How to Set a Custom Command Configuration in mednafen
While the Mednafen emulator isn’t included in the Linux repositories to prevent aiding in piracy, it serves as an excellent means for playing public-domain and open-source ROM files on any Linux...
View ArticleHow to Transfer Files Between Android Phones and Tablets With MTP on Ubuntu
Devices using the Google Android and even the newer Android x86 and Android x86_64 platforms are based on the same kernel that Ubuntu is. Both are implementations of the GNU/Linux operating system, and...
View ArticleHow to Install a Two CD Game on Wine in Linux
Wine makes running Windows games under Linux very easy for the most part, but it can be slightly complicated by the fact that Windows manages volumes very differently than Unix-based operating systems....
View ArticleHow to Take Screenshots from the Linux Command Line
Like with most things in the GNU/Linux environment, there’s a way to take a screenshot from the command line. There are a few different primary reasons users would like to do this. One is to have...
View ArticleHow to Sort Directories by Actual Size in Linux
Linux file browsers behave much like File Explorer under Windows or the Finder under OS X in that sorting directories by size doesn’t work quite the way that many users would expect it to. You can sort...
View ArticleHow to Use bc as a Hex Calculator
Various Unix-like operating system implementations like Linux and pretty much anything that has the GNU suite includes the bc basic calculator language. Its syntax is very similar to the C programming...
View ArticleBest Alternatives for a Genuine Unix Download
If you’re looking for a genuine Unix download, then you’re going to be looking for quite some time. The original Unix operating system doesn’t exist as a standalone entity any longer. While we often...
View ArticleHow to List All Linux Commands Your Shell Knows
There’s actually a command to list all other commands that a Linux shell knows, but more than likely you’re not familiar with it. If there’s ever been a counterintuitive Catch-22 in regards to using...
View ArticleHow to Check RAM Slots in Linux
You have two options when it comes to checking which RAM slots are occupied and with what on your machine. The first is to open up the case and look. This might involve unscrewing bolts on a desktop or...
View ArticleHow to View the Contents of a Text File from the Linux Command Line
What command lets you view the contents of a file has to be one of the most commonly asked questions by newer users of Linux. As with most things related to a traditional Unix environment, there’s more...
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