Scheduling tasks with the Linux cron command: Scheduling tasks with the Linux cron command Don Watkins Mon, 03/28/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. Early in my Linux journey, I came to appreciate the numerous command-line utilities of the operating system and the way they streamlined regular tasks. For example, backing up applications …
My favorite Linux top command options: My favorite Linux top command options Don Watkins Mon, 03/21/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. When I am checking out Linux systems (or even troubleshooting computers running other operating systems), I frequently use the top command to check out the system’s RAM and CPU utilization. It …
Manage Linux users' home directories with systemd-homed: The entire systemd concept and implementation have introduced many changes since it began to replace the old SystemV startup and init tools. Over time, systemd has been extended into many other segments of the Linux environment. read more: Opensource.com dboth Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Farking?
Put sticky notes on your Linux KDE desktop: I remember the first time I went to an “un” conference. It was a chaotic event at first, with lots of socializing and sharing of personal projects, but it gradually coalesced into a mostly self-organized technical event. It didn’t happen with magic, but with sticky notes. People …
Math is fun with this Linux graphing calculator: If you spent your high school years gazing at TI-80 series calculators but lost track of the device somewhere along the way, then you might sometimes yearn to relive those thrilling years of algebra and calculus. Somebody on the Linux KDE project must have felt that way, …
My favorite casual games to play on Linux: I love a good game that you can immerse yourself in for hours, but I don’t always have the luxury of ignoring daily tasks to disappear into a video game. Still, I do love a fun challenge from time to time, and two of my favourite applications …
How to screen share with the Linux KDE Plasma Desktop: If you’ve ever done remote support professionally or out of familial obligation, then you’ve been on a call where solving problems are only secondary to the impossible task of visualizing what’s actually on your user’s screen. How many times have you described complex desktop tasks …
Scan documents and old photos on Linux with Skanlite: Although the world has mostly gone digital now, there are still times when you just have to print a form, sign it, and scan it back in. Sometimes, I find that a snapshot on my phone suffices, but some industries require a better copy than a …
Listen to your favorite music on Linux with Juk: The KDE project doesn’t just provide a famous desktop, it generates a lot of software, from tools for video editng, photography, and illustration, to graphing calculators, email, and office work. Those are all productivity tools, but KDE is also good for relaxing. It has games and …
How to make KDE look like GNOME on Linux: GNOME has a tendency for minimalist design. It’s a beautiful desktop experience, and holds the honor of being the first free desktop that’s ever elicited vocalized admiration from someone looking over my shoulder as I use Linux. Then again (and pardon the armchair philosophizing), you can’t …
Why I love KDE for my Linux desktop: One of the things that open source prides itself on is choice. You don’t have to settle for anything you don’t love. You can change your file manager, your text editor, and you even have over 24 desktops to choose from. As with many Linux users, I …
Use different time zones on your Linux KDE desktop: I used to marvel at people who required more than one clock, each set to an exotic timezone, on the wall. I saw it mostly in movies, so when I met someone in real life with lots of clocks, it made them seem particularly important, like …
Crop and resize photos on Linux with Gwenview: A good photo can be a powerful thing. It expresses what you saw in a very literal sense, but it also speaks to what you experienced. Little things say a lot: the angle you choose when taking the photo, how large something looms in the frame, and …
Add, switch, delete, and manage Linux users in KDE: Sharing a computer in a household is usually a pretty casual affair. When you need the computer, you pick it up and start using it. It’s simple in theory, and mostly works. That is, until you accidentally grab the common computer and accidentally post screenshots of …
A guide to installing applications on Linux: When you want to try a new app on your phone, you open your app store and install the app. It’s simple, quick, and efficient. In this model of providing applications, phone vendors ensure that you know exactly where to go to get an app, and that developers …
Edit text on Linux with KWrite and Kate: A text editor is often a good example application to demonstrate what a programming framework is capable of producing. I myself have written at least three example text editors in articles about wxPython and PyQt, and Java. The reason they’re seen as easy apps to create is …
Archive files on your Linux desktop with Ark for KDE: When I finish with a project, I often like to take all the files I’ve created for the project and put them into an archive. It not only saves space, but it gets those files out of my way, and prevents them from turning up …
Manage your calendar from the Linux terminal with the konsolekalendar command: I’m a KDE user, and for years I’ve been on a seemingly endless journey of discovery with the Plasma Desktop. If you were to ask me in public, I’d probably claim to know everything there is to know about the desktop I use every …