Have you ever done a thing repeatedly on your computer and wished that you could automate it and get it to run on its own? In Linux, the easiest way to schedule and automate a task is to use the crontab. This is a command line based application that allows you to execute commands or [...]

First there were Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” mock-up designs, now showing up are tons of user-created wallpapers dedicated to the next major release version of this popular Linux distribution. If you are interested, let me show you some of those wallpapers here. But please take note that this is not a “best Linux wallpapers list” [...]

  6 Great Apps to Analyze Your Disk Usage in Linux     You may own a one terabyte hard disk, but the screen still shows an “Your disk is full” error message whenever you want to install a new application. Does this sound familiar to you? When I shop for hard disk, I tend [...]

Configuring Kmail mail client for Gmail This howto will show you how to setup your Kmail client to work with Gmail. Step 1: From the menu above select Settings -> Configure Kmail Notice: In order to preview the image better click on it. Step 2: