Dual Booting Ubuntu and Windows With a SSD and a HDD
Some computers come with a small SSD and a large HDD. Learn what strategy you can use to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows on such systems.
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Experiencing Evernote's Official Linux Client in Beta
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Meet SysMonTask: A Windows Task Manager Lookalike for Linux
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What is GNU/Linux Copypasta?
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How to Install the Latest Erlang on Ubuntu Linux
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ESPlot: Open Source Software for Plotting Real-Time, High-Speed Signals For Embedded Systems
Confronted with the need of plotting high-speed (or high number of data) signals, typically for embedded systems applications and real-time,
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Not Comfortable Using youtube-dl in Terminal? Use These GUI Apps
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Starship: Open-Source Customizable Prompt for Any Shell
A cross-shell prompt that makes it easy to customize and configure the Linux terminal prompt if you care too much about the looks of your terminal.
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7 Ways to Customize Cinnamon Desktop in Linux [Beginner's Guide]
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What is PPA Purge? How to Use it in Ubuntu and other Debian-based Distributions?
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Meet Plots: A Mathematical Graph Plotting App for Linux Desktop
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Dual Booting Ubuntu With Windows 10 Pro With BitLocker Encryption
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How to Add Fingerprint Login in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions
Got a laptop with fingerprint reader? Here's how to enable fingerprint login on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
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Viper Browser: A Lightweight Qt5-based Web Browser With A Focus on Privacy and Minimalism
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