Using diff for group text editing
The diff command is generally used for applying code patches. However, it can be almost as useful for comparing and merging two versions of the same text file.
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Cinnamon’s applets and desklets
GNOME and Unity may have banished applets from the panel, but Linux Mint has chosen the opposite approach for Cinnamon. Instead of removing clutter from the panel, Cinnamon encourages it, offering over 165 small utilities. And as if that were not enough, for the last few releases, it has also offered 18 desklets — applets…
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LibreOffice Tip: To-Do Lists with Style
Lists are one of the least known types of styles in LibreOffice Writer. If people use list styles at all, they attach them to paragraph styles to create automatic bullet or numbered lists. However, list styles have far more versatility than such uses imply, including the method shown here for creating a To-Do list for…
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Beyond the Classical Desktop
A couple of weeks ago, I added two Activities to the three already on my KDE desktop. The added convenience and efficiency were immediately obvious, and I found myself wondering, as I often do, why so many avoid even trying Activities.
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