Gamedev and software tutorials
This tutorial explains how to run Linux Mint on your Windows computer in a window like any other application by using the program VirtualBox. What is a VirtualBox? VirtualBox is a program that allows you to install other operating systems in a safe container on your computer and run them like applications in a window. […]
This tutorial explains how to install the latest version of git-cola, a GUI for git, from its source files. This is useful if you want to use a version that is newer than the one in the software repositories of your Linux distribution. There are two ways to install the latest version: the really easy […]
This tutorial explains how to run TortoiseHg from source code files and install dependencies on a Debian/Ubuntu based Linux distribution. TortoiseHg is a GUI for the distributed source control management tool Mercurial. This is useful for distributions like Linux Mint, which does not have TortoiseHg available in the Software Manager and it’s also not possible […]
This tutorial explains how to run an application on Linux from the terminal by typing the application name. This allows you to run AppImages, scripts or any executable file from a terminal, even though you have not installed it via any type of package manager. The quick TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) below will most […]
This tutorial explains how to install FL Studio on Linux by using Lutris, an application that can run Windows applications on Linux. It is written with Linux beginners in mind. Step 1: Installing Lutris Please note: This tutorial was written for version 6.x of Lutris. The UI and workflows have changed in version 7. Go […]
Application shortcuts start applications from the menu, panel and desktop. This Linux Mint Cinnamon tutorial explains how to create them. How to create a desktop shortcut on Linux Mint Cinnamon Solution 1: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Drag the icon Hold Ctrl, Alt and Shift at the same time, then left click and drag the icon of your application. You’ll create […]
Stacer is a free open source tool for Ubuntu based Linux distributions that helps keeping your distro clean and provides an easy to use and nice visual interface to do so. Here’s a short feature overview. The detailed overview can be read here. Enabling or disabling apps that run at startup System Cleanup (package caches, […]
If you are running Linux Mint Cinnamon and try to use software that uses the Alt+Left Mouse or Alt+Right Mouse hotkey (like Blender or Substance Painter), you’ll run into a problem. Instead of using the function that is bound to that hotkey inside the tool, you’ll move or resize your current window. To disable moving […]
