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While using your online accounts separately is the standard method and grants access to a website or service's full functionality, there are sometimes alternatives that can be more convenient for specific uses. For example, integrating cloud storage drives directly into a file browser allows you to easily switch from browsing local files to browsing cloud files. Similarly, … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How To Sign Into Your Online Accounts

Keyboard shortcuts are actions that can be performed by pressing a key combination. They can help save you the time of searching through menus to find the option you want and help keep you closer to your task by streamlining your workflow. … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Create New Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Having multiple people using a single computer can cause some potential issues. For example, if your family is all using a single home computer and sharing a single user account, then someone might delete someone else’s file when they’re trying to clear some space on the hard drive. It’s also entirely possible that you don’t want everyone to have the administrative powers … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Add a New User

Your computer’s desktop is the first thing that you see when you sign-in to your computer. Your desktop icons can be an important part of easily and quickly access the files you want. Linux Mint comes with a fairly minimalistic desktop by default. Many users may assume that it only has two icons, “Computer” and “Home”; however, this isn’t quite the case. If you connect any … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Configure Your Desktop Icons

One of the useful features that Linux Mint includes is called “Workspaces.” A workspace is essentially a second desktop, similar to having a physical second monitor, except that you can’t see them both at once. Workspaces are designed to make it easier to separate and keep track of individual tasks. They can be handy if you have many windows that you need to regularly interact … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Switch to a New Workspace

Linux Mint has a range of ways to add new functionality. As with any other operating system, you can install software through traditional methods. Mint also includes a set of extensions, applets, and desklets. Desklets are small tools that display certain information on the desktop. Fans of the ill-fated gadget platform from Windows 7 will likely appreciate the desklet platform … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Add New Desklets

Alt + Tab is the standard shortcut across many operating systems to switch between open windows. Linux Mint supports it, too, and allows you to configure the options a little to your personal preferences. To configure the Alt + Tab options in Linux Mint, press the Super key, then type “Windows” and hit enter. … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Configure How Alt-Tab Works

The start menu in Linux Mint is an applet that you can configure to your personal preference. “Applets” are small applications that display in the bottom bar. … [Read more...] about Linux Mint: How to Configure the Menu Applet