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Hella yeah! Originally developed by DONTNOD Entertainment and published by Square Enix on Windows and console, Feral Interactive have now officially released Life is Strange 2 for Linux.

This post talks in detail about how to generate random numbers in Python. Every concept is explained through an example. Please read it.

Maybe you don't like desktops. Maybe even a lightweight window manager seems excessive to you. Maybe all you really use is a graphical user interface (GUI) application or two, and you're otherwise perfectly happy living in a terminal all day. If one or more of these sentiments sound familiar, then Ratpoison is the solution. read more

In the first article in this series, you created a very small, one-line Bash script and explored the reasons for creating shell scripts and why they are the most efficient option for the system administrator, rather than compiled programs. read more

If you ever wondered how to execute commands on remote Linux systems over SSH from your local system, here is how to do it.

The Kubuntu team announced today in collaboration with Tuxedo Computers and MindShareManagement Inc., the upcoming availability of the first-ever officially recognized Kubuntu laptop, called Kubuntu Focus.

Netspeed helps to monitor both upload and download speed of multiple network interfaces. You can view internet speed on the top right panel of your desktop. In this article, we will explain how to add NetSpeed extension in a Linux based operating system.

Read how to automate tasks such as website and database backups using small bash scripts.

Text can be garbled and ungarbled with shell scripts based on BASH string functions.

This tutorial gives you many options to modify or stop the crontab email alert on Linux.

Vivaldi Technologies released today the Vivaldi 2.10 web browser for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows desktop platforms, a release that introduces a major change to offer out-of-the-box compatibility with websites.

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All Chromium browsers are equal, but some smell more equal than others. Browser maker Vivaldi celebrated its last release of 2019 with a handbags-at-dawn move that will see it don a Google Chrome disguise.…

Preserving and resurrecting old computers is a popular part of the Linux hacker's ethos, and one way to help make that possible is with a desktop environment that doesn't use up scarce system resources. After all, the fact that a current version of Linux can run effectively on a computer over 15 years old is quite a feat, but it doesn't make the CPU and RAM any better than the day they were slotted in. There are extremely light desktops available, but there's usually a catch: the user must assemble the parts. read more

Check weather details from command line using wttr.in utility and curl command on Linux.

Environment variables are valuable bits of information, and they can be manipulated to enhance and change your user experience.

Using a combination of the youtube-dl script and FFMPEG, you can easily rip audio from YouTube videos and instantly convert it to MP3, OGG, or any other audio format that you prefer for your music library.

When I visited the ubuntu and linux forums, I read one of the members asking about error problems when installing packages from snap in the software center. At that time I had never experienced that. But, not long after a member asked about the error. I also get the same error when installing Gwenview via snap.

The Linux Mint project has opened the upgrade path from the old Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina" release to the newly launched Linux Mint 19.3 "Tricia" release.

Sysadmins, those of us who run and manage Linux computers most closely, have direct access to tools that help us work more efficiently. To help you use these tools to their maximum benefit to make your life easier, this series of articles explores using automation in the form of Bash shell scripts. It covers: read more