If you are using MATE as a basic Linux desktop, then the file manager Caja, and you are trying to open its window via i3wm, Rofi, an alternative launcher, or the keyboard shortcuts, you will have found yourself in the bad situation of seeing nothing happen on screen. Yes, we are talking about a small, ancient and annoying bug still[…]
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How to enable autologin on MATE. Working on openSUSE, Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, and others
Lately, we have been working a lot on the MATE desktop environment, it is simple, fast, and fully configurable. Just the way we like it. Among the little things encountered on the road, we have not yet found an easy method to activate autologin regardless of the distribution and the widgets it carries. In cases like this, the terminal and[…]
Read moreAudacity 3.0.0 major update released and it was worth the wait
Audacity is free and open-source software, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux operating systems. It is absolutely one of the most known, used, and appreciated utility of modern computing and if you are a musician for sure you will know it well, but even if you are not you will have surely heard[…]
Read morePlay Game Boy games on Linux with retro-console emulation
Are there geeks or nerds who haven’t owned a Game Boy from the original series? Maybe only the younger ones, who don’t even remember it. No problem, thanks to modern technologies, the open-source world, and many really smart programmers, it is now possible to play Game Boy on your modern Linux workstation. The Consoles The original Game Boy is an[…]
Read moreLinux Tip. How to enable and use Flatpak
Flatpak is a new universal packaging format, on par with the Canonical Snap system it’s a way for a more secure and unified way to deliver applications on Linux. Easy installation, no security holes, and a Linux-wide distribution system because it can work on every Linux distro. Flatpak is basically a cross-platform package management system that aims to makes the[…]
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