I regularly find myself writing about USB sticks. Why am I currently obsessing over these cheap dongles, which many have come to regard as fundamentally obsolete? Because they’re still useful. Sure, you’re probably not going to use them to store your files on. In that regard, they’ve been utterly supplanted by cloud storage services like […]
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Oh no, something seems to be going wrong with your computer! On Windows, you bring up the task manager using Ctrl + Alt + Delete to confirm your suspicions. Then you use close whichever program is running amok. But now you’re using Linux, and that keyboard shortcut isn’t doing what you expected. Things are different in […]
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You’ve switched to Linux, and now you’re ready to start listening to music and watching video. But — oh no — the file won’t play! This is a moment that surprises many new Linux users. Your Windows and Mac OS X computers played media files out of the box. So do your phones and tablets. […]
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Under ideal circumstances, printing on Linux will just work. This is true whether you’re using a USB cable or connecting over a network. Linux detects my HP Envy 4500 automatically and prints over the network without my having to hunt for drivers or type in an IP address. Depending on what printer you own, your […]
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It’s a fact of computing: apps are going to nag you to update. These shouldn’t be ignored, though, as updates often carry security patches, bug fixes, and new features that make the software more useful. We’ve talked about the essentials to updating Linux and Linux software, but perhaps you just want to quickly update an […]
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Have you ever wished there was an “Undo” button for everything you do? I certainly have. In fact, sometimes I catch myself trying to press Ctrl+Z while writing on paper. Reverting your operating system to a previous state without consequences sounds almost like magic. You can quickly return to your work as if nothing happened, […]
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