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In this article we take you through the basics of manipulating files from the shell. Some of these file manipulations are more conveniently done using a graphical file manager. But manipulating files from the shell offers both flexibility and power.

lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.

I’ve reviewed a smorgasbord of open source music players. But Linux is endowed with a huge selection, there remains a fair few I’ve yet to explore. For this review, I’m looking at Goggles Music Manager. Goggles Music Manager is free and open source software that lets you play and organize your music collection.

Ubuntu has a very different file system compared to Windows. It’s organized in a completely different way designed to offer more security, but it’ll feel very unfamiliar if you’ve come exclusively from a Windows background.

Tootle is a GTK client for Mastodon. With the user experience in mind, it provides a clean, native interface that allows you to integrate Mastodon’s social experience seamlessly with your desktop environment.

The BBC Microcomputer System, (also known as the BBC Micro or affectionately the ‘Beeb’), was a series of microcomputers designed and built by the Acorn Computer company for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The BBC Micro was hugely successful in the UK, selling over 1.5 million units, and was widely used in schools across the UK.

This article explains the main ways you can get help direct from your new Ubuntu system. This is best used in conjunction with help from other sources such as friends, colleagues, forums, and other sources of information.

The C64 is notable for being one of the first widespread home computers, helping it to expand its collection of games as a result. We recommend the best free and open source emulators.

In this article we’ll take you through the basics of files and permissions. We’ll use the ls command. It’s an external command provided the GNU core utilities. The package provides the basic file, shell, and text manipulation utilities.

Google Docs Editors is a freeware web-based productivity office suite within Google Drive service. What are the best open source alternatives?

NewsFlash is a program designed to complement an already existing web-based RSS reader account. NewsFlash combines all the advantages of web based services like syncing across all your devices with everything you expect from a modern desktop program: Desktop notifications, fast search and filtering, tagging, handy keyboard shortcuts and having access to all your articles as long as you like.

Tl;dr or tldr stands for “too long; didn’t read.” While this internet acronym can criticize a piece of writing as overly long, it can sometimes be used in a constructive way. The tldr project is such an example. The tldr project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.

There are many reasons why it's useful to use bash and the command-line. For example, command-line skills help with building repeatable data processes, the command-line makes working with text files easier, it uses less resources, can improve productivity and workflow, it's great for scripting, and command-line skills are useful for cloud services.

Are you in the market for a fresh, modern and versatile media player for Linux? Haruna is a media player which may have escaped your radar.

vizex is a command line interface program that shows how much free disk space you have. vizex is free and open source software.

We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux.

YouTube has encountered a number of privacy issues. For example, Google is facing a legal battle for allegedly breaching the privacy and data rights of under-13s in the UK. It has also faced numerous challenges and criticisms in its attempts to deal with copyright issues. What open source alternatives are available for YouTube?

We tried Lucas Chess a couple of years ago, but failed to compile the program in Linux. It was disappointing because testing the program under Windows demonstrated the quality of the software. The situation has recently changed with the first official binary version of Lucas Chess for Linux. Lucas Chess is a chess GUI. It lets you play against lots of chess engines and train to improve your game.

In this article we introduce various ways to install software using a graphical interface.

Choosing a reliable DNS hosting provider is important for a few reasons particularly redundancy, speed, and security. They can improve web browsing experience, offer accurate results without redirects, and more.