Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
Linux Lite 7.0 “Galena” is out, the new release of this simplified and Snap-free distro based on Ubuntu 24.04, aka “Noble Numbat.” Linux Lite is deservedly one of the higher-profile third-party Ubuntu remixes. It resolves […]
For those who don’t know, bash aliases allow you to create unique command shortcuts. So, a simple word can be used to run a more complex command which may have a lot of additional parameters, […]
This was a major update from Plasma 5.27 to Plasma 6.0, but also along with just about everything else, and was a 6.8 GB download for me. It all went off flawlessly apart from one […]
That is not the only improvement, but it is pretty significant to be able to now use CTRL-Q to quit, CTRL-C to copy, CTRL-X to cut, CTRL-V to paste, CTRL-F to search forward, CTRL-Z to […]
KDE Plasma (KDE) is a well-known desktop environment for Unix-like systems designed for users who want to have a nice desktop environment for their machines, it is one of the most used desktop interfaces out […]
Many of us were using Stream Deck UI, which was a fork from a previous such app which was no longer being maintained. The devs decided to restart the initiative using a different coding language […]
OK, you probably do know at least one or two of these, but I’ve added the auto backup, line numbers, mouse support, and scroll bar to an alias for every time I start up nano. […]
One of the more widely used Ubuntu spinoffs, non-techie friendly Zorin has put out three editions of its latest version – Zorin OS 17.1 – and there are still more to come. Zorin OS, like […]
I’ve not tested this yet, but it looks interesting. One of those big differentiators between the different branches of Linux, are the different package manager per branch which one has to get to know. There […]
I’ve been using the command line NCDU for a while. Whilst NCDU is nice and fast and does allow navigating the directory tree, you had to go to a file explorer separately to delete anything. […]