Virtual machines – Operating Systems the easy way

Virtual machines – Operating Systems the easy way

I’m always trying to stay up on operating systems as they change and improve.  It would be hard to have a dedicated computer for every operating system that comes out so it could be tested and used.  About 10 years ago I discovered a nice alternative to a...
The Linux Top command. How to end a misbehaving program

The Linux Top command. How to end a misbehaving program

I was reading a Unix book last week and discovered an option within the top command in Linux. Top is run from the command line and shows all processes in real time. A process is a running program. Top allows you to kill a process with a few key strokes. It won’t...
Weird things happen when your hard drive gets full

Weird things happen when your hard drive gets full

On one of my computers I was trying to take snapshots of fitness videos last week and they wouldn’t save. This was on my Linux Mint 20.x desktop computer. No error messages appeared and no photo appeared in the photo folder like it should have. I also tried...
Windows 10’s import pictures feature

Windows 10’s import pictures feature

Last week I wanted to charge my phone through a USB cable on my Windows 10 desktop All-in-one PC. As soon as I connected the USB cable to my PC, a screen popped up with a message. It wanted to know if I wanted to import the pictures it found. I forgot about this...

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