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How to Manage Compressed Files with Midnight Commander

It is easy to manage compressed files in the desktop but not in your server. Here is how you can easily handle compressed files with Midnight Commander.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Aug 6, 2020

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How to Change Your Application Icon from the Terminal in Linux

It is easy to change the application icon in Linux. Let’s see how you can change your application icon directly from the terminal.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Jul 14, 2020

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How to Verify Checksums in Linux

A checksum allows you to check if the file you downloaded is genuine and has not been tempered. Learn how to check and verify checksums in Linux.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Jul 7, 2020

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Mp3blaster: An Awesome Music Player for the Terminal

Fresh out of 1997 and sporting a handy semi-GUI interface, Mp3blaster provides an easy-to-use music player that runs in your terminal.

By John Knight – Jun 24, 2020

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How to Manage Your Tasks in the Terminal with Taskbook

If you’d prefer to manage all your tasks directly from the terminal, Taskbook allows you to do that using simple commands.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Jun 16, 2020

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How to Search the Web from Linux Terminal

Have you ever wanted to search the Web while typing away on the command line? There are a few ways for you to search the Web from Terminal. Check them out!

By William Elcock – May 12, 2020

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Use These Keyboard Shortcuts to Quickly Move Around in Bash

Did you know there are keyboard shortcuts in Bash you can use to edit or tweak your commands quickly and avoid having to retype everything?

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Apr 21, 2020

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How to Check the Weather from the Terminal with AnsiWeather

AnsiWeather is a shell script designed to display the current weather conditions in the terminal. Here’s how to use it to check weather from the terminal.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Apr 14, 2020

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How to Find Your Linux Distribution Name and Version

Most Linux distributions don’t display their names and versions in public. Here are some ways to out a distribution’s name and version from Terminal.

By Damien Oh – Apr 10, 2020

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How to Do Spelling Checks in the Linux Terminal

Do you know that Linux has its very own command-line spellcheck utility to check your writing in the Terminal? Here’s how to use aspell to spellcheck in Linux.

By Divya Lakshmanan – Feb 24, 2020

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Using find, locate, which and whereis Commands to Search for Files in Linux

There are a few ways to find and locate files from the terminal in Linux. find, locate, which and whereis are some of the commonly used commands to do so.

By Divya Lakshmanan – Feb 19, 2020

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Upgrade Your Linux Terminal with Tilix

Tilix works as a great terminal alternative for your Linux PC. Let’s see how you can use it to turn your terminal into a modern and efficient workspace.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Feb 11, 2020

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How to Make Your Scripts Executable Everywhere in Linux

Have you notice how Linux commands are located in different folders but accessible everywhere? Here is how to make your scripts executable everywhere too.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Feb 3, 2020

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How to Set the Terminal as a Transparent Wallpaper in Kubuntu

Setting the terminal as a transparent wallpaper is a great way to use the terminal and enjoy your wallpaper at the same time. Here’s how to do it in Kubuntu.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Jan 14, 2020

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Thirteen Useful Tools for Working with Text on the Command Line

There are plenty of tools for handling text in Linux. Here are 13 powerful text manipulation tools every command-line user should know.

By Karl Wakim – Jan 9, 2020

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How to Multitask in the Linux Terminal with Screen

Screen makes multitasking in the terminal simple. With it, you can run many tools in parallel, each in their session, and detach and reattach to it at will.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Dec 24, 2019

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6 of the Most Useful Linux Commands for New Users

Switching to Linux can be intimidating, but learning the command line can be very useful. Here are some useful Linux commands new users should pick up.

By Josh Grimes – Nov 1, 2019

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How to Use Guake Dropdown Terminal in Linux

Guake is a dropdown terminal emulator for Linux. Let’s see why it’s worth it to invest some time to install, configure and use Guake on your Linux computer.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Oct 23, 2019

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How to Get Commands Explanation in Terminal with Kmdr

Learning how to use the terminal can improve your Linux knowledge. If you’re struggling with Linux commands, you can use the Kmdr tool to explain them.

By Ben Stockton – Oct 4, 2019

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How to Adjust Screen Brightness from Terminal in macOS

If you’re a Terminal user, you can adjust the screen brightness of your Mac directly from the Terminal. Here are the commands to do so.

By Shujaa Imran – Sep 28, 2019

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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

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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

Octopuses possess roughly 500 million neurons distributed across their body, with two-thirds located in their arms rather than their central brain, meaning each arm can taste, problem-solve, and react to stimuli independently of whatever the octopus is otherwise paying attention to.

Jun 10, 2026

Explore the historic Roman bridge in lush Salamanca, Spain captured beautifully in daylight.

The Roman aqueduct at Segovia, built around the first century AD without mortar, still carried water into the 1970s, its 167 granite arches held together by nothing but the precise weight distribution of stones cut to fit each other within fractions of a millimeter.

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