Chkservice uses its Ncurses-based terminal interface to provide you with a quick overview of your active Systemd units and, if you have administrative privileges, lets you start and stop them at will, all without typing a single systemctl entry. Downloading Chkservice The project home page on Github shows that Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu all have packages available for installation. Arch: Debian: Fedora: Ubuntu: You can also build the package and install from source by cloning the latest git release:...

Many folks expect to have some way of viewing and using emojis no matter the operating system they’re on since they already get to use them on their mobile devices and social media networks. If you’re coming from a macOS or Windows 10 experience, you get to use this feature out of the box. Alas, the support for emojis on the Linux desktop is largely below par. Depending on your distribution, you might be able to see monochrome representations of emoji characters by default....

If you use FaceTime on your Mac, you can use the following list of shortcuts to help you use the app more efficiently. These will work on FaceTime no matter what macOS firmware you’re running, but it’s recommended to have the latest version for both macOS and FaceTime. Here’s the list of keyboard shortcuts for FaceTime: Navigation Open Preferences: Cmd +, Interface Toggle full-screen during video call: Cmd + Ctrl + FToggle landscape/portrait: Cmd + RHide FaceTime: Cmd + HHide everything except FaceTime: Cmd + Option + HTurn Facetime/Off: Cmd + KQuit FaceTime: Cmd + QMinimize FaceTime Window: Cmd + MClose FaceTime Window: Cmd + W...

Features Folder Actions for Windows offers a number of different actions that can be tied to a specific folder. These include: Showing new file alerts Automatically moving or copyiing files to a new folder Converting image files Converting audio files Converting video files Compressing or decompressing files User defined action Using Folder Actions Although it is quite powerful, using Folder Actions is also a very straightforward affair. Click the green “+” to add a folder you wish to apply a folder action to....

Downloading the Zoom App Using Zoom on your Chromebook is as easy as downloading an app. The first thing you need to do is locate the Zoom app in the Google Chrome Store. Once you’ve located it, click “Add to Chrome.” Go to the app launcher and click (or type in) Zoom so the application opens. The app launcher is easily located at the bottom-left of the screen with an icon of a dark circle surrounded by a ring of lighter circles around it....

While this can be easily done in the terminal, you will learn here how you can check and verify checksums with a graphical tool: the ultra-simple GtkHash. Installation For most Linux distributions, you can find GtkHash in the package manager or Software Center. If you are on Ubuntu or a compatible distribution and installing from the terminal, you can install GtkHash with: For openSUSE, you will have to add its repository before installing it....

A lot of this comes down to which music player you’re using. Many of the best music players for Linux have built-in lyric functionality, so you won’t have to change your listening habits or install any additional software. If you’re looking for something a little different, there are options for you, too. Clementine Clementine is a hugely popular music player on Linux. It’s a complete and feature-rich solution with a simple and intuitive interface....

While there are a few solutions to this problem, Media Player Classic can have its options set so that it’s borderless, then set to always be on top so it never hides behind another window. This makes for a handy way to watch videos on the side without the need for additional screens! Using Media Player Classic First of all, if you don’t have it already, you’ll need Media Player Classic (also known as MPC-HC) for this to work....

Binary Clock This Plasmoid is perfect for geeks and people who love trying out new and different things. Binary Clock is far from your typical, traditional clock – it’s a representation of digits in binary code, and you’ll have to learn to understand it before you can use it. The decimal digits are represented by colored squares positioned on a grid, with the first two columns showing the hour. The second pair of columns is for minutes, and the last is for seconds (which can be turned off in the Options dialog)....

That brings us to the question of the day. Is Social Media Changing the “Truth”? The short answer is yes. The long answer is that human beings are prone to what’s known as “confirmation bias.” Confirmation bias occurs when people interpret and spread information that aligns with their beliefs. It doesn’t help that Facebook encourages this with its algorithms. As an innocent example, let’s say you believe “Fantastic Beasts” was a grossly-overrated movie....

