Top 99 Linux operating systems according to Distrowatch [2016]

Mint Ubuntu Debian openSUSE Fedora Mageia CentOS Arch elementary LXLE Android-x86 Puppy PCLinuxOS Kali Lubuntu Manjaro Deepin Zorin Bodhi FreeBSD Robolinux SteamOS Simplicity SparkyLinux Ultimate Lite Tails Q4OS Xubuntu KaOS PC-BSD 4MLinux Netrunner Slackware Kubuntu Gentoo KNOPPIX Red Hat ReactOS antiX Ubuntu GNOME Elive MakuluLinux Scientific Chakra Sabayon HandyLinux Tanglu ROSA Salix BackBox Alpine Korora […]

Easily Share Files Between Windows / Linux / Macs Over Network Using NitroShare [Updated]

NitroShare is very handy application to send files from remote computer to any connected computer in the same network. Most of the time no necessary configuration required to send/receive files between computers using NitroShare. It is cross-platform available for Linux, Windows and Mac, which mean you can easily transfer files between two machines doesn’t matter […]

Memory management in Ubuntu and Linux

Memory management in Ubuntu and Linux in general is fairly optimal. Any applications that cause memory problems (eg “memory leaks”) would be considered buggy. Unused RAM is utilised by the system for read-ahead cache and other optimisations. These optimisations are removed from memory if it required by the system, so there’s no need to clean […]

Back In Time | a simple backup system for Linux

About Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux inspired from “flyback project” and “TimeVault”. The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories. Up to 1.0.40 there was two GUI available: Gnome and KDE 4 (>= 4.1). Starting with 1.1.0 there only one QT GUI. All you have […]

3 Firefox Add-ons Every Ubuntu User Needs – OMG! Ubuntu!

Firefox is the default browser in Ubuntu — but it doesn’t integrate with the Unity desktop as well as it could.That’s where the following Ubuntu Firefox add-ons come in. These little extras, trivial though they seem, help to bridge the (admittedly few) gaps and missing functionality between browser and OS.None of these are new, but they’re all undeniably helpful […]