MSI proudly announces a new, fanless, aluminum mini PC: the MSI Cubi 3 Silent and Cubi 3 Silent S. The Cubi 3 Silent series are MSI’s first fanless mini PCs and are featured with the Intel Kabylake-U processors to provide efficient performance. The Cubi 3 Silent …
Windows 10 introduced built-in functionality for Virtual Desktops. Even if you don’t use multiple monitors, virtual desktops can be very handy when you want to switch from work to play or vice versa. You can create many virtual desktops and enjoy multitasking at another level. …
In this Ask the Admin, I will take a look at putting virtual desktops to use with a bit of help from Task View and Snap Assist. Virtual desktop technology has been built into Windows since NT days. It has only recently been realized as …
Using Ulauncher to launch Firefox Finding a Linux app launcher isn’t difficult. Along with music players and weather applets there are a plethora of keyboard-based application launchers. ULauncher is among them. It’s a small app launcher written in Python that loads quickly, uses fewer resources, and …
There is no shortage of great memory modules these days, with many manufacturers catering to both gamers and enthusiasts. Prices are quite reasonable too, meaning it is possible to build a budget machine with 16GB or 32GB of RAM — 8GB no longer needs to be …
Alpine, here in a vm, is usually gui-less Well, here’s a curve ball Alpine Linux has added ‘initial support’ for graphical desktop environments. The change-log attached the latest Alpine 3.11 release specifically lists support for both KDE and GNOME desktop environments. Before we look at what …
Foliate is a new ebook reader app for Linux desktops whose streamlined, stylish GUI recently caught my eye. While I, personally, still find it easier to read ebooks on a dedicated e-reader device with an e-ink screen (like an Amazon Kindle) I do appreciate that there …
Since mid-2017 we’ve been talking about the impending arrival of USB 3.2, the next version of the USB Implementers Forum’s ubiquitous standard for connecting external devices. With 3.2 serving as both an upgrade to the feature set and a physical layer tweak to provide more bandwidth, …
Desktop icons can be both distracting and a source of clutter. One simple way to keep the desktop clean is to make a habit of saving files to properly named directories instead of dumping them on the desktop. If you, for example, download images for wallpapers, …
