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While Microsoft Visio is a powerful piece of diagramming software, its price point is well beyond what the average home user is willing to spend at $180 per year. Even the online version starts at $5/month. But why pay at all when there are free and viable alternatives to Microsoft Visio available to you? Good to know: improve your Excel skills with these useful tips that will save you time. 1. Be

One of the best ways to get the most out of Terminal on your Mac is to learn what all it can do for you. While it looks like more of a programmer’s thing, it is really easy to use once you have learned some commands for it. There are a number of commands, and they can accomplish different tasks for you. Here we have compiled some of the most useful terminal commands you should know as a Mac user.

GIMP is a great alternative to Photoshop. However, it misses out on some important features like adding shapes and arrows. But that doesn’t mean you cannot add an arrow or shape in GIMP. Here are four methods to add or draw arrows in GIMP. Tip: you can use GIMP and VLC to make a GIF from a video. 1. Make Your Own Arrow One of the easiest ways to add an arrow in GIMP is to draw it manually. For tha

Mozilla Firefox is a secure, reliable, and fast multiprocess web browser that provides fast, stable performance with a minimal memory footprint. However, there are times when it can consume tons of memory and processing power. If you’re experiencing periods of sustained Firefox memory or CPU usage, this guide provides tips to reduce and/or improve it. Good to know: learn how to remove the Firefox

When formatting a hard disk to install your Linux system, you have to decide on the best Linux filesystem to use. In 2021, the most popular option is EXT4. Is it the best one, though, and if you have alternatives, should you choose them? Let’s see the (possible) options. Also read: Check and Repair Your Filesystem With fsck [Linux] EXT4 The “Fourth Extended Filesystem” is fully backward-compatible

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You probably have many PDF documents stored in your computer. One of the best ways to organize them is to combine PDF files. When you combine/merge multiple PDF files into a single PDF, it is easier to manage, access, and back up. PDFtk Server is a command line tool that allows you to easily combine multiple PDF files into one. Alternatively, you can combine all of your documents in Microsoft Word

You decided to try Ubuntu 22.04 and the Gnome desktop environment that comes with it. You feel, though, that Gnome’s top bar and side panel are always in the way and would prefer your apps to take up the whole screen. Learn how to hide the top bar and side panel in Ubuntu 22.04. Also read: Ubuntu 20.04 Review: ZFS, Snap Store and Faster Desktop Hide the Side Panel (Dock) Press the Win key on your

How To Upgrade From Ext3 To Ext4 Without Formatting The Hard Disk Yesterday, we have discussed some of the new features in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty. In that article, I did mention that the new filesystem – ext4 is stable, fast and backward compatible with ext2 and ext3. Today, we will look at how you can upgrade your existing ext3 filesystem to ext4 without reformating your hard disk. Disclaimer: Anythi

VirtualBox is one of the most popular Windows development tools available today. It allows you to install another operating system on top of your native operating Windows 10 system. That way you can switch between these operating systems at will. But over time the virtual machine (VM), also known as the guest operating system, may grow due to files you have saved and other activities you’ve done i

With so many Linux distros out there, you are probably wondering why someone would want to create their own distro instead of getting a ready-made one. While in most cases a ready-made distro is fine, if you want to have a distro that is 100 percent tailored to your needs, you may have to create your own. With the right tools, creating your own Linux distro isn’t as hard as it seems, though it tak

Linux is, without a doubt, the most customizable OS on the planet. Unlike the alternatives, where you can customize the desktop experience with a wallpaper and maybe a set of icons on Linux, you can replace the whole desktop environment if it doesn’t look and function as you’d like. That’s why, as you’ll see, the following desktops use different desktop environments on various distributions. They’

Regardless of the operating system you are using sometimes it will become bloated with plenty of useless files lying around. To make it worse, you have barely enough storage space left in your hard disk, even though you just upgraded it not long ago. Therefore, it is necessary to do some maintenance on your PC once in a while and clean up unnecessary files that are chunking up large storage space

For those shortcut key lovers out there, here is a long list of keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu. Most of them should work in most Gnome-based distros. Enjoy the list. Also read: How to Assign/Remap Keyboard Shortcuts for Better Productivity in Linux General Keyboard Shortcuts