Before We Get Started I’ve already gone over each of these Desktop Environments in depth in their respective reviews, which you can find here and here. In an effort to standardize, I’ll be using LXLE to represent LXDE and Xubuntu to represent XFCE. They take away a lot of the uncomfortable things for me about their respective DEs, and it makes it easier for me to focus on the important parts of the DEs....
For those who have been using Spaces, one of the most requested feature is to be able to set a different wallpaper on each Space. It is easy to see why. We, as humans, are visual creatures and associating a different image for each space is the best way to distinctly differentiate each space from another. This makes it easier for us to get to the space we want, and hence increase our productivity....
Introduction The Apple MacBook M1 was a revolutionary laptop when it first launched in 2020. And while it has admittedly lost some of its charm since the launch of the more eye-catching M2-powered MacBook Air, that doesn’t mean you should dismiss it. With Apple leaving the MacBook Air M1 at a $999/£999 price point, and making its successor more expensive with a $1199/£1249 starting price, the former is still a superb option for those who don’t want to stretch their budget too far....
When you compile something locally, you end up with a version of the software much more customized to your hardware, which may yield some performance gains (in contrast, pre-compiled binaries often target the “least common denominator,” and may not take advantage of more high-end machines). Compiling from the source also gives you the ability to enable or disable certain features of the software. While in some cases it involves changing code, in some cases, it’s as easy as adding or removing a flag from the build command(s)....
MWSnap is the answer to every one of these issues, despite being twelve years old at the time of writing. In software terms, it is absolutely ancient. However, it’s free and totally reliable even on Windows 8.1. Installation Installing MWSnap is a simple task; the executable file size is tiny, and it is not burdened with the same adware and offers that seem to plague more modern alternatives. Simply choose the installation folder, and you’ve completed the most difficult part of installing MWSnap....
Rumors hit Tuesday morning that a new iPad and a iPad Mini would be released around April and that the iPhone 5S would come in August. There aren’t many details in this rumor, just mostly the dates. Do you think it’s a coincidence that they’re trying to get something released a month after Samsung’s big announce? I don’t. The other news hitting about Apple, other than the fact that their stock is at the lowest point in a year, is that they have filed a patent for squeeze sensitive devices....
There is one major downside, though. Most Cloud storage services are proprietary and are controlled by large corporations. In turn, those corporations control everything that you back up to their servers. There are a few excellent self-hosted options that you can set up on your own servers without the fear of someone else digging into your files. These are all open source, are freely available, and you can run them on nearly any server....
The first thing you notice is that iKnow uses the infamous Ribbon interface. This is a nice touch as it ensures Office users have a familiar platform to which they can transition. The basic functions of iKnow are fairly rudimentary. You can enter text and other media onto the main page and you can create new notes by clicking on the top right of the page (new note icon). The standard formatting options are also present....
An app that will help you do all sorts of things by only using your Android device’s volume buttons is QuickClick. It’s a free app that you can download right now at Google Play. It will let you do things such as turn on your device’s flashlight by only pressing the volume up button (only if you set it up that way, of course). What You Can Do with QuickClick QuickClick lets you do all sorts of things with your volume buttons, things such as take a picture, record a video, turn on the flashlight, record an audio note, make a call, dictate a message, open any app you have installed on your device and activate a task in Tasker....
websiteslike.org offers a way for you to quickly find those alternative websites. It works similar to Google in that it uses an algorithm. Google uses this method to fill your search results, and websiteslike.org uses an algorithm to choose the websites, and takes into consideration popularity, Alexa rank, Google Page Rank, and keywords, as well as user input. Landing on the homepage of websiteslike.org gives you a basic explanation of the site, explaining that it takes your website, adds in its technology, and it leads to your happiness....
To use PhotoRec effectively you need to understand how the filesystem handles files. When you delete a file, it isn’t actually zapped into oblivion. Rather the file system just marks it as deleted, and makes the space the file occupies available to other files. This means that until another app uses that recently freed-up space, the original file is still there, and can be retrieved by a file recovery tool....
In those scenarios, you need a capable data recovery software like Remo Data Recovery Pro that can scan, find, and recover lost or deleted files. Let us find out what features the software offers and how to use it to recover your deleted or lost files and folders. Features of Remo Data Recovery Recover Lost or Deleted Files and Folders: Obviously, Remo Data Recovery software can recover the deleted and lost files and folders with just a few clicks....
Why Is This Happening? To a great many people, removing the 3.5 mm headphone jack from a smartphone seems more like a downgrade than an innovation in design. The truth is that this isn’t a design upgrade at all but rather a move towards more proprietary hardware and exclusivity. Let me explain: Headphones used to be simple devices you would just plug into your phone’s audio jack. Within a split second, you’d have the phone’s sweet, sweet audio playing in your ears rather than the speakers installed on the phone....
If you want to make things easier to see and avoid eye strain, using a desk lamp is a must. However, not just any lamp will do; you’ll need one that doesn’t have a glare, uses eye-friendly lights and has different brightness settings for different situations. Luckily for you, we’re sharing one today that has all of that along with an affordable price tag: the model LT-T5 Aglaia Desk Lamp....
Setting up WebCopy The first time you open WebCopy after downloading and installing it, click on “Tools,” then “Options” to take a look at its settings. General, Copy and Notifications Options are all basic and require no real walkthrough. Appearance Options, however, are a way for you to customize how the saved websites look. You can change the variable and fixed fonts as well as how the Sitemap created for your offline website looks and feels....
On a modern operating system, finding files is a solved problem. No matter what you’re looking for, tracking down a specific file doesn’t present much of a challenge. As long as you have a rough idea what the file name is, you’re good to go. Finding specific content within files, on the other hand, can still be fairly difficult. You can drop down to the command line to search within plain text files, but that’s only part of the problem....
Check Current Bitlocker Encryption Method Before doing anything, you can check the current encryption method used by the BitLocker and see if it is running AES 128-bit or 256-bit encryption. Press “Win + X” and select “Command Prompt (admin)” to open the command prompt with administrative rights. Now, enter the following command and press the Enter button. If there are any BitLocker encrypted drives, Windows will list all of them. In the listed details, you will see the encryption method used (AES 128-bit or AES 256-bit) next to “Encryption Method”....
MyStream is a device-to-device music broadcasting app which allows the users to stream to others the music they are listening. Imagine the scenario where you are listening to a song and you want to share it with a friend, instead of sharing earphone, MyStream app can stream the music to your friend’s device so both of you can listen to the song together. Immediately when starting the app, you get a welcome screen telling you how to get started....
For those not in the know on this latest news, Apple has removed the headphone jack from the phone, and the headphones will now plug into the lightning port. Those that want to still use their existing headphones may, as there is an adapter that ships with the phone along with the lightning headphones. They are also selling a new product: AirPods. These are wireless and are inserted into your ear....
Introduction Competitively priced, yet from a brand that’s a bedding specialist, there’s plenty to like about the Silentnight Comfort Control Electric Blanket. It comes with everything you’d expect: a straightforward slider control, three heat levels, elasticated straps for an easy fit and a generous three-year guarantee. It’s available in three sizes: single, double (the size of my review sample) and king. Unfortunately, larger mattresses are out of options. This blanket’s control is just 70W, meaning that running it at the maximum heat setting for an hour (based on a 34p per kWh) will cost slightly more than 2p....
