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TimeKpr is a parental control application that can be used to control the Computer usage. We can set time limit for the Computer for the Kid's user account.

Do you have a lot of shell scripts in a directory? This brief guide explains a couple methods to run all scripts in a directory in Linux.

This guide explains how to create a montage from images in Linux using Imagemagick suite. ImageMagick's Montage tool is used to create a composite image by combining several separate images.

Nim is an opensource, imperative, multi-paradigm and compiled programming language. This guide explains how to install Nim programming language on Linux.

This brief guide explains how to make Linux system to run faster on Intel CPUs by turning off the Spectre and Meltdown mitigations.

This brief guide explains the right way to edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group files using vipw and vigr commands in Linux operating systems.

Navi is an interactive commandline cheatsheet tool. Navi provides a list of examples for a given command, skipping all other comprehensive text parts.

This brief guide teaches how to convert images into ASCII format in Linux using Jp2a. Jp2a is a CLI tool to convert the image(s) into ascii characters.

This brief guide explains how to list directory contents automatically whenever you cd into it in Linux.

This brief guide explains how to track Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) statistics from Commandline using Corona-cli on Linux.

Sometimes a Python package or script is not available in PyPI. In such cases, you can install those Python package directly from GitHub on Linux as described here.

Fondo wallpaper app allows you to browse thousands of beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash website. Usin Fondo, you can easily find and set beautiful wallpapers for your Linux desktop.

Sync Browser Profile Into Tmpfs (RAM) Using Profile-sync-daemon In Linux To Improve Browser Speed And Responsiveness.

This brief tutorial explains how to copy specific file types while keeping the directory structure in Linux.

List symlinks or symbolic links or soft links in Linux.

Ubuntu has a feature named Unattended Upgrades, which installs the latest security updates automatically. This guide describes how to disable unattended upgrades on Ubuntu.

Install restic and how to backup and restore data using Restic on Linux.

This brief guide explains how to solve "vboxdrv.sh: failed: Cannot change group vboxusers for device /dev/vboxdrv." Virtualbox error in Ubuntu.

Vim is one of the best, highly configurable text editor that comes with a lot of unique features that you can’t find in other text editors. Today, we will discuss one of the useful feature – editing remote system’s files from the local system. This guide explains how to edit remote files with Vim on Linux.

This brief guide explains different ways to repeat your last command in Linux operating systems with practical examples.