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How to Install New Icon Sets Since they contain many individual files, icon sets are usually distributed as compressed archives. After you download the one you want, extract the archive’s contents. To install your icon set, move the folder that contains the icon subfolders to “/usr/share/icons/”: Alternatively, if you are only installing the icon set for your own user account, you can move it to your personal icon folder: After you install any new icon set, it will be available for use on your desktop but remain inactive....

1. Store Your Files for Free Telegram allows you to store an unlimited number of files for free on its cloud servers. You can store audio, videos, documents, and photos, though you’re limited to 2GB per file. Here’s how to set up cloud storage on Telegram: Use Saved Messages You can use the “Saved Messages” option to upload and store your files. Check out the steps for doing so below....

Is It Safe to Change a Drive Letter in Windows? Changing the drive letter is not entirely harmless and can cause significant problems based on the contents of your drive. If you have applications and software installed on your drive, those applications may cease to work. For example, if you change the name of your D: drive to an F: drive, then the software installed in the D drive will still search for code in the D: file....

Add-ins provide a simple way to enhance the functionality of Word. By extending what you can do inside Word, these tools not only simplify your work but can also boost productivity. And just like browser extensions that allow you to do certain actions without leaving a website, Word add-ins allow you to perform many functions while still inside your document. Thesee are the best add-ins for Word that you should be using....

1. Numix What theme list would be complete without Numix? It’s been around forever, and even though it started out in the GTK realm, the Plasma theme is just as good. Numix, as always, uses more shades of red and orange in its color scheme, making it quite a departure from Plasma’s usual cool tones. Numix also flattens things out to feel more like Google’s Material design than the usual semi-transparent Plasma philosphy....

1. Open source software is not as good as commercial software When you are evaluating software to use for your projects, don’t write off open-source software. Most of the time, they are as competent, or even better, than those commercial software. Most software companies want you to believe that their product is the best and the open source alternative is not up to par to their offering. There is some truth to this, but it is not always the case....

1. Linux is Free! Yes, Linux comes at the glorious prices of precisely $0.00. To make it even better, you can use it on any devices and repurpose it to anything you want. While Windows and most of its proprietary software can cost you an arm and a leg to acquire the licenses, you can forego paying for any of that by using the alternatives available in Linux. There are tons of open source and free software for Linux, and even those premium software are pretty affordable too....

1. Watch YouTube Videos in a Mini Pop-Out You know how phones have those cool apps where you can watch YouTube videos in the corner while carrying on with other stuff? I always thought they were somewhat wasteful on relatively small phone screens, but luckily you can do something similar in Firefox on your meaty PC monitor. First, you’ll need to install Firefox Test Pilot using your Firefox browser, which is the official tool for trying out various experimental plug-ins that may one day be fully implemented....

Command Line Options Every KDE applications has its own unique command line options. Additionally, each application has access to general KDE options and general Qt options. To see only the application options, open a terminal window (such as Konsole), and type the application name followed by “–help” For example, To see all options, add “-all” You can also use “–help-qt” and “–help-kde“. An example of a powerful KDE option is “–config“, which gives you the ability to use an alternate configuration file, different that the standard one used by the application....

The Q&As NOTE: Some of the questions will be rephrased and will not appear exactly as they were written in MTE’s inbox, for the sake of simplifying the question and giving as much space as possible to the answer. If you believe your answer was not adequately answered, go ahead and leave a comment at the bottom. We’ll get to you ASAP. Q:How can I create screenshot from my Android while I visit websites?...

Introduction The iPhone 13 Pro brought with it a number of firsts for the flagship smartphone from Apple and even a year on it remains an excellent phone we can still recommend. Big features added with the 13 Pro included a completely new screen tech, a significant upgrade in low-light camera performance when compared to the 12 Pro, plus much better battery life. The phone is no longer sold by Apple, who replaced it with the iPhone 14 Pro in September 2022, yet if can find one for a cheaper price then it remains a solid phone capable of running the latest iOS 16 software....

In the years since, Apple Maps has overcome its initial flaws. Now the service is a solid contender for the crown of mapping apps. The question is, who is the current king of the maps? Should Google start worrying, or does Apple still have a long way to go? Supported Devices As the word “Apple” in the name implies, Apple Maps only runs on the company’s own devices. You won’t find an Apple Maps website, and the app itself is only available on Apple computers and iOS devices....

Users love this federated login technique because it makes creating accounts much easier, and websites/apps love it because they can get way more users to sign up for accounts. Since you can create accounts using Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Github, WeChat, VKontakte, Weibo, and more, chances are you’ve used one of these services, but also briefly wondered if it’s a good idea. You’re right to wonder: yes, it’s convenient, but there are trade-offs when it comes to security, and it’s essentially a one-way street as far as privacy goes....

Q: How can I burn YouTube videos onto a DVD to watch on a TV? A: First of all, you have to get an application that downloads the streaming content from YouTube. You can use a web-based application that doesn’t squander your resources if you have a strong Internet connection, like VideoDownloadX. After that, you can use Nero or Alcohol 120% to burn the files to a video DVD. Note that some DVD readers attached to television systems don’t recognize DVD-R material....

Getting Started When getting started with Task Till Dawn, it may seem a bit boring and basic. However, once you get into some serious tasks with the application, you will notice that your automated tasks end up on the front page. Let’s dive a bit into the interface. Thankfully, each aspect of the interface has icons and is labeled. From left to right, the “Run Task(s)” option allows you to activate one or all of the tasks you have created below....

Dell is one of the most reliable laptop manufacturers, offering a wide variety of devices from portable gaming machines to business notebooks and everything in between. The company has a few iconic ranges that you may be familiar with including the XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro and Alienware. Since we have so much experience with Dell and its wide range of devices, we’ve decided to step in and help, curating this guide to some of the best Dell laptops the company has to offer....

However, with such a vast spectrum available, it can be difficult to know which ones would suit you just right. That’s why we’re here to help, with the list below giving you our top recommendations from the world of headphones. We’ve put each and every one of these products through rigorous real-life tests, including listening to a lot of different music genres, trying out the Active Noise Cancellation in busy public places, and comparing them all to similarly-priced alternatives so that we know just where they stand when it comes to value for money....

A search engine I’ve been hearing mentioned more and more lately is Blekko, so I decided to take a closer look to see if it actually offers anything different to El Goog’s algorithm. I don’t know if many of you have noticed, but Google’s search results have been looking more and more “gamed” lately, with spam becoming pervasive. So What’s on Offer? Blekko pitches itself as a search engine with a difference....

Look no further. Open Broadcaster, a professional grade streaming software, is finally available on Linux. With it you can broadcast to many different streaming services with many different types of video and audio effects. Installing Open Broadcaster Before OBS can be used, it needs to be installed. If you’re a Ubuntu user, simply enter the following commands in a terminal window, and you’ll be up and running in no time....

There will be no icon or buttons for this add-on anywhere on the add-on bar, but you can use it by using the context menu (right-clicking) on a shortened URL and then clicking on “Unshorten this link”. This opens a new tab where the link is then checked and presented in preview mode. You will then get a detailed description of the link’s source. The title page and unshortened web address is shown on the left side....