Linux usually doesn’t have the fancy “gaming” type applications that Windows does. That includes a lot of the graphical GPU management utilities that come in the drivers of the latest graphics cards. As a result, overclocking your cards and getting the most out of them is more difficult than just dragging a slider. For AMD … Read more
The Feh image viewer for Linux is a powerful utility that can display your images in a variety of ways. It runs in the X display server from the command line and uses modes to prepare the layout of one or multiple files. If you are looking for a lightweight image viewer that can be … Read more
Anarchy Linux isn’t so much its own distribution as it is a wrapper around Arch Linux. If you’re familiar with Linux Mint’s relationship with Ubuntu, you should have a good idea of what Anarchy is. The main feature of Anarchy Linux is its installer. Arch Linux itself doesn’t have a proper installer. Anarchy fixed that. … Read more
Taskwarrior is an easy-to-use task manager that operates in the command line. It balances simple and advanced features to give beginners an easy path to tracking their own tasks. This article will walk you through the basics of Taskwarrior usage by making a grocery list for baking a loaf of bread. Let’s get started. Downloading … Read more
Whether you’re trying to study, sleep, or just read a good book, noise from the outside world can be both distracting and irritating. This is where white noise can be useful. Simply put, white noise is a type of sound signal that is even throughout its frequencies and can be used to mask or cover … Read more
Even after all these years, Minecraft continues to confound the world with its immeasurable popularity and the creativity exhibited by its users. The block-building/survival game from Mojang (now owned by Microsoft) is basically the virtual form of Legos, allowing players to create and explore worlds of their and other people’s imagining. Luckily for Linux users, … Read more
Virtual machines (VM) are great. They allow you to get more done across multiple different platforms. They also provide a sandbox for you to test out new things. When you need a graphical desktop too, most situations require you to be tied to the hypervisor machine. That said, you can share your VM’s desktop over … Read more
On a regular web host, WordPress has no problems displaying the correct IP address of your site visitors, commenters, etc. However, on some servers your WordPress site may not display the correct IP address in the comments dashboard and other places. Instead, WordPress displays the localhost IP address 127.0.0.1. Depending on the software you installed … Read more
By default, the IP address of your computer – whatever it may be – is probably “dynamic.” It’s mostly a convenience thing because network admins (and less techy computer users) don’t need to go through the hassle of creating individual IP addresses for each computer on their network. But there are also good reasons why … Read more
When you are new to Linux, even if you are not new to computers in general, one of the problems you will face is which apps to use. With millions of Linux apps, the choice is certainly not easy. Below you will find eight (out of millions) essential Linux apps to get you settled in … Read more