macOS and Linux share a common heritage. Unfortunately, that does not mean applications can smoothly transition between the operating systems. To run Mac apps on Linux, you’ll need some sort of virtual machine or translation layer. Run a macOS Virtual Machine (All Apps) The most reliable way to run Mac apps on Linux is through … Read more
If you don’t like how your files and folders look in Gnome, you can use a different icon theme. If it’s only a specific icon you’d like to swap, it is very easy to change icons in Gnome 3. You can change any file or folder’s icon for a custom one as long as you … Read more
Virtual Machine Manager is one of the best hypervisors available for the Linux desktop. It’s a well-rounded, well-performing piece of software QEMU/KVM virtualization to take virtualization on your Linux desktop to the next level. How to Install Virtual Machine Manager To install Virtual Machine Manager, simply enter the following command in the terminal. # For … Read more
If you are a system administrator, you’d probably know the importance of log files as well as the pain one goes through while analysing them, especially when you are dealing with a busy server. Luckily there are certain tools that make life easy for you, and one of them is Logwatch, a command line tool … Read more
Worms, viruses, malware and the dreaded rootkit are the very bane of every server administrator’s existence. Depending on architecture, there can be numerous options for code ne’er-do-wells to explore in infected systems, gathering sensitive information and/or costing organizations quite a lot of money in the process. Thankfully, you don’t need to fly a flag of … Read more
With the release of another Fedora version, it is now possible to upgrade to Fedora 32. If you are looking to upgrade to Fedora 32, there are several ways to do it. Here you’ll learn how to upgrade with the graphical tools available to you via Gnome Software and through the command line with the … Read more
When you need to highlight ab issue on your computer, one of the best ways is to take a screenshot to illustrate the issue. Better still, you can add annotations to it so the people helping you can easily understand the issue you are having. Let’s see how you can easily grab a screenshot of … Read more
Programmers, web developers and even writers often need to compare different versions of the same code or text to keep track of changes. An efficient way to do this is with a diff tool – an application that compares files or folders, shows differences between them and helps you create a new file by merging … Read more
Distributed Denial of Service or “DDoS” attacks sequester a server’s resources through abusive digital communication tactics. These types of attacks are the computer world’s organized raid. Numerous bothersome anti-like actions combine to create formidable enough threat to halt a seasoned server in its tracks. Worst of all, there happen to be multiple means of waging … Read more
If you have followed our previous guide on how to dual boot your Mac with Ubuntu (or any other Linux distro), and you have upgraded your Mac OS X to Yosemite, you will find that the bootloader is overwritten and you won’t be able to dual boot into Ubuntu anymore. If you are having this … Read more