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How to Manage Swap Usage in Linux

How to Manage Swap Usage in Linux

Swap is a special partition used to write pages from memory and read back pages into memory as well. This guide shows how to manage swap usage in Linux.

By Attila Orosz – Aug 21, 2015

How to Edit Video Subtitles with Aegisub

How to Edit Video Subtitles with Aegisub

Aegisub is a simple subeditor with advanced functionality. It allows you to easily edit video subtitles and adjust them. Here’s how to use it on Linux.

By Attila Orosz – Aug 19, 2015

How to Download, Install and Use uGet Download Manager in Ubuntu

Better Manage Your Downloads with uGet in Ubuntu

uGet Download Manager for Ubuntu claims to be ‘”very powerful” as it provides a large array of features as well as being lightweight & low on resources. Check it out.

By Himanshu Arora – Aug 18, 2015

How to Install LibreOffice 5.0 in Ubuntu and Derivatives

How to Install LibreOffice 5.0 in Ubuntu and Derivatives

Libreoffice 5.0 was finally released with a host of improvements and bug fixes. Here’s how to install LibreOffice 5.0 in Ubuntu and derivatives.

By Ayo Isaiah – Aug 15, 2015

Use a Raspberry Pi as a Looping Video Player

Use a Raspberry Pi as a Looping Video Player

In this article we show how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a looping video player, how to encode your videos, and how to get the videos in the Pi.

By Phil South – Aug 5, 2015

How to Enable Hibernate in Ubuntu 14.04

How to Enable Hibernate in Ubuntu

Standard hibernation was disabled in Ubuntu 12.04. Fortunately there is a way to enable hibernate in Ubuntu. Here’s how it’s done.

By Attila Orosz – Aug 4, 2015

Making Multi-Track Music with Audacity

Making Multi-Track Music with Audacity

In this article we will talk about how to use Audacity as a multitrack studio and making finished tracks using all the little tricks which make it easy.

By Phil South – Jul 29, 2015

How to Customize Ubuntu's Unity Launcher for Different Workspaces Using Unity LauncherSwitcher

How to Customize Ubuntu’s Unity Launcher for Different Workspaces Using Unity LauncherSwitcher

Unity Launcherswitcher is a background script which enables you to set up a different launcher on each of your workspaces on Unity. Here’s how to set it up.

By Himanshu Arora – Jul 28, 2015

Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like Android Lolipop With the Paper GTK Theme

Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like Android Lollipop with the Paper GTK Theme

Many Android fans have been enjoying Google’s fresh material look, but what about Linux? Enter the Paper GTK theme suite. Here’s how to install & enable it.

By Derrik Diener – Jul 20, 2015

Antergos - A Beginner Friendly Arch Based Distro

Antergos – A Beginner-Friendly Arch-Based Distro

Antergos is an Arch Linux-based distribution featuring a live environment & a user-friendly graphical installer. Find out how easy it is to install & use.

By Attila Orosz – Jul 17, 2015

How to Disable Extension Version Checks in Gnome Shell

How to Disable Extension Version Checks in Gnome Shell

Ever since Gnome version 3.12, it has been possible to disable extension version checks. If you’re wondering how it’s done, keep reading.

By Derrik Diener – Jul 16, 2015

Voyager X8 - One of the Best Linux Distros You've Never Heard Of

Voyager X8 – One of the Best Linux Distros You’ve Never Heard Of

Voyager X8 is a Debian-based distribution, based on stable Debian 8(.1), with the newest “experimental” version of XFCE and great software. Let’s check it out.

By Attila Orosz – Jul 14, 2015

Broadcast Video Streams on Linux with Open Broadcaster

Broadcast Video Streams on Linux with Open Broadcaster

Want to broadcast video streams on Linux? Luckily, Open Broadcaster, a pro-grade streaming software, is finally available on Linux. Here’s how it works.

By Derrik Diener – Jul 13, 2015

Systemd - What You Need to Know

Systemd – What You Need to Know

Systemd provides a standard process for controlling what programs run when a Linux system boots up. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

By Attila Orosz – Jul 11, 2015

How to Get More Out of Your Xbox 360 Controller on Ubuntu

How to Get More Out of Your Xbox 360 Controller on Ubuntu

If you play games via Steam on Ubuntu, you may be looking for an easier way to control your games. Luckily, you can use an Xbox 360 Controller. Here’s how.

By Derrik Diener – Jul 10, 2015

Create and Edit Matroska Video Files on Linux with MKVToolNix

Create and Edit Matroska Video Files on Linux with MKVToolNix

MKVToolnix is a suite of applications to work with Matroska video and audio files. Here’s how to use this software to create and edit MKV files on Linux.

By Attila Orosz – Jul 7, 2015

How to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.1.1 on Ubuntu / Elementary OS

How to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.1.1 on Ubuntu

Linux Kernel 4.1.1 was recently released with a host of improvements & new features. Existing users are recommended to upgrade ASAP. Here’s how to do that.

By Ayo Isaiah – Jul 6, 2015

How to Set Startup Applications in AwesomeWM

How to Set Startup Applications in AwesomeWM

Using Awesome Window Manager on Linux? Looking to add certain programs to your startup application list? Here’s how to do it.

By Derrik Diener – Jul 4, 2015

Discover the Universe From Your Armchair with Celestia

Discover the Universe From Your Armchair with Celestia

Celestia for Linux allows you to discover the stars and planets of a considerable chunk of the universe with very detailed images. Here’s how it works.

By Attila Orosz – Jul 3, 2015

Edit fstab to Auto-Mount Secondary Hard Drives on Linux

Edit fstab to Auto-Mount Secondary Hard Drives on Linux

Did you know there’s an easier way to mount your secondary hard drive on Linux? The process involves a few simple edits to the fstab file on your system.

By Derrik Diener – Jul 2, 2015

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ARPANET sent its first message on 29 October 1969 from a lab at UCLA to a machine at Stanford, and the message was supposed to read ‘LOGIN’ — but the system crashed after the L and the O, meaning the first word ever transmitted over the network that became the internet was, by accident, ‘LO’.

Jun 9, 2026

In 1995, Microsoft shipped a cartoon-house interface called Bob, led by Melinda French, who married Bill Gates while it was in development — it demanded twice the memory of a typical home PC, sold roughly 30,000 copies, and was dead within a year, leaving behind the font Comic Sans and the animated assistant that became Clippy.

Jun 9, 2026

Stunning underwater shot of tiger sharks swimming among fish in the ocean depths.

The Greenland shark grows about one centimetre a year, does not reach sexual maturity until around age 150, and a specimen carbon-dated by Danish researchers in 2016 was estimated to be at least 272 years old, meaning it was already swimming the North Atlantic when Mozart was composing symphonies.

Jun 9, 2026

French scientist Michel Siffre spent two months alone in a cave with no clock, no calendar, and no sunlight — and when his team finally told him the experiment was over, he thought he still had nearly a month left underground

Jun 9, 2026

A person using a smartphone with a green screen surrounded by fresh fruits and vegetables in the kitchen.

When Apple shipped iOS 12 in June 2018, a small feature called Screen Time slipped onto every iPhone with a counter nobody had quite prepared for — a tally of pickups — and within a day Tim Cook was telling CNN the number of times he picked up his own phone was simply too many

Jun 9, 2026

Starry night with radio towers and the Milky Way galaxy visible overhead.

When NASA lost contact with the IMAGE satellite in 2005, an amateur radio operator in Canada named Scott Tilley picked up its signal in January 2018 while hunting for a classified spy satellite, and the spacecraft turned out to be still spinning, still powered, and still trying to phone home after 13 years of silence.

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