Manjaro’s Plasma 6 update has gone globally live today
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 […]
Tag: linux
Nano 8.0 Command-Line Text Editor Released – Key Bindings Have Now Joined The 21st Century
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 […]
How to Install KDE Plasma in Ubuntu, Debian and Mint: Because you have Choices
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 […]
StreamController is a brand-new open-source app for enabling and managing the Elgato Stream Deck on Linux
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 […]
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could do With Nano Editor
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. […]
Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary
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 […]
UPT: Universal Package Management Tool for Linux: One command to rule them all!
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 […]
QDirStat is an open-source GUI app for Linux and macOS to show and clean directory space usage
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. […]
SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops: Stable and rolling releases, Pi versions, and some very unusual customizations
SparkyLinux is a lightweight distro based on Debian, but it offers some choices that few if any others do. This year’s first new version of SparkyLinux has two development streams: a rolling-release version 8, based […]
Atuin is an open-source shell command history app for Linux with syncing, unlimited history, and with contextual search
Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands. With this context, Atuin gives you faster and better search of your shell history! Additionally, it provides optional […]