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Top 6 Linux Apps You Should Install This Week (Sept 15-21)

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It isn’t easy to figure out which of the many Linux apps out there are actually worth installing. Between endless

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How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”

Mon, 09/15/2025 - 13:00
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Linux Mint 22.2 (“Zara”) is the latest point release in the Linux Mint 22 series, which is a Long Term

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How to Extend Root Partition in Linux

Thu, 09/11/2025 - 14:18
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As a Linux user, you may eventually run into a situation where your root partition (/) runs out of space,

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5 Best Linux Distros for Gaming and Playing Windows Games

Wed, 09/10/2025 - 12:31
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Want to play Windows games on your Linux system but not sure where to begin? Heard that some Linux distros

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10 Best Ubuntu Extensions for Smarter Desktop Management

Tue, 09/09/2025 - 13:31
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Do you feel like your Ubuntu desktop turns messy the moment you open more than a few apps? Always dragging

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Asciinema – Record and Share Your Terminal Sessions in Linux

Sat, 09/06/2025 - 12:45
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Asciinema is an open-source terminal recording tool that makes it super easy to share your command-line work with others. Unlike

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How to Check Exit Status for Command in Linux

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 14:09
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When working on a Linux system, every command you run returns a status code (also called an exit status or

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Why I Use LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE Instead of MS Office

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 13:43
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As someone who has been using Linux for more than 12 years, I’ve often come across the same question: “Can

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Top 5 Diagram Tools for Linux Users in 2025 (Free & Open-Source)

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 12:22
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Since diagrams such as networks, organizational structures, system architectures, workflows, etc., have become an indispensable part of both technical and

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How to Install Zip and Unzip in Linux

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 12:31
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Zip is a command-line utility tool used for compressing files and folders. Compression of files & folders enables faster and

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Top 7 Free Odoo Apps for Linux Users in 2025

Mon, 08/25/2025 - 14:20
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Odoo is the ideal open-source enterprise software for teams and businesses that value flexibility, data privacy, and affordability. Due to

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How to Set Up Local Repositories with apt-mirror in Ubuntu

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 13:00
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If you’re managing multiple Ubuntu machines in a network, downloading updates and packages for each system individually is a pain,

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mkcert: Make Locally-Trusted Development Certificates on Linux

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 13:26
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If you’ve ever tried to set up HTTPS locally for development, you’ve probably run into a wall of complexity. Generating

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How to Use sed and awk to Modify Config Files in Linux

Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:51
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Linux configuration files are often plain text, which makes them easily editable using command-line tools. Among the most powerful of

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Let Sudo Insult You When You Enter Incorrect Password

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 13:00
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Sudoers is the default sudo security policy plugin in Linux; however, experienced system administrators can specify a custom security policy

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How Linux Services and Daemons Work (and How to Control Them)

Mon, 07/14/2025 - 12:42
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When starting out with Linux, you may encounter the terms “services” and “daemons” quite frequently, which refer to background processes

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10 Core Linux Interview Questions and Answers – Part 4

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 10:32
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Thanks again for the amazing response to Parts 1, 2, and 3 of our Linux Interview Questions series here on

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Top 5 Open-Source OCR Tools for Linux in 2025

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 14:34
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OCR stands for optical character recognition, and software of this type is designed to convert images, pictures, or scanned documents

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10 Little-Known Linux Commands You Probably Missed – Part 5

Wed, 07/02/2025 - 12:00
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After four highly appreciated and successful articles in our series on Lesser-Known Linux Commands, we’re excited to bring you the

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10 Linux Interview Questions with Examples – Part 3

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 13:29
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Welcome back to our Linux Interview Questions series on Tecmint! We’re truly grateful for the encouraging feedback on the first

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