The Linux Compendium
OpenCV is a library of computer vision abbreviated as Open Source Computer Vision Library. Open means it is an open-source library with bindings for python, C++, and Java and supports different Operating Systems like Windows and Linux. It is able to use multi-core processing and GPU acceleration for real-time operating tasks. OpenCV library can be … Read more
Similar to Windows Task Manager that you might have used for years, Debian also comes with a pre-installed resource and process monitoring tool known as GNOME System Monitor. Along with monitoring, it also allows you to stop, continue, kill, and end processes running on your system. GNOME System Monitor comes installed in most of the … Read more
Most Linux users utilize the good old ls command for a directory listing on Debian. The ls command, however, lacks some features that are provided by another command- the tree command. This command prints the folders, subfolders, and files in the form of a tree. You can make the command even more useful by using … Read more
This article is about editing the /etc/hosts file on a Debian 12 system. But let us first see what the Hosts file is. Understanding the Hosts File All major operating systems have a hosts file to translate hostnames to IP addresses. The hosts file has priority over DNS lookups. Whenever you open a website by … Read more
If you are using your system’s built-in microphone or even an external one, it is very important to test if your voice is getting through to your system. Only when your system is reading your microphone sound as an input, it can process it further to be used in any of your applications. In this … Read more
Are you working from home too because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Most of the work environments are arranging virtual meetings using different video conferencing tools. One of the popular tools that most of the work environments are adopting is Zoom. Zoom provides a platform for audio, video conferencing, chats, and webinars and supports up to … Read more
File compression is a way to create archives that help us in saving time, creating space, and downloading and transferring software and data faster. You can use a compressed file to distribute related files on the Internet, all compressed into a single file, without any loss of data. If you need space on your system … Read more
When Linux was originally released, it lacked many useful applications that its main competitor – Windows – successfully supported. Linux thus created a compatibility layer that was used to run the Windows application on Linux itself, called Wine. Originally, Wine could run only a few Windows applications, but now it can support thousands of them, … Read more
Whenever some critical data resides on your system, the most important thing that you need to do is to ensure its security and safety. For doing that, you need to regularly install all the latest security patches and updates. However, it gets all the more convenient if these patches and updates get installed automatically. Fortunately, … Read more
As we all know a port is only used by one process or service at one time. Port identifies a particular service or a process running on the system. Sometimes, while troubleshooting we need to know which port number a certain process is listening to. All processes running on a system are associated with a … Read more