There have been people torturing and killing people and animals and broadcasting the video live on Facebook and other social media. Three families of victims from a 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, are suing Google, Twitter, and Facebook for allowing the spread of extremist messages, most notably ISIS. But is all this violence and crime really the fault of social networks? Did the birth of social networks lead to all of this?...

Don’t start training yourself to use Windows with only a keyboard just yet. Here’s our collection of tips on how to fix a malfunctioning touchpad (starting with the simplest). Note: you’ll need an external mouse or touchscreen to go through some of these tips. Also, the following fixes are for laptops running Windows OS. But we can help you fix trackpad problems on macOS and Linux too. 1. Turn on Touchpad in Settings It may seem obvious, but there’s a possibility that your touchpad isn’t switched on within Windows settings....

Why Is My Linux Computer Running Slow? Your Linux computer could be running slow for any one of the following reasons: Unnecessary services started at boot time by systemd (or whatever init system you’re using)High resource usage from multiple heavy-use applications being openSome kind of hardware malfunction or misconfiguration Before we find out how we can speed up a Linux computer, we need to know which methods can help us find the services started at boot time, processes running with higher or lower priorities, CPU health status, and whether the RAM is filled with much more data than it requires, and also check whether the swap memory area is full....

Despite the controversy, Mac App is also a huge hit. If you are a Mac user but haven’t tried this app, let’s see how App Store can help you in finding great Mac apps and keeping them updated. We’ll also see on some of the alternatives. The App Store After updating your Mac OS X to 10.6.6, you will see a new application popping up on your dock – the App Store....

Previously, you’d need to spend £1258 to get the Surface Pro 8 tablet bundled with the type cover keyboard. But thanks to an early Black Friday discount over at Currys, you can now get the same Surface Pro 8 for just £699 – that’s saving you a hefty £559. Don’t fancy buying a new Surface Pro despite the hefty discount? Then it may be worth checking out our list of the best early Best Black Friday deals instead....

But how does the Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 compare to its predecessor, the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4? We’ve reviewed both models, so we’re in a perfect place to answer that question. We’ve explained the main differences between the laptops below. So if you’re not sure whether you should purchase the Surface Laptop 5 or Surface Laptop 4, keep reading. Release date and pricing The Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 launched in October 2022, while the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 hit stores in April 2021....

Mindmeister is an elegant and easy to use web application that allows you to create mindmaps easily and quickly. In this article I am going to demonstrate how to use Mindmeister to create Mindmaps and share with your friends and colleagues. Go to Mindmeister.com and sign up for a free account. You can skip this step if you have an OpenID account. Alternatively, if you just want to try out the software, there is a live demo on the front page where you can get a hands on experience....

This isn’t new – people have been making up bogeymen since long before the Internet (hello, Dungeons & Dragons) – but rumors are now able to fly across continents in seconds, and the Internet itself is a massive ocean of abstract unknowns and possible dangers, which makes it even more fertile ground for fears. Mix natural parental concern with the Internet and our tendency to simplify our generalized fears, and you have yourself a real 21st-century moral panic – or even a whole series of them, all playing on the same themes....

RAID stands for “Redundant Array of Independent Disks,” and it is a technology used with multiple hard disks for performance reasons, such as keeping backups (redundancy) or increasing storage space. RAID isn’t often used outside of servers, but some enthusiast desktop builders like to have a RAID array anyways due to the capabilities RAID introduces. So, what is RAID really? RAID is the technique of using two or more hard drives to boost storage space, performance or redundancy within a computer....

What is a DNS server and why should I care? In brief – a DNS server is what translates the domain names you type in your web browser (such as Yahoo.com) into usable IP addresses (like 209.131.36.159). When you enter a domain name, there has to be a DNS server somewhere along the line that can translate that name to an IP. So each time you click a link or enter the name of a website into your address bar, your computer has to wait for the DNS server to respond and provide the real IP address of the site....