If you’re a music fan, you may want to take a look at the lyrics for your favorite songs while they’re playing. On Linux, there are loads of different ways to view the lyrics of a song playing on your computer. A lot of this comes down to which music player you’re using. Many of … Read more
When you have a folder full of files (and sub-folders) you might need to find out how many files are there altogether. Counting files and folders one by one is certainly not an option, especially when there are less gruesome ways to do it, such as the following. Good to know: you can also count … Read more
The vast majority of laptops come with a built-in touchpad as the primary input device for controlling the on-screen cursor. However, most users prefer to use an external mouse as it is easier to use than the touchpad. In this case it is useful to disable the touchpad so that you don’t accidentally touch it … Read more
Lutris is an open-source Linux game manager, but it’s more than that. It aims to provide a single unified way to handle gaming on Linux. It brings together all aspects of Linux gaming into one place. Steam, Wine, HumbleBundle, GOG, and even a whole range of emulators are all brought together for a relatively seamless … Read more
Are you a Linux user as well as a Pokemon fan? If yes, then you are in luck. There is a fun new project in Github that Pokemon fans are going to love. With this script you can bring all of your favorite Pokemon to the Linux Terminal. (It will work in Mac and iTerm2, … Read more
Blu-ray has been out for a long time now, so it seems crazy that there still isn’t a clear-cut way to play them in Linux. That’s mostly because Blu-ray is loaded with DRM that Hollywood doesn’t want open-source programs to be able to get past. Unfortunately, this means that completely legitimate video players are robbed … Read more
So you have a shiny new HiDPI screen, and you want to use it with Linux. The bad news is there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Each desktop environment handles scaling differently. The good news is there is a way to handle HiDPI displays on each of the major Linux desktop environments. Unity Unity handles HiDPI … Read more
GNOME Twitch is a Linux desktop client for the popular Twitch streaming service. It’s community-created and maintained and not official, but it’s still a high-quality client, and it integrates will into any GTK Linux desktop. Installing GNOME Twitch As of the time this article was written, GNOME Twitch is on the verge of widespread adoption … Read more
Linux may have a reputation for security, but it isn’t perfect. Many distributions also don’t have the best security defaults, so it’s best to implement some best practices for security or use open source security tools. One such example is using a firewall. There are a few options for firewalls in Linux, but most are … Read more
The first step to increasing your computational efficiency is recognizing opportunities for automation. Whenever you have to repeat the same action more than a couple times, you should think about how you can automate it. For example, if you have to execute the same mouse action over and over again, you can use software to … Read more