The Vivaldi browser developers who intend to make it a powerful replacement for the now abandoned Opera 12 have released a new weekly build of their browser. Unlike many previous builds, changes in Vivaldi 1.0.201.2 are notable for the regular user as they are not only under the hood but also in the user interface. Let's take a closer look.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Move apps to another drive or partition in Windows 10
If you use Windows 10 on a tablet or some other mobile device, your main drive may not have enough capacity. If you use lots of Metro/Modern apps, they can occupy considerable disk space so you might want to move them to another partition (such as an SD card) or to some external drive. In this article, we will see how to configure Windows 10 to install apps to another partition or hard drive and save space on your system partition.
Disable or remove most used apps from Windows 10 Start Menu
Windows 10 features a most used section of apps in the Start menu similar to previous versions of Windows going as far back as Windows XP. However, if you have no use for it and need to make the Start Menu more clean and simple, you may want to turn off this list. In this article, we will see how to disable and remove the most used apps from the Start menu in Windows 10.
Thunderbird 38.0.1 is out
Thunderbird, one of the best open source email clients got updated recently. The new version is 38.0.1 and I would like to share with you what is new in this version.
MATE 1.10 released
MATE, a fork of the good old Gnome 2 desktop environment has reached version 1.10. The MATE desktop environment continues as a part of the Linux Mint project and is one of the two default desktops which the user can choose in Linux Mint. Here is what's new in MATE 1.10.
Change network location type (Public or Private) in Windows 10
The Windows 10 Settings UI and the Network flyout is completely different from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The options have been moved around and it is not clear how to change the network type - private or public. I would like to share how you can change the network location type in Windows 10.
Fix Control Panel opens twice in Windows 10
Some Windows 10 users are experiencing a strange issue with the operating system. Every time they open the Control Panel, two windows of Explorer open instead of a single window which is what's expected. If you have this issue, here is how to fix it easily.
Change network icon click action in Windows 10
Windows 10 features several major interface changes from Windows 8 and earlier Windows versions. One of the changes is the new network pane, called now as the Network Flyout. It is shown when you click the network icon in the taskbar in Windows 10. Windows 10 allows you to customize this behaviour and change the Network Flyout to the Network pane from Windows 8 or to even open the Settings app. In this article, we will see what options you have got. You will be able to change the network icon's click action.
How to see services related to a process in Windows 10
When your Windows PC starts, many programs open at startup. Some long-running processes, which mostly do system functions are called Services. Service processes usually have no user interface and don't interact with the user. The most famous service process, is svchost.exe which always has multiple instances running and is responsible for many Windows services, e.g. Windows Update or Action Center notifications. You can easily check which services are running from its process. Follow these simple instructions to learn how.
Firefox now features web page source viewer in a tab
Mozilla Firefox users and web developers might be using its View Source feature. It allows you to see the HTML markup of the currently opened page. Until now, it always opened in a separate browser window. Starting with Firefox 41, which is currently available in the Nightly channel, this behavior has changed.