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How to Schedule Tasks with Gnome-Scheduler

If you’ve used Linux for a while you’ve probably learned about cron, which is the system service responsible for executing scheduled tasks. Cron runs in the background, and helps keep your computer running. At scheduled times, it launches programs to rotate log files, check for software updates, and perform other housekeeping jobs. You can also [...]

Adding a Secure Delete Option to Nautilus File Manager in Linux

I’ve previously written about how to securely and permanently delete files in Linux and Windows. The programs I mentioned in those tutorials were all command-line baed, but this tutorial will show you how to add a secure-delete option to the contextual menu in Ubuntu and Fedora Linux. Install the Nautilus Actions Configuration utility First, install [...]

Howto Add Items to the Right-Click Menu in Nautilus

How to add items to the right-click menu in Nautilus, Gnome's desktop interface.