Easy fix in 2 minutes or less — What’s your favorite Linux distribution and what’s the most disturbing OS-related problem that you’ve solved in the past? The responses will obviously vary but that’s only normal. Here’s what I can tell you though, although I use Ubuntu frequently be it the Desktop version or Ubuntu Server it isn’t my…

What’s better than using an app without a distribution barrier? — DEB and RPM packages are very common and have been in use for ages. But, what if I told you there was a way to download an application on your Ubuntu machine copy it, and run it on Fedora without changing a thing. Wouldn’t that be interesting? AppIMage makes this…

No special trick, just read between the (views) lines. — One of the most effective ways to look up information today is using the internet. Most of the time this is done using a search engine like Google, the search engine is popular for its search results and suggestions but this isn’t the only way to do it. The are…

Free for all, for a limited time. — LinkedIn teamed up with GitHub and created over 50 courses focused on software development. The beauty of it all is that the courses are free and available for anyone with a LinkedIn account who’s willing to learn. Apart from the desire to learn you must be willing to learn programming…

Courtesy of ReutersNews and Meta! — If you think writers just write, you should definitely think again because this free course (free cert) tells a different story. The very interesting topics covered in this free course are well worth it. …

In HTML ordered lists follow no order (???) — When we create a step-by-step guide using an ordered list is essential because it shows what we should and shouldn’t do first. Depending on exactly what we’re doing, at times skipping a step is impossible and following a guide is necessary. We all know that the numbers; 1, 2, 3…

Make sure you have Gnome-Disks installed because this is all you’ll need. — If Gnome is what you chose for your desktop environment, you probably have this application pre-installed. This is common on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and Lubuntu. There are more than 100 Linux Distributions today, so I probably didn’t mention your daily driver, which may have this program on it as well. …

What if I told you that it’s possible to figure out the first android apps you ever installed on your very first android phone — Google keeps track of what we do on the web while we're logged into our Gmail accounts, even when that isn’t the case, the company manages to keep track of our activities through just our devices and the services we use thanks to online trackers. …

Many people rely on a password manager to keep passwords safe and easy to access these days, but, what’s the difference between a cloud-based and an offline password manager? — This story was previously published on samwritessecurity. For this, we don’t need to be internet gurus or computer scientists, which is why I’m going to put the tech part of things aside and explain it in simple words. Offline password managers are stored on your computer or phone, so you…