Linux Voice Introduction
Linux Voice Introduction
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This month in Linux Voice.
Linux users are always looking for ways to make things better: better performance, smoother operations, safer surfing. One largely overlooked but most satisfying way to make things better is through those little tweaks that add personality and elegance to the user experience. You don't have to take what comes up on first boot – make it your own! In this month's Linux Voice, we feature some cool desktop tools that might not change your life, but they could add a little incremental lift to your desktop experience. We start with a look at a pair of handy tools for managing your browser bookmarks, floccus and LinkAce. Then we take a stroll with FSearch, a fast and handy desktop search app. Finally, this month's tutorial shows how to search DuckDuckGo from the command line with ddgr.
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