Want to open folder or edit file as administrator (aka root in Linux)? Here’s how to do the trick by adding menu option in Ubuntu 22.04 file manager. The ‘Files’ (aka nautilus) has an extension called nautilus-admin to do administrative operations. With it, you may right-click on folder and select “Open as Administrator“, or right-click on file and select “Edit as … [Read more...] about [Quick Tip] Enable ‘Open as Administrator’ Option in Ubuntu 22.04
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How to Clean Up Snap Package Versions in Linux [Quick Tip]
Snap packages are not everyone’s favorite but they are an integral part of the Ubuntu ecosystem. It has its pros and cons. One of the negatives is that Snap packages are usually bigger in size and take a lot of disk space. This could be a problem if you are running out of disk space, specially on the root partition. Let me share a neat trick that you could use to cut down … [Read more...] about How to Clean Up Snap Package Versions in Linux [Quick Tip]
How to Install Chromium in Fedora [Beginner’s Tip]
Chromium, the open-source mother of the best browsers in the market, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave and so many others, is a great browser power packed with features. Like many other distributions, Fedora also comes with Firefox as its default browser. But you can easily install Chromium on Fedora. The simplest option is to open the software center application … [Read more...] about How to Install Chromium in Fedora [Beginner’s Tip]
Firefox Tip: turn off accessibility services to improve performance
Firefox users who are experiencing performance issues while using the Firefox web browser on desktop systems and on Android, may improve performance by disabling the browser's accessibility services. A bug opened on Bugzilla@Mozilla four days ago suggests that Firefox's Accessibility Service has a memory leak that is causing performance degradation, especially on heavy … [Read more...] about Firefox Tip: turn off accessibility services to improve performance
How to Change and Manage Background Wallpapers in Ubuntu [Beginner’s Tip]
The simplest way to customize Ubuntu is to change the wallpaper. A good wallpaper changes the looks of the desktop drastically. Changing desktop background in Ubuntu is just a matter of a right click. However, I am writing this tutorial to share a few behind-the-scene tips and information which you might miss or never know even after using Ubuntu for years. Change desktop … [Read more...] about How to Change and Manage Background Wallpapers in Ubuntu [Beginner’s Tip]
Office 365 Mail Tip: How To Quickly Empty Any Folder in Outlook
One of the users’ mailboxes got out of space the other day. After doing a bit of digging, here is what I found. And that’s right. One of the tasks with too many attachments kept failing to sync back to the server and it quickly ate all the space left under his account. If you have used Outlook before, you know how painful it is to clean up 49GB of data out of any folder. … [Read more...] about Office 365 Mail Tip: How To Quickly Empty Any Folder in Outlook
How to Add a Directory to PATH in Linux [Quick Tip]
The PATH variable in Linux stores the path to the directories where it should look for executables when you run a command. abhishek@its-foss:~$ echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin As you can see, the PATH consists of several directories (like /usr/local/sbin, /usr/bin and more) separated by colon … [Read more...] about How to Add a Directory to PATH in Linux [Quick Tip]
How to Install Steam on Fedora [Beginner’s Tip]
Steam is the best thing that could happen to Linux gamers. Thanks to Steam, you can play hundreds and thousands of games on Linux. If you are not already aware of it, Steam is the most popular PC gaming platform. In 2013, it became available for Linux. Steam’s latest Proton project allows you to play games created for Windows platform on Linux. This enhanced Linux gaming … [Read more...] about How to Install Steam on Fedora [Beginner’s Tip]
How to Download Ubuntu via Torrent [Absolute Beginner’s Tip]
Downloading Ubuntu is pretty straightforward. You go to its official website. Click on the desktop download section, select the appropriate Ubuntu version and hit the download button. Ubuntu is available as a single image of more than 2.5 GB in size. The direct download works well for people with high-speed internet connection. However, if you have a slow or inconsistent … [Read more...] about How to Download Ubuntu via Torrent [Absolute Beginner’s Tip]
How to Play DVDs on Fedora Linux [Quick Tip]
You’ve probably tried to watch a DVD after installing Fedora, only to run into an error. You are not alone. I faced this issue recently and I am pretty sure plenty of Fedora users like you and me who still use DVDs would like to overcome this petty issue. libdvdcss error Fixing DVD issue on Fedora Why do you see this error? Because the manufacturers of DVDs encrypt their … [Read more...] about How to Play DVDs on Fedora Linux [Quick Tip]