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6 Best Themes For Linux Mint Cinnamon
In this post, we'll be seeing the top 6 best themes for Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop environment, which will make your desktop look absolutely spectacular. These themes can be applied on other distros running Cinnamon desktop environment too. W...
Alex · 4 years ago · 27.4K · 2
Top 5 Best KDE Plasma Linux Distros of 2020
KDE Plasma has been evolving at a great pace. It has improved significantly in terms of both looks and performance in recent years. Today it is more refined and faster than ever. KDE has undergone a performance overhaul and has become very efficient...
Alex · 29 March 2020 · 25.8K · 3
How to use the chkrootkit command. Linux Tips
In this Linux tip, we’re going to look at the chkrootkit command. It’s a command that will examine your system for rootkits -- generally malicious software that enables unauthorized access to a system. To install chkrootkit on Ubuntu/Deb...
Jacob Enderson · 02 September 2020 · 4.6K
10 ways Linux is just better!
The vast majority of the world runs Windows on the desktop, which may be true, but everyone knows that if you need reliability for the servers that run the Internet or store all of our cloud data, Linux is the only way to go. I mean, heck, even Micr...
Alex · 06 March 2020 · 3.7K
Top 3 Desktop Linux Distros For macOS Users
Using Linux gives you more control to the software and hardware you use when compared with macOS. Also, Linux is more customizable than macOS, so here are 3 Linux distributions that follow a desktop layout similar to macOS. Note that I am in no way s...
Den W. · 20 July 2020 · 1.7K
Best Linux distro in 2020
Thanks to the large community of Linux users, there are countless distributions that are always up-to-date for free download. In the DistroWatch hit ranking you can find 278 different Linux distributions for any purpose. Among them a...
Alex · 28 August 2020 · 1.7K
Linux Editor: 12 editors in comparison
Editors, also called text editors, are programs that are supposed to make it easier for you to work with source code, short notes without waiting for a word processing program or the unformatted adjustment of configuration files. I have put together...
Kelly · 27 August 2020 · 1.5K
Valve released Proton 5.0, a package to run Windows games on Linux
Valve has published the first release of a new branch of Proton 5.0, which is based on the experience of the Wine project and aims to provide Linux gaming applications created for Windows and presented in the Steam catalog. The developments of the pr...
Alex · 08 February 2020 · 690
Unix vs Linux | Difference Between Linux and Unix
The soul of every computer is its OS, the operating system. There are many operating systems in existence today. We are going to discuss two basic ones, Linux and Unix. There has been much discussions and debate going on comparing both of these. T...
Den W. · 4 years ago · 679
Install Ubuntu with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10
If you are using both Linux and Windows, then sometimes the familiar UNIX tools are missing in the Windows shell. These little helpers make life so much easier. That's why it's nicer to have option of installing a full-fledged Linux on Windows for so...
Jacob Enderson · 31 August 2020 · 452
Linux This Month - AlmaLinux arrives, Podman 3.0, KaliLinux and Ubuntu Core 20
In this episode, we're going to take a look at recent developments with AlmaLinux and Podman, and the arrival of Ubuntu Core 20, Kali Linux, 2021.1 and Firefox 86.0, let's take a look. First up in the news. If you've been crying in your beer over th...
Alex · 12 March 2021 · 322 · 1
The State of Linux Gaming in 2019
Okay, you don't need to be a hacker to use Linux. In fact, all you really need is a spare flash drive, live USB software like Rufus or balenaEtcher, and a little bit of patience. But why would you ever use Linux? For me, it can be summed up in two w...
Alex · 10 September 2019 · 272
Linux This Month: Rocky Linux RC & Linux Kernel 5.12
Plasma Mobile is an open software system for Linux mobile devices, and the team have presented the updates they've been working on for March and April of 2021. They stated that most of their work has been focused on applications and some improvements...
Alex · 13 May 2021 · 264
Ubuntu snap - uninstall or keep?
Snap is a package format which is mostly programmed and supported by Canonical, the Ubuntu developer. However, it is viewed with mixed feelings in the Linux community. Whether you should use Snap packages or not is explained here. What is Snap? Snap...
Den W. · 23 September 2022 · 288
Top 20 Commands Every Linux User MUST KNOW
Today, I'll be sharing with You 20 commands that will allow you to get a power-packed experience out of Linux. Linux desktops come with evolved desktop environments now and there's less need than ever to use the terminal, but the terminal is still t...
Alex · 17 September 2019 · 213
Linux This Month - Releases Galore from Parrot OS 4.11, Ubuntu 21.04, GNOME, Debian and Red Hat
In this episode, we'll talk about GNOME 40, Ubuntu 21.04, Parrot OS 4.11, RHEL 8.1's Common Criteria Certification and Red Hat Summit 2021. Debian 10.9 Debian has announced a new release of Buster, otherwise known as Debian 10. Version 10.9 adds so...
Alex · 3 years ago · 149