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Spam filtering with Kmail

SPAM. It’s a dreadful word that causes many a computer user to yank out their hair and wish their service provider would do a better job of keeping SPAM out of your inbox. But that is not going to happen over night. So…it is up to the end user to make sure they have extra [...]

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

Linux equivalents to popular Mac apps

In my most recent article (”Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux“) I outlined ways to help end-users transfer from the Mac operating system to the Linux operating system. It was suggested to me that I should cover applications that could serve as replacements for popular Mac apps. Your wish is [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Open Source, software

Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux

In my most recent article “Five ways to ease the migration from Windows to Linux” I examined how you can help new users make the migration from Windows to Linux easier. Most know the very philosophies behind both of those operating systems are very different. Because of that, many often need a bit of hand-holding in order [...]

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Categories: Advice, Apple, Desktop Manager, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, Open Source, Operating Systems, software

Five ways to ease migration from Windows to Linux

With the ever-maturation of the Linux operating system there are more and more people considering a migration from their operating system of choice to the flagship of the open source community. For many this migration is a strange, but simple adventure. For others, however, the task is very daunting and one challenge after another. What [...]

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Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Windows, firefox

P2P-like downloads with Multiget

As a old-school Linux user I am quick to use the command line before any other tool. One of those tools I use almost daily is wget. Wget is a command-line only tool that downloads files from remote locations easily and quickly. Wget is a great tool to have in your toolbox, but for many [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Networks, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

Backup your Linux box with rsync

In this Linux backup series we have taken a look at Flyback (”Quick and easy backups with Flyback“), Backerupper (”Simple gui backup tool Backerupper“), and Back In Time (”Linux Back In Time: Backup made easy“). But what Linux series would be complete without a command line entry? Not this one.
There is one thing that most [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, software

Linux Back In Time: Backup made easy

In my recent trend of covering Linux backup tools I have, so far, covered Flyback (”Quick and easy backups with Flyback“) and Backerupper (”Simple gui backup tool Backerupper“). Both tools are GUI tools that make the process of backing up your Linux files and folders a simple task. This time around I want to add [...]

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Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

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