The Linux Compendium
Flatpak is a universal package system for software deployments, application virtualization, and most importantly package management that works on all Linux distros. With a Flatpak package, you don’t need to worry about any dependencies and libraries as everything is already bundled within the application itself. A notable feature of Flatpak is that all apps work … Read more
Your screen light is typically set to a blue shade for better viewing. However, at night time this blue light puts some extra strain on our eyes; so a better option is to switch to a warmer light by activation of the Night Light feature. Another disadvantage of using the blue light at night is … Read more
There are times when you want to fetch the geographical location of a remote Ubuntu machine based on its IP address. This article will explain how you can do so by first obtaining a system’s public server IP and then using this IP to fetch the geographical location, all through the APIs provided by ipinfo.io … Read more
Netplan is the Ubuntu network configuration tool in all recent Ubuntu versions. Netplan is based on a YAML-based configuration system that simplifies the configuration process. It has replaced the old /etc/network/interfaces configuration file we used to configure network interfaces in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure networks … Read more
You may have often downloaded some open source software, for instance, various Linux distributions ISO. While downloading, you might also notice a link to download checksum file. What is that link for? Actually, Linux distributions distribute checksum files along with source ISO files to verify the integrity of the downloaded file. Using checksum of the … Read more
Although Ubuntu users these days get to perform various operations through programs having high-end GUIs, there are multiple reasons to use the Linux command line called the Terminal. Through Terminal, you can access many powerful native Linux commands as well as the empowering command-line features of many desktop applications. You can install software to Ubuntu … Read more
Google Drive is a popular cloud storage service that allows you to store and share files. You can access your stored files anytime from anywhere. Currently, for each Google account, it is giving 15 GB space for free. No matter which operating system you are using, you can easily backup your files to Google Drive. … Read more
Linux includes a number of tools nearly for every purpose. No matter what tool you need, you will find everything. Even for backups, it includes a built-in tool Déjà Dup. Déjà Dup is a very simple but powerful GUI tool for backup in Ubuntu. It uses Rsync for incremental backups, encryption, scheduling, and support for … Read more
Sometimes you may want to display the contents of a file in the columnar format while working on the command line in Linux. Luckily, there is a Linux command Column that allows you to display contents of the file in a columnar format. It is very simple and easy to use command line utility. This … Read more
Ubuntu, as well as any Linux like operating system, comes with free software updates for each user. It releases operating system updates, patches and security fixes regularly for improvements in performance or fixing bugs. It is very crucial to update your Ubuntu operating system up to date because it helps to protect your system against … Read more