EndeavourOS is a very user-friendly Arch-based Linux distro that fits into a similar-but-different niche as Manjaro. It includes simple, sane defaults and easy-to-use tools that make for an enjoyable user experience that many projects could learn from. This EndeavourOS Review will cover installation, customization, and features of the distro that set it apart from others … Read more
Ubuntu’s support for ZFS isn’t new in the 20.04 LTS version. What is new is how easy it is to use one of ZFS’s most essential features – snapshots. Thanks to snapshots, you can revert your operating system to an earlier state before any problems occurred. Learn here how to use ZFS snapshots in Ubuntu … Read more
Maybe you’re a business owner who offers complimentary Wi-Fi to all your customers; perhaps you have a captive audience and plan to sell access to your Wi-Fi network, or maybe you want to give guests a friendly reminder about the etiquette of using your home network? You will learn here how to turn your Raspberry … Read more
Flatpaks and other universal package formats are becoming more popular, and for good reason. Flatpak in particular targets a wide variety of Linux distributions and makes setup quite simple for all of them. That means that if I find a group of Flatpaks that I really like, I can get them on Fedora, Solus, Endless … Read more
Most people will probably consider the collection of fonts that comes with the latest version of Ubuntu as “more than enough.” Others, though, may need (much) more in their line of work. And some would like to have more choices. If you, too, would like to install more fonts in Ubuntu, read on, for this … Read more
SSH is one of the most popular ways to control your Raspberry Pi from your laptop or PC. Here you’ll learn how to set up two-factor authentication for your SSH access to Raspberry Pi and add an extra layer of security to it. Note: If you are using SSH key-file to access your Raspberry Pi, … Read more
Linux distributions are much like car models. There are tons to choose from, new ones pop up every day, and it’s hard to determine the differences between some of them. Specifically, there’s a lot of general information about the Linux company, Red Hat, and its work surrounding the three main distributions it owns and sponsors. … Read more
We’ve covered how to play Blu-ray on Linux before, but that required ripping a movie and watching it later. You can use VideoLAN and a key file, but chances are 50/50 on whether or not it will work. Thankfully, huge advancements with Wine have been made in recent years, thanks largely to community modding and … Read more
Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu spinoff that is optimized to ensure that users enjoy an efficient and fluid workflow. Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS was released shortly after Ubuntu 20.04 and offers features such as tiling, which organizes open windows to maximize screen space and to ensure that your workflow is optimal. Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS Overview Pop!_OS is … Read more
The last time we reviewed PCLinuxOS was 2014. That was enough time for many distributions to have come and gone, but PCLinuxOS still has a cult status, drawing continual devotion from its users. Originally based on Mandrake back in the early 2000s, this distro keeps chugging along regardless of outside trends. PCLinuxOS is known for … Read more