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Are you debating between Linux and Windows for your next operating system? Both are great choices, but there are certain tasks that Linux can do better than Windows. In this blog post, we’ll explore what these tasks are and why they make Linux the preferred choice for many users. Source : upload.wikimedia.org 1. Open Source…
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OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning, open-source video editor, available on Linux, Mac, and Windows. OpenShot can create stunning videos, films, and animations with an easy-to-use interface and a rich set of features. Features Cross-platform (Supports Linux, OS X, and Windows) Support for many videos, audio, and image formats (based on FFmpeg) Powerful curve-based Key…
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By Paul Hill @ziks297 · Sep 1, 2020, 15:12 EDT In its monthly update, the Linux Mint project announced that it’s working on a new app called Web App Manager that’ll let users turn their favorite websites into stand-alone applications that can be found in the start menu and be pinned to the taskbar. The Mint team is developing the…
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BY ARINDAM – UPDATED ON OCTOBER 23, 2020 Microsoft announced the Edge for Linux today as a developer preview and it is immediately available for download as .deb and .rpm builds. And Edge for Linux looks great and the browsing experience feels super fast. After the not-so-good success of the earlier Edge browser, Microsoft decided to dump Edge code and…
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Last updated October 14, 2020, By Ankush Das 211 Comments Brief: What are the must-have applications for Linux? The answer is subjective and it depends on what purposes you have for using desktop Linux. But there are still some essential Linux apps that are more likely to be used by most Linux users. Here we’ve listed the best Linux applications that you should have installed on…
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Last updated October 7, 2020 By Ankush Das 32 Comments Linux Mint is easily one of the best Linux distributions out there and especially considering the features of Linux Mint 20, I’m sure you will agree with that. In case you missed our coverage, Linux Mint 20 is finally available to download. Of course, if you’ve been using Linux Mint for a while,…
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Linux Mint announced the immediate BETA release of its upcoming version Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana”. Scheduled for the end of June 2020, Linux Mint 20 promises plenty of new features in its primary three flavors XFCE, Cinnamon, and MATE. This beta release is the pre-final version to iron out last-minute bugs and is available for…
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Open-source and cross-platform HandBrake 1.3.3 video converter have been released today with several improvements and bug fixes. This release improves support for MKV files by fixing an issue that made ISO 639-2/B language codes not to be set correctly, which affected Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, and Yiddish languages, and improves Intel QSV memory footprint and H.265…
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Debian and Debian-based systems like Ubuntu uses Advanced Package Tool, or APT in short, for installing, updating, upgrading and removing software from command line. Usually, the APT package manager stores the list of repositories in the file named /etc/apt/sources.list and in any file with the suffix .list under the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. When we install a…
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BleachBit, the open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software has reached a major milestone, version 4.0, which brings many improvements and major changes. One of the major changes of BleachBit 4.0 is support for Python 3 to ensure the application will work well on the latest releases of the popular Ubuntu…
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This article was written for Debian based distro’s. Sorry, you RPM fans. With the World Wide lockdown, and the new term, Social Distancing, everyone is finding new ways to stay connected. Services like Duo, Skype, Go To Meeting, and Zoom. Zoom seems to be the online meeting of choice. Zoom also has an app for…
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by Mozilla Firefox Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs that preserve your privacy. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple identities or accounts simultaneously. About This Extension The Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension lets you carve out a separate box…
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Firefox has a new service for sending large files up to 2.5 gigs in size. Most of the free email services like Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, and others have limits on the size of the attachment you send in an email. I believe Gmail offers the largest at 25 Mb. Now with Firefox free service, you…
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Do not discard that old PC or laptop yet. You can use a lightweight Linux distro to make them as good as new. Some of these Linux distros are specifically for use in older machines. You can use any of the lightweight Linux distros and bring your old machine back to life. In as much…
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In Linux, access to the files is managed through the file permissions, attributes, and ownership. This ensures that only authorized users and processes can access files and directories. This tutorial covers how to use the chmod command to change the access permissions of files and directories. Linux File Permissions Before going further, let’s explain the…
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A step by step guide to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) support in the Firefox browser. By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | July 6, 2019 — 19:06 GMT (12:06 PDT) | Topic: Security The DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol is currently the talk of the town, and the Firefox browser is the only one to support it.…
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It’s all about timing with cron, the scheduling daemon. Cron allows system administrators to schedule and automate scripted tasks with ease and precision. Posted September 13, 2019 | byKen Hess (Red Hat) It might surprise the saltiest of system administrators to know that there is no Linux cron command. The cron daemon (crond) is a…
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Let’s say you need to free up some space on Ubuntu — how do you go about it? Unlike Windows, with its built-in defrag and disk clean-up tools, Ubuntu doesn’t make it immediately obvious how you go about trying to free up space. What do you do once you’ve emptied the trash, and deleted those .ISO downloads? How…
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Super Grub2 Disk Super GRUB2 Disk helps you to boot into most any Operating System (OS) even if you cannot boot into it by normal means. Super Grub2 Disk 2.01 rc2 Main Menu Tour Here there is a little video tour in order to discover most of Super Grub2 Disk options. The rest of…
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How to Use Timeshift to Backup and Restore Linux System July 28, 2018 by Martins D. Okoi Written by Martins D. Okoi Timeshift is an open-source system restore tool that creates incremental filesystem snapshots using either of 2 modes: BTRFS snapshots or rsync+hardlinks. With it, you can schedule backups at multiple levels using filters and the backups can be restored from…
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Author: Shekin Telegram: https://t.me/mintguide LibreOffice is a powerful office suite; its clean interface and powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your productivity. LibreOffice embeds several applications that make it the most powerful Free & Open Source Office suite on the market: Writer, the word processor, Calc, the spreadsheet application, Impress, the presentation…
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July 30, 2019 by Martins D. Okoi 0 Comments 184 Views The GNOME Desktop Environment is among the most loved Linux Desktop Environments and with the right Linux tools you can turn it into the perfect one for you. One way of customizing the DE is by using any of the many extensions available for free – which, apart…
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by sk · July 30, 2019 You might have set up cron jobs that runs at a specific time to backup important files or perform any system related tasks. Or, you might have configured a log server to rotate the logs out of your system at regular interval time. If your clock is out-of-sync, these…
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There are plenty of reasons to set up a home server. You might use it as a media server, a file server, or even a local backup server. Basically, any files of yours that don’t need to be online are good candidates for a home server. Setting up a Linux-powered home server is relatively easy, especially these…
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More than a month ago, we were celebrating the release of an integrated VPN in the beta version of the Opera browser. We predicted that this release was a step toward its inclusion in the final version of Opera Browser. A fact that we can now celebrate given that the version 51.0.2461.137360 of the browser now offers a free…
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