Is your internet browsing experience slow on your Linux device, or are the websites you’re visiting outdated or the wrong website altogether? Let’s discuss flushing the DNS cache on Linux, and how to know whether you really need to.

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If you have two monitors or an external monitor with a laptop, some video games may start on the wrong screen. Not a big deal, right? Except it’s not always obvious how to move a fullscreen game to another monitor.

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Chrome is notorious for using a lot of resources and taking a chunk out of your device’s battery life. Google Chrome 108 added an “Energy Saver” mode for Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks. We’ll show you how it works.

As the name implies, “Energy Saver” is a special mode designed to stretch battery life a little longer. It does this by limiting background activity, visual effects, and video frame rates. Chrome will feel a little less polished, but you’ll get some extra juice out of your computer.

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With AirPlay, you can mirror your iPhone or iPad’s screen on your Mac or your Apple TV. But what if you have a Windows PC? There is a app available on the Microsoft store that lets you mirror your iPhone or iPad on any Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. It is completely free — it just displays a watermark every once in a while.

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To copy and paste text, files, folders, and other items on your computer, you don’t necessarily need a mouse or trackpad. You can use just the keyboard to copy and paste files around on your Windows or Mac machine. When you use your keyboard for copying and pasting, your files are copied and pasted the same way as if you’re using a mouse or trackpad. This is because Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS come equipped with the ability to manage files with just the keyboard.

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To cut and paste on a Mac, select the item you want to move, press Command+C, then press Command+Option+V to move it to a new location. You can also access the move command in the Edit menu once you’ve copied a file.

If you’d like to move files or folders from one folder to another on your Mac, you can “cut and paste” them in a method similar to Windows, although it’s not immediately obvious how to do it.

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If you find yourself working on-the-go in the Excel mobile app, you might struggle when it comes to tables. That tiny screen isn’t always sufficient for viewing table data, much less editing it. Luckily, there’s a feature that can help.

Microsoft introduced what’s called Cards View for working with tables in Excel on Android and iPhone. Using this feature, you can see portions of your table in full view. You can then add more data, make changes, and manage your table data easier.

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Windows 11 is famous for its strict hardware requirements. Those requirements require you to take some extra steps when you’re setting up a Windows 11 virtual machine — here are all the things you need to do to get it running.

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Most people are familiar with the default hyperlink format: it’s a blue, underlined font. But if the design you have in mind for your Microsoft Word document calls for a unique link appearance, we’ll show you how to change it.

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