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For such a minimal thing, there are some strong opinions about Shutter. Me? I love Shutter. I love Shutter, warts and all. Some folks have some pretty strong opinions regarding how much they dislike Shutter. And, well, they’re not all wrong. Their complaints can be pretty legitimate. Man, sometimes Shutter will freeze when you try … Continue reading “Take, Edit, And Upload Screenshots With Shutter”
Today is the third guest article in a row, and is one more article about Kickstart. There will be more Kickstart articles, but we’ll release those in time. This is the third one in a row, so we’ll try to mix it up a bit. By now, we should all have at least a little … Continue reading “Guest Article: Kickstart Vol. III”
Today’s guest article is a continuation of the Kickstart theme. The first Kickstart article can be found here. Thanks goes out to dos2unix from the Linux.org forums. I should mention again that I don’t actually know anything about Kickstart, other than what I’ve read in these articles. I’m extremely grateful, but you may want to … Continue reading “Guest Article: Kickstart Vol. II”
This is an article about Kickstart written by guest author, dos2unix from the Linux.org Forum. It’s the first of a few articles from them, so let’s give them a warm welcome and enjoy their article! Kickstart Vol. I Kickstart is really Redhat/CentOS/Fedora-centric. There are some attempts for parts of this work on Ubuntu and SuSE, … Continue reading “Guest Article: Kickstart Vol. I”
This is a meta-article from Linux Tips. I figured many folks will be celebrating the holidays and that this was a good time to take it easy. Oddly, my family tends to do everything the evening before Christmas, so I’ll be around today. It’s this time of the year that many people are celebrating various … Continue reading “Meta: Happy Holidays!”
In your Linux journey, you’ll use both absolute and relative paths. It’s important to know the difference and, perhaps, when you want to use absolute paths or when you want to use relative paths. It’s a pretty easy lesson and not a terribly long article. First, paths are directory names and links to files. They’re … Continue reading “Let’s Learn About Absolute And Relative Paths”
If you want to play H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 AVC) video on Ubuntu you will need to go through a few steps. It’s possible, and I’ll show you how. It’s a little complex, but I’m sure you can handle it. In just a few terminal commands, you’ll be able to play H.264 encoded media. … Continue reading “Play H.264 Encoded Video On Ubuntu”
Today’s article is going to show you how to transfer files between computers by using a quick Python server. It’s remarkably easy! It’s a temporary server (usually) and lasts only as long as you need it to. Why would you do this? Well, you can transfer files from one computer to another. It also functions … Continue reading “How To: Start A Quick Python Server”
I don’t print much of anything these days, and haven’t for a long time, and on older hardware I’d disable printing by disabling CUPS. I’ve also found printing enabled on server installs. That doesn’t seem like a good default to me, but I’m definitely not an expert. If you don’t need to print, you don’t … Continue reading “Disable Printing And CUPS.”
Today, we’re going to learn about apt-cache. Obviously, this information is only useful for distros that use the apt package manager. You’ll find that apt, and apt-cache, are package management tools – useful for managing (installing, removing, and updating) the software on your computer. To know about apt-cache, we should probably know about apt. I … Continue reading “Let’s Play Around With ‘apt-cache’”
