Sublime Text is one of the most popular text/code editors, and for good reason: you can extend its functionality by using hundreds of plug-ins. Let’s see how you can install Sublime Text on your Ubuntu-based distribution, enable Package Control, and install packages for your development needs. Also read: 10 of the Best Cross-Platform Plain Text … Read more
On a Linux distro, you should always install new software with the aid of your package manager when possible. It keeps things clean, and all files are tracked by the manager and can be easily removed later. This also helps avoid potential trouble when you later upgrade your distribution. But since your distribution might not … Read more
Are you a Linux gamer looking to stream gameplay to Twitch? For the longest time, it’s been very hard to do on the Linux platform. Until now. Enter Castawesome – a FFMPEG frontend designed for use with Twitch (and even a few others). This program makes streaming very easy. Just a little configuration and you … Read more
Ubuntu received a lot of love in its earlier releases. It made many seemingly complicated operations, easier for beginners just coming into the world of Linux-based distributions. But around the time the Unity interface was launched, it started to get some hate, too. Objectively speaking, the interface was not good or bad, it did its … Read more
When you run an executable file in Linux, it usually runs with the current user and group ID. However, there are times when you need to run that file as another user (like root). Instead of switching your user account, you can make use of setuid to run the executable as the file owner and … Read more
If you find yourself changing your wallpaper often as a way to enliven the desktop and make it feel more dynamic, you can make use of an automatic wallpaper changer. These programs allow you to preselect a bunch of images and have them automatically rotate as your desktop wallpaper. Let’s check out some of the … Read more
If you’re a Linux newbie, you might be confused by the sheer number of distributions on offer. One relatively new entry to the market is MX Linux. It’s a Debian-based distro with a lot of support that has topped Distrowatch’s popularity list for the last six months. But why is MX Linux proving to be … Read more
Dolphin is the favorite file manager of many KDE users. It’s simple but not dumbed down, and it can become very powerful thanks to service menus. In KDE, service menus are custom scripts that appear in the context menu (right-click menu) in the application window. They are saved as .desktop files, usually in the “/home/$USER/.kde/share/kde4/services” … Read more
Do you prefer the simplicity of the Linux terminal over a fancy GUI? If you need to quickly do some math, you don’t have to use a calculator app. You can perform your calculations using the terminal, using tools that you’ll (probably) have installed already. Let’s run through how you can use the Linux terminal … Read more
Though Ubuntu has the most software of any Linux distribution, it doesn’t have everything. That’s where PPAs come in. A PPA (otherwise known as a personal package archive) is a collection of software located on a server. These servers have lots of software that the developers of Ubuntu did not include by default. A PPA … Read more