There are plenty of reasons you’d want to run your own mail server. Privacy, security, and customization are just a few. Putting together a custom mail server is a huge pain. It’s really not something that you’d want to do, let alone maintain. Thankfully, there are several nice options that provide turn-key solutions. This guide … Read more
Journals can serve a number of functions. They can help you organize your thoughts. They can help you keep track of your day. Sometimes, you just want to get your feelings out onto a page. If you’re a Linux user, you have a few excellent options for composing and compiling your own digital journal on … Read more
Emojis have become a popular way to express emotions and add a bit of personality to text conversations in today’s Internet age. Many folks expect to have some way of viewing and using emojis no matter the operating system they’re on since they already get to use them on their mobile devices and social media … Read more
Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, is dumping the Unity interface for upcoming releases in favor of the GNOME desktop environment. This has the Ubuntu community divided, to say the least. Some people really like Unity and don’t want to see it go. Others would prefer GNOME and have probably been waiting for it to come back … Read more
Some people are, rather falsely, under the impression that just because they use Linux they don’t need to worry about security. Sure, Linux doesn’t suffer from the same types of security issues and prevalent malware that Windows does, but that doesn’t mean that Linux users can neglect their systems and expect to be secure. These … Read more
Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode is a neat feature added to Windows 10 and macOS Sierra recently. Essentially it allows you to watch videos in a small window that is open at all times and doesn’t get buried under everything else that is on your screen. This can be useful if you want to watch a talk … Read more
Looking for a portable operating system that is small, lightweight, customizable, and functional? If you’re already a Linux user or someone willing to learn, you’ll love Libre OS USB. This system is based on the latest version of Ubuntu; it comes pre-installed with everything you need to get up and running with it in minutes. … Read more
When you want to install new software or updates to already installed Ubuntu software, by default Ubuntu provides four different software repositories to get it from. These repositories are Main, Universe, Restricted, and Multiverse. Maybe you have wondered what’s behind their cryptic names. Here is what each of these represent. 1. Main – Free and … Read more
i3wm is easily the most popular tiling window manager available right now. It’s lightweight, easy to learn, and easy to configure. i3 provides the benefits of using a tiling window manager without the hassles of having to write long and sometimes confusing scripts for configuration. i3wm uses a plain text configuration file. i3 is also … Read more
Remote desktop apps are a very useful group of apps because they allow access to a computer anywhere in the world. While the simplest way to do this is via a terminal, if you don’t want to have to type commands but rather want a more advanced way to access a remote computer, here are … Read more