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How to Keep Track of Events, Appointments, and Everyday Tasks from the Linux Command Line

If you are one of those who work with servers, or are die-hard command line fans, you can use Calcurse to manage your appointment and get organized. Here’s how you can do so.

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.

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.

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.

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.

5 Linux Tools for Better Writing

If you suffer from writer’s block, maybe it’s time to change your word processor to something different. Here are some useful writing tools for Linux.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Saidar Is a Curses-based, Easy-to-use System Monitoring Tool for Linux

Saidar is a Curses-based tool that can be used for viewing the system statistics including CPU, processes, load, memory, swap, network I/O, and more

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.

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.

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.

Gravit – A New Design Tool for Linux

There’s a new app called Gravit that aims to be an alternative to Adobe Freehand and Fireworks. It is open-source and cross-platform compatible. Let’s check it out.

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.

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.

5 Great IRC Clients For Linux

IRC, even though is old, still plays a major role in Linux. There are many, many clients out there and here are 5 really great IRC clients you should check out.

How to Manage Amazon S3 From the Command Line

There are many tools for you to access and manage Amazon S3, but in a command-line based environment, S3cmd is the best tool for you.

Easily Store Encrypted Backups in the Cloud with Duplicati

Duplicati is an open source and free backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services

Logwatch: Powerful System Log Analyzer and Reporter for Linux

Logwatch is a powerful command line tool which aimed at helping with system log management.

Geeknote: A Command Line-based Evernote Client for Linux

Are you a command line as well as Evernote users? Try Geeknote – a useful open-source Evernote console client for Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

File Comparison (Diff) Tools for Linux

Do you often need to compare different versions of the same file to keep track of changes. Here are some of the file comparison (diff) tools for LInux.

Mastering the Command Line: Use timedatectl to Control System Time and Date in Linux

The timedatectl command in Linux allows you to query and change the system clock and its settings.

How to Fix Dual Boot Issue with OS X Yosemite and Ubuntu

If you have previously dual-booted your OS X with Ubuntu, and you have upgraded to Yosemite, you will lose the dual boot. Here is the solution to fix the dual-boot issue.

How to Convert an MP4 to Avi in Ubuntu (and Watch on a DVD Player)

If you have an older DVD player, it won’t be able to play your MP4 videos. Here’s how you can covert MP4 to Avi videos in Ubuntu, and watch on DVD player.

How to Restore Workspace in Ubuntu 14.10 [Quick Tips]

Did you find the Workspace switcher tool missing in Ubuntu 14.10? Here is a simple trick to restore it.

5 Great Tiling Window Managers for Linux

If you’re looking for a way to use Linux that is bloat free, tiling window managers might just be what you’ve been looking for.

Discover the Power of Konqueror

If you’re a KDE user, you’ve probably heard of Konqueror, but did you know you can use Konqueror as a file manager, a web browser, PDF viewer and document editor?

Enabling Laptop Mode in Ubuntu

Ubuntu is great operating system, but can drain the battery fast on a laptop. Here is how you can enable laptop mode in Ubuntu and other power saving options.

5 Deadly Linux Commands You Should Never Run

It is easy to copy, paste and execute a command in the Linux terminal, but there are some commands that can wipe out your system totally. Let’s check them out.

Get the Latest Version of Gnome on Ubuntu

New releases of Ubuntu no longer contain the latest version of Gnome 3. For fan of both Ubuntu and Gnome, you can get the latest version of Gnome on Ubuntu with this method.

How to Disable a Laptop Touchpad for Linux

While you can temporarily disable the touchpad, wouldn’t you rather have the ability to fully shut it off at startup? Here is how to do so in Linux.

How to Use mpv – CLI Media Player

mpv is a simple yet powerful command line media player. it is free, open source and cross-platform compatible. Let’s check it out.

6 Lightweight Qt Image Viewers for Linux

Image viewers are useful when you just want to check out a few photos. Here are six great image viewers for Linux that you should check out.

How to Install and Configure Cygwin in Windows Environment

For those who are missing the Linux terminal in Windows, you can use Cygwin to do the same task. Learn how to install and configure Cygwin in Windows.

How to Fully Integrate Firefox into Gnome Shell

Firefox doesn’t integrate well in Gnome Shell desktop theme. Here are some ways you can use to make it looks like it truly belongs on the Gnome 3 desktop.

How to Reverse the Row Order in LibreOffice Calc [Quick Tips]

Let ‘s say you have a spreadsheet that is in the wrong row order, how can you easily reverse the row order? This simple trick will help you to do that.

How to Encode H.265 Video Using ffmpeg on Linux

The new H.265 compression standard can provide substantially improved video quality at the same bit rate. Learn how you can encode H.265 video with ffmpeg.

Use Pianobar to Listen to Pandora From the Linux Command-line

If you love the command line and like listening music while doing work, you’ll be thrilled to know that Pandora can be accessed through command line as well.

Stream Games on Twitch with Linux Using Castawesome

Are you a Linux gamer looking to stream gameplay to Twitch? It is not an easy task, but with Castawesome, you can get it done easily.

How to Change Folder Colors in Dolphin (KDE File Manager)

If you want to change the color of your folder icons without installing a new icon set, Dolphin Folder Color for KDE is a great solution.

5 Useful PPAs for Ubuntu

A PPA allows you to install third party software, games, proprietary drivers that are not in the Ubuntu repository. Check out these useful PPAs for Ubuntu.

How to Find your Windows and Linux Computers Uptime and Installation Date

You can easily check if your computer is running 24/7 by checking its uptime. Here is how you can do so in Windows and Linux.

SymphonyOS 14.1 review

SymphonyOS started life back in 2004, and after a hiatus of several years, it has been renewed with the aptly named phoenix series. Let’s check it out and see how it performs.

Easily Create a Screencast of Your Linux Desktop Using ScreenStudio

Are you looking for an easy way to create a screencast on your Linux desktop? ScreenStudio could be the one for you.

Find and Remove Duplicate Files in Linux

If you care about file organization on your Linux machine, you can easily find and remove duplicate files via the command line or with dupeGuru.

Full hands-on and Review on PCLinuxOS 2014.08

PCLinuxOS has recently released its first version for 2014. The new version uses Linux kernel 3.15.9, runs KDE and includes NVIDIA and ATI fglrx drivers. Let check it out.

Windows Live Photo Gallery: Free Microsoft Office Picture Manager Alternative

Are you looking for a Microsoft Office Picture Manager alternative? Windows Live Photo Gallery has similar features and has syncing/publishing features.