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How To Stress Test A Graphics Card On Linux Featured

How to Stress Test a Graphics Card on Linux

Learn how to stress test your graphics card on Linux with any of these useful tools, such as GL Mark 2, GpuTest, Unigine Benchmark and more.

By Crystal Crowder – Aug 4, 2021

Solus Os Review Featured

Solus OS Review: A Linux Distribution That Does More with Less

Solus OS is a fresh take on Linux with a message: less is more. No hassling with settings. Everything is taken care of for you ahead of time.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Aug 3, 2021

Keyindicator Featured

How to Enable Caps Lock Key Indicator in Ubuntu

Learn how to enable the Caps lock key indicator in Ubuntu with the help of the Lock-Keys and Keyboard Modifiers Status Gnome extensions.

By John Wachira – Aug 2, 2021

How To Fix Ubuntu Freezing In Virtualbox Featured

How to Fix Ubuntu Freezing in VirtualBox

Is Ubuntu freezing in VirtualBox? Learn how to troubleshoot it to figure out what’s causing the problem and how to fix it.

By Crystal Crowder – Jul 31, 2021

Send Mail Featured

How to Send Email From the Linux Terminal

Learn how to send email from the Linux terminal using various tools , like mail, sendmail, telnet and mutt, and add attachment to your mail too.

By John Wachira – Jul 30, 2021

Open Featured

How to Use lsof Command in Linux to List Open Files

Have you ever had the file in use error? Learn how to use the lsof command in Linux to view open files and the processes using them.

By John Wachira – Jul 29, 2021

Compress Files Ztsd Linux Featured

How to Compress Files with zstd Utility in Linux

If you want to save space on your disk, you can compress your files and directories to save some. Learn how to use the zstd tool.

By John Wachira – Jul 28, 2021

How To Boot To Recovery Mode In Ubuntu Featured

How to Boot to Recovery Mode (Safe Mode) in Ubuntu

Ubuntu’s recovery mode provides great options to fix a broken system. Learn how to boot into recovery mode in Ubuntu and other distros.

By Crystal Crowder – Jul 27, 2021

Reset Wsl Featured

How to Reset a WSL User Password

WSL runs inside Windows like an application, so forgotten passwords are handled differently. Learn here how to reset a WSL user password.

By John Wachira – Jul 27, 2021

The History Of Linux Distros Featured

The History of Various Linux Distros

Linux has been around for almost 30 years. Check out a brief history of various Linux distros, highlighting the most popular options.

By Crystal Crowder – Jul 25, 2021

Active Ssh Connections Linux Featured

How to Show All Active SSH Connections in Linux

Do you use SSH to connect to your server? Learn how to identify active SSH connections and prevent unauthorized access to your server.

By John Wachira – Jul 23, 2021

Linux File Permissions Featured

How to Recursively Change File Permissions in Linux

Sometimes you can’t edit files because of the “Permission denied” error. Learn how to recursively change file permissions in Linux.

By John Wachira – Jul 22, 2021

Usb Ubuntu Featured

How to Create a Bootable Ubuntu USB in Windows

If you want to test Ubuntu or install it on your system, you can use a USB drive. Learn how to create a bootable Ubuntu USB in Windows.

By John Wachira – Jul 21, 2021

Rebuild Package Featured

How to Build a Package from Source in Linux

Discover how to build Linux packages from source and add custom modifications using your Linux distro’s package manager.

By John Wachira – Jul 20, 2021

The back of a server.

NGINX vs. OpenLiteSpeed: Which Is the Better Lightweight Server?

Your server type is important, and things have moved on from Apache-only setups. This post will compare NGINX vs. OpenLiteSpeed!

By Tom Rankin – Jul 19, 2021

Lp Featured

How to Use the lp Command in Linux to Print Files From Terminal

Linux printing can be a bit of a challenge. Learn how to use the lp command in Linux to print documents from the terminal.

By John Wachira – Jul 16, 2021

No Release Repo

How to Fix “Repository Does Not Have Release File” Error

If you add new PPA, you will often encounter the “repository does not have a release file” error. Here is how you can fix it in Ubuntu.

By John Wachira – Jul 15, 2021

Linux Distro Gaming

The 6 Best Linux Distros for Gaming

There are several gaming-centered Linux distros that offer great gaming support in Linux. Check out the best Linux distros for gaming here.

By John Wachira – Jul 12, 2021

Git Config Featured

How to Set Up Git Username and Email in Ubuntu

Git is a powerful tool for tracking and collaboration. Learn how to use git config to set up your git environment, username and email.

By John Wachira – Jul 2, 2021

Nmap

How to Run Nmap without Root or Sudo

Nmap is a powerful networking scanner. However, it requires root privileges to perform basic functions. Learn how to run Nmap without root.

By John Wachira – Jun 29, 2021

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When Sony shipped the first Walkman in 1979, chairman Akio Morita insisted on a second headphone jack and a “hotline” talk button, convinced it would be rude for one person to listen to music alone — and within a few years buyers had ignored the sociable features so completely that Sony quietly dropped them

Jun 15, 2026

Russia still custom-builds the Soyuz return seats for ISS crew members using plaster casts taken weeks before launch, because astronauts grow as much as five centimetres taller during a long-duration stay and a seat moulded to their Earth-shaped spine would no longer fit the body that comes home

Jun 12, 2026

Mycorrhizal fungi colonised plant roots roughly 450 million years ago and biologists now suspect plants could never have moved out of the oceans onto bare rock without them, meaning every forest on Earth — including the redwoods, the Amazon, and the boreal belt — is still running on a partnership older than trees themselves

Jun 11, 2026

Close-up of a young adult using a smartphone outdoors, highlighting modern technology and connectivity.

The “CrackBerry” nickname stuck for a reason — and the variable-reward psychology that hooked early-2000s executives on their BlackBerrys is the exact same machinery now running every push notification on every smartphone in your pocket

Jun 11, 2026

Intricate network of tree roots and moss on a forest hillside, showcasing nature's resilience.

Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Jun 10, 2026

Close-up of glowing jellyfish swimming gracefully in deep green ocean waters.

A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

Jun 10, 2026

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