PCLinuxOS Magazine: Latest Features

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 25, 2024

• PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ From The Chief Editor's Desk...

  Before the kids came along, I couldn't care less about Halloween. To me, Halloween was for the kids. I didn't want to waste the money (that I didn't have in the first place) on costumes, nor waste the time creating one. Most of the “adults” that I knew that celebrated Halloween either had kids, or used it as an excuse for yet another stupid night of drinking (which I prefer to excuse myself from).

  Then, once the kids did come along, my whole view of Halloween changed … a lot. Like, a complete 180° turn around.

  I now “dress up” to take the kids out trick-or-treating. In the past, I've been Stuart from the Minions, Jack Skelington, and the Grim Reaper (last year). So, for this year, I've procured a costume that will be a hit with my kids. I'm going to be Beetlej… Hold it. I can't say it. I especially can't say it three times. Eeek!

• PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ PCLinuxOS Showcase

• Instructionals/Technical

  • PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Tip Top Tips: How To Install Man Pages In PCLinuxOS

    Step One: install git from Synaptic.

    Step Two: Open a terminal session.

    Step Three: Type git clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages at a command line prompt.

    Step Four: Type cd man-pages at the command line prompt, and press the Enter key.

    Step Five: Switch to the root user.

    Step Six: Type make install at the command line prompt.

    Now, sit back and wait for the last step to finish.

  • PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Let Sherlock Show You Where Your Username Might Be In Use

    I am, literally, all over the internet in search of items for the magazine, every single month. So, when I found this article on the Lifehacker website, I was bound and determined to see if there was a way to bring this script to PCLinuxOS users.

  • PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ Inkscape Tutorial: Live Path Effects

    In August, I did an article about bending text around a corner, which used a Live Path Effect from the Path menu in Inkscape. It occurred to me that we hadn't looked at very many of those path effects. In October of 2022, I did one about generating a certain pattern along a path.