File management is a must on Android. Some file management apps are super advanced and are praised by very technical users while other file managers are basic and simple yet very elegant. OI File Manager is the latter. If you desi...
Google Chrome is becoming the worlds preferred internet browser at an alarming rate, and with advances in webkit, Mozilla is having a hard time catching up. All this is well and good, but if you’re not a fan of Google’...
Windows is lacking what some Linux users sometimes take for granted, and that is package management (aka installing programs via command line). If you’re set in your ways and you refuse to switch to Linux to use package mana...
Stock Android devices can come filled to the brim with nasty bloatware. Sometimes when you get a new device, just the sheer number of startup apps can put your device to the floor. Or, after using your device, you can install so m...
Sometimes you don’t need an entire office suite, you just need to write. That’s where Abiword comes in. Abiword is a simple yet full-featured word processing program. If you use XFCE on Linux, Abiword also happens to s...
Third-party file location software (aka desktop search programs) is not a new concept. Most users have their favorites already. For example, many dotTechies prefer Everything, the desktop search program featured by dotTech as the ...
There’s certainly no shortage of simple text editing apps for Android. Text Edit is another simple text editing program for Android. Let’s see if it’s worth your time, shall we? What is it and what does it do Mai...
There’s certainly no shortage of terminals on Linux, but what there is a shortage of, are terminals that are unique. Guake is a Quake-style drop-down terminal for your Linux operating system. WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT DO M...
spacetornado Renamer is a brilliantly simple tool, but one that is most certainly necessary. All to often we’ve come into contact with files with the same names, files that are named the wrong way, situations where we are lo...
For avid readers (and I don’t mean dotTech readers but rather people who like reading books), having a good Android app to manage your e-books is important. Aldiko Book Reader is an excellent choice. This app will provide a ...
PCManFM is the default file manager for the LXDE desktop environment, but it might as well be the file manager that you should use on all desktop environments. PCManFM is a refreshing take on file management, one that is lightweig...
If you’re an Android user and you don’t have Link2SD installed, you’re missing out on an essential part of having root on your phone. Link2SD allows you to move any (non-system) app to your SD card. This includes...
If you’re like me, when you’re not using Linux, you feel like you’re lost. Luckily we have Cygwin. This program allows for Windows to act and behave more like Linux. This program does not convert Windows into any...
Sometimes a simple program that completes a simple task can be one of the most useful programs that you have installed. Caffeine is one of those programs. All Caffeine does is inhibit your system from putting up a screensaver or f...
Everyone has accidentally deleted something and instantly regretted it. Or last important files due to computer crash. This is a universal thing. That’s why it’s very important that you have an undelete program install...
