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5 Great Linux Utilities to Monitor Your System Resources in the Terminal
Although the standard Linux utilities have served us well over the years, in some scenarios they fall short. If you’ve ever found yourself writing a one-liner to poll a command or struggling to parse a badly formatted table, then it’s a clear sign that the tools at hand are lacking. What you need are better tools; what I have are…
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Remember These 5 apt Clean Up Utilities for Your Next Spring Cleaning
If space is getting tight on your Ubuntu system drive, try these commands to find and automatically remove unnecessary installation files. It only takes a moment, and it recovers valuable hard drive real estate. A Primer on the apt Package Manager There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and there’s more than one way to install software onto…
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American utilities firms need to invest now to feed AI energy demands
AI is so energy hungry that American utilities companies must upgrade their capacity and networks to meet growing demand. That’s according to consultancy Bain & Company, which warned that demand for power could soon be outstripped by supply in the US, home to many of the biggest AI developers. The warning follows Amazon investing in a nuclear-powered data center and…
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Almighty Gives You 50 Handy Mac Utilities in One Super-App
One of the biggest reasons to use a Mac is the sheer number of high-quality indie apps for them. My colleagues and I have written about many of them, including tools to help you take better screenshots, improve your screen recordings, and even some totally wacky apps that bring a smile to your face. I love discovering such apps and…
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