File system labels are not something you need to have in order to have a functioning Linux operating system, but they can make your computer easier to navigate when you have several disk partitions. In this post I’ll show how to add or edit a Linux file system label for ext2, ext3, and ext4 disk partitions.
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Conky is a light weight system monitor for Linux and BSD systems that displays information about your system on the root window. You’ve probably seen cool screenshots around the web that show a Linux desktop with all kinds of information printed to a part of the background. There’s a good chance that you were looking at a system running Conky. Continue reading
UPDATE: This technique no longer works on Linux Mint 17 Qiana. Please see Enable Synaptic Mark All Upgrades Button in Linux Mint 17 for the latest technique.
I recently reviewed Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon Edition and one reader pointed out in the comments that the Mint team removes functionality from the Synaptic Package Manager. Specifically, the Mark All Upgrades button is missing from the tool bar and the menu selection is also missing from the Edit menu. After doing a little bit of research, I was able to figure out how to undo the changes made to Synaptic by the Linux Mint team. In the following tutorial I’ll show how to restore the Synaptic Mark All Upgrades button in Linux Mint. Continue reading
I recently received a Pogoplug as a birthday gift. If you’re not familiar with the Pogoplug, it is a small Linux based plug computer that allows you to share personal files over the web. You can think of it as your own personal cloud storage server. While you can always access your Pogoplug files through the web interface, it’s nice to have local access to the files straight from your file manager. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to mount the Pogoplug on Linux and how to get it to mount automatically when your computer boots. Continue reading
Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Linux 13.04. Mint is intended to be easy to install and easy to use for desktop users who prefer a traditional desktop layout. It is available in for both 32 bit and 64 bit Intel architectures. It’s also available with two different desktops; the MATE desktop which is a fork of the GNOME 2 series, and the Cinnamon desktop which is based on GNOME 3 and is a fork of GNOME shell to give it a more traditional desktop layout. For this review I’m running the 64 bit Cinnamon edition on my desktop PC with an Intel Core i5 2500k CPU. Continue reading