My last article “Claws Mail: The unsung powerhouse email client” introduced you to an email client you probably had never heard before. If you are a power-user, you will find its many features and options will keep you happy and busy for a long time. If you are a regular user you will appreciate Claws [...]

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Categories: Advice, Email, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

I have used so many email clients over the years. For the last few years my go-to email client has been Thunderbird. Lately, however, I have really been taken in by Claws Mail. Claws Mail is an email client for power users looking for more than just your average email client. Claws Mail has more [...]

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Categories: Email, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Have you ever had someone tell you to “RTFM” (aka: “Read The Flippin’ Man page”) only to realize you have no idea what man pages were? “Man pages” is short for “Manual Pages” and exist for both UNIX and Linux operating systems. Each man page is a self-contained document that holds all of the key [...]

Tags: Linux documentation, man, man pages, manpages
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Linux Mint is an operating system that is used on PCs for production of elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. It is quite easy to use compared to other operating systems.
When Linux Mint was originally launched, it was a version of Ubuntu that offered integrated media codecs. Founded and developed by [...]

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Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

So you’re working with Ubuntu 8.04 or Fedora 10 and you’re jonesing over the new release of your distribution. You have always kept up with the most recent releases, but time is critical and your machine is working well. How do you know if you should upgrade? Is it worth it? What would stop you [...]

Tags: Fedora, LTS, ubuntu, upgrading linux
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

Over the years there have been certain commands that have really helped me out of a bind. One of those commands is the ps command. The ps stands for process status and it tells you, as you would expect, the status of a process. This is a fast way to know if an application or [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

I love The GIMP. I use it every day for many different things. I know The GIMP well and have little problem using any aspect of this image manipulation program. There is one task, however, that always throws me for a loop when I have to undertake it: Creating an unfilled circle. You would think [...]

Tags: circles, graphics, image manipulation, The GIMP
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software