read more
If you’re serious about Linux and the command line, you’ve no doubt used ping to diagnose and troubleshoot your Internet connection. And if you’re serious about Linux and the command line, you’ve no doubt also used traceroute to diagnose your Internet connection. If you’ve wished for a tool that combined both Ping and Tracertoute, you’re … Read more
There is more to a hard drive than its size. While the amount of disk space is all you see marketed about a hard drive on a sales page, there is actually an extensive amount of coding that goes into making a hard drive capable of handling your applications and data in the first place. … Read more