Articles by Bill Toulas
About Bill Toulas
Over five years of experience writing about Linux and open source software on blogs and news websites. As part of the community, this is my way to give back as well as to promote what I perceive as the most amazing development in the area of software and operation systems.
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Get to know your System (using the command line)
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 4 Knowing the details of your system is essential for being able to address issues that arise and make the right hardware and software choices to ensure the compatibility and a good performance of your system. To get to know yous system a bit better we will use the command line.
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How to theme GNOME Shell 3.16 (in five simple steps)
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: arch linux, centos, desktop, fedora, linux, opensuse, ubuntu •
Comments: 9 So, you have installed your brand new GNOME Shell desktop environment and it certainly looks indisputably cool as it is. Using it for quite some time though may make this sexy top panel look dull and your icon set look dusty. These are signs that it is time for a change, so here's a guide on how to quickly (and easily) change the appearance of your GNOME Shell desktop using refreshing theming.
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How to Handle ISO Files on Linux with Mount, AcetoneISO and Furious
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 1 ISO files are basically archive files that represent the contents written in every sector of an optical disk. This way you can have a CD or DVD image handy any time in your hard drive and use it accordingly (either mount it to access the data, or burn it on an actual physical disk). Linux users are very font of ISO files as this is the most common format that Linux distributions come in.
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How to Manage the Main Menu Icons on Gnome
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 1 No matter what desktop environment you choose to work with, or if you prefer playful docks to classic menus, your system's main repository of applications will always lie on your main menu, found on a corner of your screen or on the center of it in the case that you are using GNOME Shell. One easy way to modify your main menu entries is to use the Alacarte menu editor, another way is to use the FileManager.
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How to install Wine applications easily with Winetricks
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 4 Working with Linux may bring various incompatibility issues sooner or later, no matter the case of use. You'll either need to run commercial software that offers no Linux version, or just keep using games and applications that you preferred to use when you were back at Windows. Whatever the need, Wine is your only chance.
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How to do simple screencasting on Linux
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 There are many screencasting solutions for Linux users to choose from nowadays and more tools pop out every day to cover this special need. Although many suffer from performance issues, especially when used to capture in game action, there are many good pieces of software like the simple to use and versatile Simple Screen Recorder.
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Ubuntu PPA Management
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, ubuntu, server, desktop •
Comments: 4 PPAs or Personal Package Archives are basically software repositories that are used by Ubuntu systems for updating/upgrading activities. They contain package sets and package lists for particular Ubuntu versions. Their use is valuable for cases of individual updating, or for when seeking for a newer version of an application that is not yet available in the official Canonical's repositories.
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How to add extra airplanes on FlightGear Flight Simulator
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 0 FlightGear is this world's most advanced open source flight simulation project with a thriving community of users and contributors around it. These contributors are passionate people that love aviation (some are former pilots), or airspace engineering, or just like having fun with 3D modelling. This has the gorgeous result of having over 450 aircrafts in the official online FlightGear hangar!
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How to easily convert your videos on Linux
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 5 There are many ways to convert a video file on a Linux system, but using a tool with a graphical user interface is imperative for those who want to do it easily and in a more user friendly way. Thankfully, there are many open source GUI tools that could do the job just fine and you can find some specialization here and there if you look closely.
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How to kill processes on the Linux Desktop with xkill
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, desktop, ubuntu, centos, opensuse, fedora, arch linux •
Comments: 4 Linux is renown for its stability, rigidness and superior error-free functionality, but no matter how advanced and bug-free a system may be, it is inevitable that things will brake and windows will freeze/hang at some point. This is thankfully not disastrous at all, as Linux users can utilize smart tools and commands that will allow them to get rid of those nasty “not responding” applications instantly!
