Whether you're a seasoned Linux user or a newb who's just switched from Windows, getting your Linux experience to run just the way you want it can be a time-consuming chore... but with the GNOME Configuration Editor, you can tweak everything through a single, easy-to-use menu.

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If you’ve switched to Ubuntu (as I have) or any other Linux distribution, you may consider the following free (and in most cases open-source) games, as they’ve been favorites of mine for some time now.

Backing up your computer is important. Don't be the sucker who loses important files and has to deal with it afterwards! In this how-to, you will learn about using rsync and lftp, writing your own scripts and adding them to crontab and of course, backing up to your external storage, NAS and also a remote server running Linux.

At some point in your life you may find yourself in a situation where you are in need of either control of your own mail server, or a file server where you can host files for the whole family, or share them with ease. This tutorial will teach you how to setup both a file and a mail server on the same machine at the same time.

Tho Skype is using an encrypted protocol, it’s still their own, non-disclosed code and property. So we don’t know what it contains. The same is true for many network products of big vendors like Cisco and the like - and they are everywhere in between you and your communication partner, be it email, phone, or anything else.

After publishing an article about removing backgrounds quickly in Photoshop, many have asked me how to do the same thing with the Gimp. While there is no equivalent to the Extract filter in the Gimp, you can still remove backgrounds fairly quickly. At Linux.com there is a good explanation of some techniques. Here, I will show you how to do it with the Create and edit paths tool.

You don’t need Windows to put a PC at the heart of your home entertainment system; We explain the options