Switching to Linux from another operating system can be easy as long you don’t make these eight common mistakes that most first-time Linux users make.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Extend your Desktop – Part 22
We look at a couple of ways you can extend your GNOME desktop. We first cover extensions before moving on to exploring themes.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Linux Commands – Appendix
There are thousands of Linux commands so it’s impractical to provide a comprehensive list. Instead we focus on many of the commands you will need.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Running VirtualBox – Part 20
This article walks you through installing VirtualBox. This article is part of our Linux for Starters series, a guide designed for beginners.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Become Anonymous – Part 18
Improve your privacy with these ways of reducing spying and snooping on your daily life. This article is part of the Linux for Starters series.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Manipulating Files – Part 13
This article explains the fundamentals of manipulating files from the shell. We explore cp, mv, rm and mkdir using Ubuntu 21.04.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Get Started with the Terminal – Part 9
What’s a shell? What’s a terminal? The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Installing Software – Part 7
We show you how easy it is to install software in Linux. This article is part of our Linux for Starters series.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – 8 Things to do after installing Ubuntu – Part 5
After installing Ubuntu 21.04, you’re ready to use your new system. But there are some additional steps we recommend you do.
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Linux for Beginners: Should You Make the Switch?
When it comes to operating systems, most people tend to go for the most popular options.
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20 of the Best Free Linux Books – Part 2
The focus of this article is to select some of the finest Linux books which are available to download for free. The vast majority of the books featured here can also be freely distributed to others.
To cater for all tastes, we have chosen a wide range of books, encompassing general introductions to Linux, books that concentrate on a specific distribution or application, books for programmers, as well as books that have defined the evolution of free software. All of the texts here come with our strongest recommendation. So get reading (and downloading).
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