Have you ever wanted to search the Web while typing away on the command line? It can be kind of annoying when you need to search for something and have to open another app to do so. Luckily, there are a few Linux apps that let you search the Web from Terminal. Let’s take a … Read more
It used to be that to use Linux you needed to immediately familiarize yourself with the command line. Desktop environments like GNOME and KDE have made using Linux much easier for beginners. You could use Linux for a long time without knowing a single terminal command. Eventually, though, you’ll want to do something that will … Read more
If you own copies of old DOS games like DOOM, you can still play these retro games on your PC with the help of an emulator. DOSBox is the best DOS emulator around. Most guides for DOSBox focus simply on installing the application and providing a couple of commands to get you going. However, this … Read more
As technology grows and changes, there are ever-increasing ways available to us as Linux users to connect to our communities. It’s an essential part of open source; without a community, there is no feedback, camaraderie, or collaboration. In the spirit of community connection, here are the top five Linux podcasts that allow you to learn … Read more
Monitoring system resources is one of the most frequent tasks that system admins perform. In Linux there are various tools available for this, including top, free, htop, and more, but one tool that stands out is collectl, primarily because of its capabilities. In this article, we will discuss the basics of collectl along with the … Read more
Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that comes stocked with a wide range of useful features and is backed by a surprising number of community-made plugins. Terminal multiplexers like tmux and Screen give your terminal window super productivity powers, allowing you to open multiple sessions in tabs and split screens. Combined with multiple terminal tools and … Read more
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) has been around for a very long time. Many people could argue that it’s been around for too long. Still, when it comes to Linux, IRC still plays a major role. For example: most Linux distributions have a dedicated IRC channel that you can join to get support for your Linux … Read more
Amazon S3 is a good place to back up and store your files cheaply on the cloud. While some people use it to store their personal data, there are others that use it to store images and scripts for their websites, and even use it as a CDN. On your desktop, you can easily access … Read more
The popularity of services like Skydrive, Google Drive, and more, indicates the increasing trust and dependency of people using cloud storage. Coupled with the falling prices, these services offer a convenient way to create system backups on remote servers. One of the few useful backup tools that allow you to backup your files to the … Read more
Learning new words can be a pain when you’re pressed for time and the pages of a dictionary can only be flipped so fast. Thankfully, the Internet has placed a lot of powerful tools at your fingertips to help streamline such processes. After all, Google gives you word definitions right in its search results these … Read more