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How To Improve Typing Speed For Free
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How To Improve Typing Speed For Free

Ever met a friend who could type 50+ Words Per Minute easily? Surely you must have already met one or many ? And if we ask them how they were able to do it, their response would vary because some would mention a very cool proprietary program while others would mention some random cool web apps on the internet. But if you are still stuck searching for a cool program or looking for free and alternative ways to enjoy typing practice then lucky you. You are at the right place and below are t

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Mounting And Optimizing A Linux Gamer Computer
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Mounting And Optimizing A Linux Gamer Computer

We have had a lot of news about games in the Linux world coming out in recent weeks. We already have an interesting performance for games like Grand Theft Auto V,  and the trend is for the compatibility level to improve every day, with Valve’s recent announcement of Proton as announced here! This even was the head behind the development of DXVK which brought a new step in the compatibility of Windows games on Linux. It is already becoming difficult to ignore the possibility that in the

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Git GUI Front-Ends And IDE Support - Git Series Part 4
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Git GUI Front-Ends And IDE Support - Git Series Part 4

Developers have created third-party software (free or otherwise) that gives users a GUI to use for interacting with a repository. Here is an overview of a few programs that you can use. This is so you can have an idea of what you can expect from a GUI git client. I, personally, prefer the command-line; however, there are times where GUIs can be extremely useful for more complicated stuff. In addition to standalone apps, many IDEs have tools that interact with the repository that you

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Install & Manage Flatpak Applications On Standard User Accounts
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Install & Manage Flatpak Applications On Standard User Accounts

Flatpak is the new way to install and run applications on Linux. Unlike distribution maintained applications, flatpak is a great way to deploy Linux applications without worrying about “which” Linux distro specifically. You might have realized almost all Linux distros provide the same software but differing versions. One such example is, a distro comes bundled with the latest version of LibreOffice (let’s say v6.0.3) and another distro comes bundled with LibreOffice but not the latest (l

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How to Find PID and Kill a Process in Linux: A Step by Step Guide
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How to Find PID and Kill a Process in Linux: A Step by Step Guide

There comes a time where you need to find information about a certain process, often to find out what its ID is to parse to the ‘kill’ command. However, it need not necessarily be for that, of course. In this article we will learn how to find a process id of program and kill a process in Linux. * How to find a process id using ‘ps’? * How to use ‘ps’ to find process id of a program? * Top 10 Linux Network Monitoring Tools * Listing All Processes * Filtering Output

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Ravenfield A Single-Player 3D Shooting Game
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Ravenfield A Single-Player 3D Shooting Game

Ravenfield is a single-player 3D shooting game available on itch.io and steam. The game is still in beta so it looks like a “prototype” i.e., not complete, still yet it’s completely playable and fun at the same time. I’ve tried the game and discovered it to be more enjoyable than Red Eclipse or Open Arena, mainly due to the reason that Ravenfield game physic is realistic and comes equipped with many interactable objects. System requirements Fairly modern hardware is all one ne

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Everything Is A File In Linux - Part 2
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Everything Is A File In Linux - Part 2

Divided into 2 parts, in the first part I introduced the concept that everything is a file and I introduced special devices/dev/ null, / dev / zero, / dev / random and / dev / full.  In this part 2, I will present interesting didactic features about this, for example, how to transform a file into a partition! Reading this post requires prior knowledge of Part 1!You are a scholar who has the following knowledge: * If I format a hard drive or pen drive, I’m setting a partition on a m

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Why Nerds Use Linux
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Why Nerds Use Linux

In life, there are many reasons for a person to embrace a new idea or way of life. Most of the time because it does him good. And there are always no reasons why such an idea should be flaunted, in order to bring this good to more and more people, as a cascade effect. Today I bring some particular reasons why a person chooses to use Linux:1) A good reason to use Linux is to have the pleasure of saying you do not use Windows when someone asks you to go to your home to fix your computer an

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Ubuntu Minimal Install
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Ubuntu Minimal Install

Today we will be going over the installation of the minimalist version of Ubuntu 18.04. You may be thinking of a minimalistic version of a Linux distro as the bare minimum version of a system. If so, you would be correct. The system we are going to install from comes in a 64MB ISO image. You can find the image to download in the Ubuntu help wiki for minimalist versions. You will find some important information regarding the burning of images to a CD or a USB stick (I use dd), and even a

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How Linux Logo "Tux" Came About
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How Linux Logo "Tux" Came About

Linux is a very popular topic among computer geeks, especially FOSS enthusiast. It is a kernel that manages the computer hardware at the lowest level. Many associates Linux as another popular Operating System like Microsoft Windows and OS X. It is invented by a Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds on September 17, 1991, and around that time, there arose the need for creating a Linux logo in the year 1996. Here are some facts about the Linux logo: * The Linux logo was cho

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Everything Is File In Linux - Part 1
Everything is file 5 min read

Everything Is File In Linux - Part 1

Divided into 2 parts, in this first part I will introduce the concept that everything is file and present the special devices /dev/null, /dev/zero, /dev/random and /dev/full. Part 2 will be to present didactically interesting features about this, for example, how to turn a file into a partition! Introduction * What is it? Everything is File is the concept of how the system records and keeps everything in its structure. Unlike other operating systems, UNIX-like operating syste

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Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish New Features
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Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish New Features

Ubuntu 18.10 which is codenamed as Cosmic Cuttlefish is around the corner, is planned to be released next month on 18th October 2018. You will be able to download this release from the official website as well as upgrade it manually from previous releases. This time there is no alpha or beta milestones rather testing weeks for releases. Ubuntu 18.10 Features At A Glance New Default Theme: Yaru As I had mentioned it during my review of Ubuntu 18.04 that a new community theme i

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