Linux Tips and Resources

How to Insert the Section Sign ( § ) on Linux

Looking, seemingly in vain, for the ‘§’ symbol on your keyboard so you can cite sections and statutes in style? Find...

Had enough of starting at a screen that feels a little too bright and blue when the day is done? Linux can help with...

Pressed a key and it came out all wrong on the screen? Fancy using the key layout you know from a Mac on your now...

You’re trying to invoice a British client or just moved to Ipswich and your Linux keyboard is stubbornly refusing to...

When all you have is a ZIP file, you do have all the files, of course — they’re just packed into that archive for now....

Unsure how to produce en dash and em dash on Linux, looking for the typographically correct characters instead of a...

Curious to know what color is used in an application’s user interface or building a palette from a picture? You don’t...

Looking to refer to a paragraph (or write about formatting) without long-winded wording or copying and pasting? Find...

When your accountant demands receipts, your boss insists on a paper trail, and your aunt expects her famous quiche...

Looking for a “Save” button in Vim on the terminal? Wondering how to write a document to a new file or set up a...

Trying to keep your Linux laptop awake during presentations — in addition to yourself? Need to prevent a sleep or...

Downloaded a file, and now you’re wondering whether it is save and has not been tempered with? Trying to compute the...