What if I tell you you can carry a complete Ubuntu system in a removable disk drive? Installing Ubuntu on an external USB is a complicated process. The simpler option is to make a live USB but with persistent storage that will
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Linux Mint is one of the best Linux distribution choices for beginners. It is based on Ubuntu and yet some people find Mint better than Ubuntu. If you want to try it, you can install Linux Mint inside VirtualBox. That’s one way.
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Like many other Linux users, I use a desktop and unlike a laptop, you don’t get a camera and mic pre-installed. And you have to invest in a premium webcam to match the quality of your modern smartphone. Well, in this tutorial,
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KDE Wallet Manager is an app included by default with KDE Plasma desktop to store and manage passwords. Whether it is about storing a website credential or an SSH key passphrase, you can do all that with KDE Wallet. It integrates well
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Reading something interesting in PDF format and feel the need of adding a comment or highlight certain text? Perhaps you want to provide feedback on the PDF document? There are several PDF editors available for Linux users. But you don’t need a
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Being a distro hopper, I can relate to the pain of having one ISO image on a flash drive. But not anymore! If you constantly distro hop, or you just want to carry multiple ISO files in a single pen drive, there
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Most modern VMs are configured to skip the GRUB bootloader for a seamless experience. However, you might need to access the GRUB menu at times. For example, if you want to switch back to the older kernel or get into recovery mode
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Stress testing your CPU is one of the best ways to check your processor’s performance capabilities under heavy load and the system’s temperature when that happens. When you stress test the CPU, you can monitor the system’s resources to see how they
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If you need to run Linux virtual machines, Qemu is one of the fastest hypervisors out there, if not the fastest. Along with the speed, you also get excellent configuration options. Even if you are not an advanced user, it gives you
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The default Linux terminal may get your job done but it looks boring. Boring doesn’t mean bad. It’s just … boring. Want to spice things up? There are several ways to do that: Customize the existing terminal by changing its color, fonts,
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