Linux Tips and Resources

How to Type Umlaut Characters (öäïë…) on Linux

Whether you’re puzzling over Schrödinger’s equation or a Bösendorfer piano, where are the umlaut keys when you need...

Tired of spelling out “degrees” every time? Wondering how to shorten “degrees Celsius” in style? Find out here how to...

You’ve gathered a pile of files, and now you watch your email chokes on the attachment size. You want to archive...

Looking to type in style and use typographic apostrophes (instead of the straight ones so typically found on...

Discussing Fußball with a German friend or looking for a genuinely Austrian recipe for süße pancakes? While the Eszett...

Struggling to insert a particular emoji on Linux, a special character or that particular character from an ancient...

Looking for a ‘©’ key on your Linux machine? Tired of typing out the whole word “Copyright” and wasting precious space...

Struggling to type proper ellipses on Linux? You can type three dots to mark an elision or continuation in your...

Annoyed by the blinking cursor in your Linux terminal, editor or browser? Distracted by its metronome-like blinking...

Looking to type Mʲʲᵉ or 3ʳᵈ but can’t find a button for superscript on your keyboard? Copying and pasting works once...

Seeing your words and numbers awkwardly break at the end of a line, disrupting your well-crafted flow? Non-breaking...

Struggling to type square brackets on your Linux machine — to insert text into what you have quoted, dealing with...