Michael Vi/Shutterstock.com Gaming on Linux has always been a bit more complicated than on Windows (or game consoles), and one reason for that is Nvidia’s poor driver support on Linux. That’s now changing, though it’s unclear how much the situation ...
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If you want to try out a Linux distribution, you may want to do it in a virtual machine (VM) before dual-booting or completely overwriting your system. Choose a distribution and let’s run it in a VM using VirtualBox. What ...
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tomeqs/Shutterstock.com Table of Contents What to Look For in a Linux Laptop in 2022Best Linux Laptop Overall: Dell XPS 13 Developer EditionBest Budget Linux Laptop: Acer Chromebook Spin 713Best Premium Linux Laptop: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 With LinuxBest Open ...
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There’s no time to waste in the world of Linux distributions. Fedora 35 dropped in November 2021, and Fedora 36 was released on May 10, 2022. Here’s what’s new in Red Hat’s open-source Linux distribution. The latest version of the ...
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fatmawati achmad zaenuri/Shutterstock Access to the internet—or any other network—is governed by the default gateway. We explain what a default gateway is, and how to set and change it on your Linux computer. The Default Gateway All of the devices ...
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KDE KDE Connect has been around for years as a companion Android app for connecting to Linux PCs, similar to Microsoft Link to Windows (formerly “Your Phone”). Now there’s finally a KDE Connect app for iPhone and iPad. KDE Connect ...
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fatmawati achmad zaenuri/Shutterstock.com There are many file compression utilities, but the one you’re guaranteed to find on every Linux distribution is gzip. If you only learn to use one compression tool, it should be gzip . RELATED: How Does File ...
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fatmawati achmad zaenuri/Shutterstock.com The sar command lets you see performance statistics for different elements of your Linux computer, for both real-time and historical data. We show you how to use this great resource. RELATED: How to View System Performance Statistics ...
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fatmawati achmad zaenuri/Shutterstock.com Finding out how much RAM a Linux process uses isn’t a simple matter—especially when shared memory needs to be considered. Thankfully, the pmap command helps you make sense of it all. Memory Mapping On modern operating systems, each ...
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fatmawati achmad zaenuri/Shutterstock Along with the usual read, write, and execute file permissions, Linux files have another set of attributes that control other characteristics of the file. Here’s how to see them and change them. Permissions and Attributes In Linux, ...
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