Linux Tips and Resources

Linus Torvalds’ kernel has lent its name to a powerful, stable and very hackable GNU operating system. Find Linux resources and tips here.

How to Save a File in Vim

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...

Looking to write f′ on Linux or indicate minute, second, feet and inches marks without having to copy symbols? You...

Firefox keeps opening an unwanted application when you click an email address? Want to choose the program that opens...

Is your Linux machine stuck in the wrong time zone — throwing off cron jobs, calendar reminders and other scheduled...

Tired of the wrong email program springing to life when you click an email link on your Linux system? Opened a mailto:...

Tired of poring through keyboard layouts or copying and pasting special characters on Linux? Looking for a way to...

Typing the per mille sign on your Linux machine seems like a chase for see-through swimming unicorns? Tired of copying...

Desperately searching for the plus sign only to type everything but — especially on a keyboard that’s not your own?...