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Today’s Linux article has two purposes: 1) To add a little spice to your boring old email signature, and to help you understand a bit about bash scripting.

The memory usage of modern web browsers has increased quite a bit over the years which can be attributed to the increased functionality but also to plugins and extensions that use computer memory as well when the web browser is running. Google Chrome and Chromium make it easier for the user thanks to the build in task manager to find out those components and plugins that are responsible for the largest memory usage. The keyboard shortcut Shift Esc will open the Google chrome task manager that will display the memory usage of the plugins, tabs and core browser.

You know Firefox like the back of your hand. You’ve heard tale of Chrome and you know KDE has tried to pawn Konqueror off as their default browser.

Microsoft’s Windows Media Player does not support global hotkeys by default. It comes with a full set of hotkeys that work when the window of the media player is active but these shortcuts stop working once the player’s window is minimized or in the background of the computer desktop

Companies basically have three options if they want their software programs to be compatible with Firefox : They can create a Firefox add-on, a plugin, or integrate the program in the components directory directly. The last option caused lots of concern for the Mozilla developers who linked these method to instabilities and crashes in the web browser.

Downloading multiple images that are displayed on websites can be a tedious and boring process. The standard procedure without tools and add-ons would be to right-click and select the save image option from the context menu to save each image individually. Download managers, plugins and add-ons aid the user in the process by offering ways to batch download the images that are displayed on websites