Guide to Using YUM on Fedora Linux
This guide will take you step by step through the process of installing, setting up and using YUM on your Fedora Linux based computer. …
How to Create a Symlink (shortcut) in Linux
This guide explains what a symlink is, why you might want to use them, and how to use them – in Linux. …
How to Install and Manage Packages in Linux with RPM
This guide will explain how to use RPM (the Redhat Package Manager) to install and manage software in Linux. …
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How to Create a Custom Font From Your Own Handwriting
This guide will show you how to create a font to use on your computer that’s based on your own handwriting. …
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How to Compress, Move, and Extract a Directory in Linux
The other day I needed to migrate a directory containing a lot of files from one location on my Linux server to another. There are a number of ways I could do this. Using a simple cp command could have done the trick. However, as the data I was copying was a database and I wanted to make sure that the copying was done perfectly, I looked on the Internet and found a brilliant one line bash solution for this. …
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How to Change the Default Web Browser in Ubuntu
This guide will show you two different ways to change your default web browser in Ubuntu Linux – via the command line or using Ubuntu Settings. …
How to Determine if Your CPU Supports Windows 7 “XP Mode”
This brief tutorial will show you how to quickly figure out if your current CPU supports Windows 7’s “Windows XP Mode” feature. …
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How to Add and Remove Services from Startup on Fedora Linux
This guide explains how to add and remove services from starting automatically each time you boot your PC running Fedora Linux. …
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How to Schedule Tasks in Linux Using the ‘at’ Command
This guide will show you how to use the at command in Linux so that you can schedule jobs to run automatically at some point in the future. …
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How to Securely Delete Data From a Hard Disk in Linux
This guide will show you how to securely delete data in Linux so that the files are incredibly difficult to recover. …
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How to Open a Web Site Using Just a Keyword in Firefox
This brief tutorial will show you how to open any of your Firefox bookmarks using just a keyword in the Address Bar. …
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How to monitor MySQL in real-time with mytop
This short guide will explain how to use a free command line utility to monitor a MySQL database in real-time. …
How to Quickly Preview All of Your Fonts in Windows
This guide will show you how to use a small, free app that lets you quickly preview any and all of the fonts you have installed in Windows. …
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How to Install Fonts in All Versions of Windows
This brief tutorial will show you how to install new fonts in all versions of Windows, from XP right through to Windows 10. …
How to Format and Mount a USB Hard Drive in Linux
This guide will show you how to format a USB hard drive and then mount it to use in Linux. This also works with USB thumb (flash) drives. …
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