If you have been using Linux long enough, you will have seen the term “inodes”. It is something that will show up occasionally, but doesn’t affect what you are doing. Here we will explain what is inodes and how it works. What is Inodes? In a library, all the books are organized by genre, author … Read more
fd is a simpler alternative to the find command. It uses a truncated syntax and an abbreviated command structure to keep your typed commands short and to the point. However, that lack of verbosity that makes fd easy to type makes it more difficult to understand. fd also runs pattern-matching more rapidly than the default … Read more
Who said you need a smartphone to enjoy the benefits of Android apps? Perhaps you’d like to have your favorite apps available while you’re working on your Linux PC but don’t want to be tied to your phone. With an Android emulator for Linux, you can enjoy the smartphone experience without the smartphone. After all, … Read more
Have you ever wanted to get away from Bash when using Linux? It’s understandable. Though Bash is often praised as being a great shell, it has a lot of shortcomings. Enter Fish shell. It’s a great alternative with tons of neat features. The most notable being predictive type. Other handy features include syntax highlighting, searchable … Read more
Modern clipboard managers have a history functionality that allows you to select past entries to re-paste them anywhere. This history, however, can keep up to a set number of entries. After a point, it starts discarding the oldest ones. To keep some clipboard entries for future reference, you would have to bring them back to … Read more
Ubuntu Software Center (USC) was introduced in Ubuntu 9.10, and has since been a one-stop shop for installing and removing software. It actually made finding, installing, buying and managing applications a lot easier and user friendly. As far as features and design are concerned, it does its job perfectly, but I personally feel that it’s … Read more
When you created a Bash script and save it in a folder, you will find that you can only execute it when you are in that folder. Have you ever notice how ls, imagemagick, apache, and squid might be installed in different directories but accessible everywhere? That’s because their individual paths have been added to … Read more
Lazarus is a Delphi-like rapid development environment for Free Pascal. It is open-source and runs on Windows, Linux, OS X and even on the Raspberry-Pi. Applications written with Lazarus can be re-compiled on each platform without modification (assuming you haven’t used any OS specific APIs). This means it is very easy to write cross-platform desktop … Read more
When it comes to media streaming, there’s no better player than Kodi. It can stream everything from your boxset collection to live TV – a far cry from its humble beginnings on the original Xbox. As it’s cross-platform, you’ll have no problem installing it on your Linux PC. Some Linux repositories already include Kodi as … Read more
For some vital reason that we need not linger on, you want to share what’s on your desktop with others. What are your options? These are some of the most prevalent tools on Linux for taking screenshots. If one’s not conveniently available on your distribution of choice, at the very least, you’ll find another in … Read more