If you want to turn off the Recent Documents feature in Ubuntu, all you have to do is create a .gtkrc file in your home directory (if one isn’t already available): touch ~/.gtkrc-2.0 Now paste this line in there: gtk-recent-files-max-age=0 The next time you start Gnome and click on files, the respective files won’t appear… Read More »
You can easily find out how many files are in the current directory by typing the following in your Terminal session: ls -l | wc -l
If you’re in a Terminal session and would like to only list the directories of the current folder you’re in, do a ls -d */
A simple way to convert images in Linux is by using the command line: convert image.jpg newImage.gif will convert the JPG file to a GIF file. convert -quality 78% file.jpg will set the quality of the JPEG file to 78% convert -resize 800×600 file.jpg will resize the image.Alternatively, if you wish to use a GUI… Read More »