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How to Set a Keyboard Shortcut for “Always on Top” In Ubuntu

The “Always on Top” function is useful for you to keep any window on top of others. Here is how you can set a custom keyboard shortcut for it in Ubuntu.

By Damien Oh – Jan 29, 2015

How to Customize the Lock Screen on KDE

KDE is full of customization options and the default lock screen might be one of the things you’d like to change. Here’s how you can do it.

By Ivana Isadora Devcic – Jan 28, 2015

How to Enable Automatic System Update in Ubuntu

Ubuntu prompts you where there are new update for your system. If you would like to automate the whole updating process, here is how you can do it.

By Damien Oh – Jan 26, 2015

Otter Browser – A QT-Based Browser with Classic Opera UI

Otter browser is an ambitious project to keep version 12.x of the Opera browser user interface alive. Let’s check it out and see if it is a good browser alternative.

By Derrik Diener – Jan 24, 2015

How to Install the GTK3 Version of MATE on Arch Linux

The Mate desktop is pretty great, but the software it’s built on is getting pretty dated. Here is how you can upgrade Mate to GTK3 in Arch Linux.

By Derrik Diener – Jan 23, 2015

3 Easy Ways to Send Emails From the Command Line in Linux

In this article, we will discuss the following three ways to send email from the command line in Linux: Sendmail, Telnet, Ssmtp.

By Himanshu Arora – Jan 22, 2015

Add Session Management Options Like Shutdown and Restart to Unity Dash

The Unity Dash in Ubuntu doesn’t come with options for you to shutdown your PC. Here’s how you can add session management options to Unity Dash.

By Himanshu Arora – Jan 6, 2015

How to Remove Password Protection from PDF in Ubuntu

In this article, we will discuss a couple of ways to remove password protection from a password protected pdf file in Ubuntu.

By Himanshu Arora – Jan 2, 2015

5 of the Best Places to Find RPMs For Redhat-based Linux Distros

Sometimes, finding RPMs for RedHat-based Linux distro can be difficult and frustrating. Here are the top 5 best places where you can find RPM package files.

By Derrik Diener – Dec 26, 2014

How to Monitor Network Load From the Command Line in Linux

If you are a network administrator and need to monitor your network traffic, slurm is a useful command line tool that you can try out.

By Himanshu Arora – Dec 25, 2014

How to Install the Budgie Desktop Environment on Linux

Looking to try out Budgie without installing the whole Evolve OS distro? Here is how you can install Budgie on Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Fedora and OpenSUSE.

By Derrik Diener – Dec 23, 2014

How to Set Up LEMH (Linux, Nginx, MariaDB, HHVM) Stack in Ubuntu Server

LAMP server may be the most common setup, but it may not be the best. This guide shows you how to setup LAMP alternative – Nginx, MariaDB and HHVM on your Linux server.

By Damien Oh – Dec 19, 2014

Cantata – A New Music Player for Linux

Cantata is a new music player for Linux with plenty of options and services and has a few features that make it stand out from the rest. Let’s check it out.

By Ivana Isadora Devcic – Dec 17, 2014

Use VnStat to Monitor Network Traffic from Linux Command Line

vnStat is a command line-based network traffic monitoring tool that uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source

By Himanshu Arora – Dec 15, 2014

Use Logcheck to Spot Problems and Security Violations in System Log Files [Linux]

Log files are important in uncovering system problems. Logcheck is a command line tool that are capable of analysing logs and producing meaningful information.

By Himanshu Arora – Dec 12, 2014

How to Check the Progress of Running Commands in Linux

While copying large files with the cp command, you have no idea how long it will take. cv command allows you to find out the progress of the operation.

By Himanshu Arora – Dec 8, 2014

How to Easily Turn Your Computer Into an Internet Kiosk

If you have the needs to install an Internet kiosk in your shop, or home, here is a little hack to easily turn your existing computer into an Internet kiosk.

By Damien Oh – Dec 5, 2014

Pem: Manage Your Personal Expenses from the Command Line

If you are those who are into expense tracking and a geek who love the command line, you should give pem a try.

By Himanshu Arora – Dec 4, 2014

How to Convert DEB Files to RPM

RPM packages are just not as abundant as DEB files – It’s a fact. To solve this, simply convert the deb packages to the rpm format using Alien.

By Derrik Diener – Dec 1, 2014

Use Collectl as an Advanced System Monitoring Tool for Linux

In Linux, there are various tools for monitoring system resources, and one that stands out from the crowd is collectl, primarily because of its capabilities. Let check it out.

By Himanshu Arora – Nov 29, 2014

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