Microsoft get Skyped up about Linux
Back in July, Microsoft announced through their community channel that they had been working on a version of Skype for Linux. This isn’t the first time that Linux has had Skype, but it is the first […]
Category: Other Tutorials
ViM Text Editor 101 Guide
The ViM text editor, Vi Improved, has been around for a very, very long time. However, it remains arguably the most popular text editor amongst Unix users young and old due to it’s speed, ability […]
Video Guide of how to install elementaryOS (Loki) + Review
ElementaryOS is a really popular Linux distro for new users. It looks and feels like macOS. It’s fast, free and slick. It’s loosely based on Ubuntu (it uses 16.04 at the moment as it’s base, […]
Take video screengrabs of your desktop in GIF format with Peek
Review of Peek 0.72 omg Ubuntu and Jason and Noah from the Linux Action show recently reported on a new tool that lets you record a section of your screen and easily export it as […]
What is Docker (and Linux containers?)
A while ago, around the release of the Linux kernel version 3, the concept of namespaces and containerization was introduced through a module called lxc (Linux containers). The idea behind a container is sort of […]
SSHFS? What’s that and how do I use it?
Check out Tecmint’s great article on SSHFS, a way that you can securely see the filesystem of a remote computer, using the SSH protocol. It works kind of like NFS, simply add a mountpoint on […]
How to setup a KVM server the fast way
This is a very short quick setup on how to get KVM (The Linux Kernel Virtual Machine hypervisor) server up and running. Why KVM? KVM is a hypervisor, just like VmWare ESX, Microsoft’s Hyper-V and […]
Video demonstration: How to get to grips with the GNOME Desktop
Now that you’ve read all about the various different applications you can use every day on your Linux desktop, why not see it in action! The following videos taken from our Articles & Further reading […]
