Linux users install the majority of the programs from their centralized official repository listed in the sources.list file. However, if the program is not listed in the repository list, you can install it via its PPA (personal package archive). These
PHP is a general-purpose open-source scripting language that can be embedded in HTML. It stands for HypertextProcessor and is widely used in web development. A scripting language is used to write ready-made programs that are later used to automate tasks.
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office-suite productivity software. It is a free alternative for Microsoft Office. It has applications for database management, spreadsheets, presentations, word processor, and graphic editing. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Since the
A service is a background process that automatically runs when you boot up your system. For regular users and especially system administrators, restarting a service is a common system administration task that you often have to perform while configuring system
What is Edge Scrolling? While using a mouse with a middle wheel, you can scroll up and down easily on lengthy web pages, documents, and about anywhere where there is an option for scrolling. On a laptop, there is an
When we insert a USB drive in our Linux system, it is normally automatically recognized and mounted by the system. Most often, it mounts the USB drive by creating a directory by the user name under the media directory. However,
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
This article is about editing the /etc/hosts file on a Debian 10 Buster system. But let us first see what the Hosts file is. Understanding the Hosts File All operating systems keep hosts files on a machine in order to
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,
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
