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Prevent Konqueror from Opening Files in the Embedded Viewer
By default, the Konqueror file manager will open various file types (including text files or images) in the integrated viewer, in the same tab from which you opened the respective file. To prevent it...
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How to Use Smart Scopes in Ubuntu 13.10
This tutorial focuses on showing the use of one of the new features introduced in Ubuntu 13.10, namely Smart Scopes. With Mir being postponed, Saucy Salamander didn’t have a lot of new features,...
View ArticleTuxArena Linux Cheat Sheet
I compiled a cheat sheet for Linux which includes general-purpose commands, one-liners, Bash tips and system calls. You can download it from here. For suggestions of corrections, please leave a comment...
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3 Ways to Embed Applications in System Tray
Docking various applications comes in handy especially when you want to have applications you’d like to run continuously without taking up taskbar space, but the application in question has no such...
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How-To: Control Amarok from Command-Line
Controlling Amarok from a terminal may come in handy in various situations, and can also be a way of using scripts or aliases to give commands directly to Amarok, without having to even keep the window...
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How-To: Automatically Run Applications at KDE Start-Up
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to automatically fire up any program or command when KDE starts up. You can create your own launchers (desktop files) to be ran or even Bash scripts with commands to...
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How-To: Install LXQt in Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10
LXQt is designed to be the next-gen LXDE environment, using the Qt 5 libraries. LXQt is still under development, but a PPA is provided so you can try it in Ubuntu. For the installation, we’ll use this...
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How to Install Kchmviewer 7.1 in Ubuntu 14.04
Although the CHM format is not used anymore very much, and even less on Linux, there are still documents and help files which may need a dedicated application for opening these files. Kchmviewer is one...
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Collection of Useful Bash Functions and Aliases
In this article I’m going to share some of the Bash aliases and functions that I use and I find pretty handy every once in a while. Aliases are composed of a word which is assigned some longer command,...
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K3b 2.0.3 Released After Over 3 Years
K3b 2.0.3 has been released earlier today, bringing a number of bug fixes and improvements to this burning application. This is the first incremental release since 2011, after over three years in which...
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Calibre 2.9 Ships New Features and Unity Menu Freezing Fix
Calibre, the free e-book reader and manager available for multiple platforms, including Linux, has been updated today and ships with bug fixes and several new features. Calibre has been getting a lot...
View ArticleBash: 10 Examples of Parameter Expansion
Parameter expansion is a powerful feature of Bash which will allow you to work on strings with great ease and just a little typing. Here are 10 simple examples on how to use just a bit of the power of...
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TEA 40.0.0 Released – Qt Text Editor with Many Functions
TEA is a Qt-based text editor with support for tabs, syntax highlighting, spell-checking, editing support for Wikipedia or LaTex, as well as many configuration options. The latest release, 40.0.0, has...
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