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System Info date – Show the current date and time cal – Show this month’s calendar uptime – Show current uptime w – Display who is online whoami – Who you are logged in as finger user – Display information about user uname -a – Show kernel information cat /proc/cpuinfo – CPU information cat /proc/meminfo […]
Why dual boot? These days, Linux desktops, especially Mint, are catching up with Microsoft flavors – but for many there’s still a need to run some Windows software like Word, Windows Media Centre and full-featured Skype. There’s a multitude of ways to do this, like setting up virtual machines or running Windows apps under Linux […]
The Papirus icon pack includes more than 1000 icons, symbols for most popular applications, including music player Clementine, editor Atom, Corebird and VLC. Installation latest version into Linux Mint: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:varlesh-l/papirus-pack sudo apt update sudo apt install papirus-gtk-icon-theme libreoffice-style-papirus vlc-skin-papirus A package of icons Papirus looks very well with Arc theme. Source: https://launchpad.net/~varlesh-l/+archive/ubuntu/papirus-pack […]
How to Set Your Google Account to Automatically Delete (or Share) Upon Your Death Want to share your family photos after your death, but take your search history to the grave? All that and more is possible with Google’s Inactive Account Manager. Let’s take a look at how you can put your Google account on […]
Rambox is a free, open-source messaging and email app that groups all your favourite web apps into one easy-to-manage window. Sound familiar? We’ve highlighted apps like Rambox before, with Franz and the Gmail-specific Wmail being but two. Like those apps, Rambox uses many of the same technologies, including node.js and Electron, to help integrate these remote web services into your local desktop environment. Rambox Features […]
What Is the Difference Between Three- and Four-Pin CPU Fans? Once you have the opportunity to start looking inside multiple computer cases, you may notice that some CPU cooling fans have an extra wire compared to others. What is the difference between three and four wire fans? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to […]
Linux Kernel 4.7.5 is the fifth adjustment kernel release version 4.7. List of changes in thekernel 4.7.5can be found HERE. You can download the relevant deb packages from HERE and install them. Or just follow the instructions given below that will help you to install a new kernel multiple commands in terminal. Warning. The Linux kernel is a critical element […]
Plenty of people use the desktop dock Plank on their Linux desktop — and for good reason. It supports Unity quick lists, app badging (aka ‘unread counts’), and hover effects; it supports a small set of of “dockets”, and lets you easily pin and rearrange dock items without needing to edit a config file. It’s also very themeable. 3 Stylish […]
It’s a been a couple of years since I last wrote anything about the Budgie desktop environment. You might think that was intentional but it wasn’t. Fact is, I didn’t know the project was still going, not until a Twitter follow (in a tweet I can no longer find, but thanks if it was you) asked […]
How to Change Your Default Applications on Ubuntu There are several ways to change your default applications on Ubuntu. Whether you’re changing the default application for a particular task, file type, or a system-level application like your default text editor, there’s a different place to go. Unlike on Windows, applications won’t take over existing […]
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