Linux Tutorials on the topic “desktop”
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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!
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Linux Software you won't find on your Software Center: Install Google Chrome, Google Earth and Skype
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: centos, desktop, linux, opensuse, ubuntu •
Comments: 9 Our Linux distributions have come a long way from the days that we had to manually install anything we needed by compiling it on the terminal to the modern days of the fancy Software Centers that offer collections of applications with ratings, screenshots and one-click install functionality. No matter how rich with software these tools are though, there are still some popular tools that millions of people use that you won't find in application centers of any distro.
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How to install Tonido private cloud server on Ubuntu Linux
Author: Gurujyot_singh •
Tags: ubuntu, desktop, linux, server •
Comments: 9 Tonido is a free application that allows you to access files on your computer from a web browser, from your handheld or any DLNA capable device. The Tonido server enables you to sync files between different devices and to share them securely with your friends so you have a private and secure Cloud. This tutorial is about installing Tonido server on Ubuntu Linux.
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How to install Arch Linux with Full Disk Encryption
Author: Aaron •
Tags: linux, arch linux, desktop, security •
Comments: 16 This tutorial explains the installation of Arch Linux + XFCE Desktop with Full Disk Encryption.
