Features
Platform Agnostic
Designing cross-platform GUI apps with Fyne
The Fyne toolkit offers a simple way to build native apps that work across multiple platforms. We show you how to build a to-do list app to demonstrate Fyne's power.
Custom Repair Toolkit
Adding scripts and tools to SystemRescue
You can do more with SystemRescue than just repair broken systems. By adding tools and scripts, you can create a custom rescue environment that meets your needs.
Formatting with LibreOffice
The case for styles
Learning how to use styles in LibreOffice can save you hours of formatting and let you focus on your writing.
In One Fell Swoop
Central system updates with Topgrade
Topgrade detects all the package managers installed on a system and executes them one by one at the command line.
Control Center
Tipi home server manager
Tipi gives you complete control of more than 100 applications and services. A mouse click is all it takes to install the apps.
Names Have Been Changed
Bulk renaming files with the rename command
The rename command is a powerful means to simultaneously rename or even move multiple files following a given pattern.
The Dealer
Creating a graphical Python app with CardStock
CardStock provides a simple development environment for building a Python graphical application.
Out in Space
Program in the cloud with GitHub Codespaces
Imagine you want to build a program from the source code and discover that your distribution lacks the tool and software package versions you need to do so. Instead of using your own virtual machine, you can now switch to GitHub Codespaces.
Cleaning Apt Cache
What to do when Debian's Apt archives are full
Full Apt archives might be unexpected, but there are a few solutions if you encounter the issue.
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