The Linux Compendium
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 approach 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
Although Linux 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 on Linux … Read more
Working in a Linux command line gives you more flexibility and control as compared to GUI. Command-line has many uses and is extensively used in server administration. You can automate the task using the command line and also it utilizes fewer resources than GUI. Downloading a file using the command line is also easier and … Read more
Installing Conky on your Debian is pretty simple. The real deal, however, is to make the application more useful by customizing it according to your needs. This can be done through the graphical front-end, the Conky Manager, for managing Conky config files. It also provides options to start/stop, browse and edit Conky themes installed on … Read more
So, a few days back I shifted to Debian 10 from Ubuntu and unfortunately, Debian decided to not recognize my WiFi Dongle/USB WiFi Adapter. It took a lot of effort at trying to configure the device driver but it boiled down to the fact that my Debian lacked the appropriate driver for my TP-Link WiFi … Read more
Picture-in-Picture often abbreviated, as PiP is a handy way that allows you to watch videos in a floating window outside the browser window or on top of any other application. It allows you to work and interact with other applications while still being able to watch the video. The Picture-in-Picture mode works on all platforms … Read more
Notepad++ is a free and open-source code editor. The tool offers a lot of features including syntax highlighting, code folding, autocompletion, autosave, guided indentation, line bookmarking, and split-screen editing, etc. This article focuses on installing the powerful and handy notepad++ editor on Debian 10 as a snap package. How to Install notepad++ using the terminal … Read more
This small tutorial is going to teach you how to check which groups user account belongs to in Debian 10 and how to add or remove users from groups. However, the steps in this tutorial will work for most other Linux distributions too. How to see which groups a Linux user belongs to Open up … Read more
TeamViewer is a popular application that can be used for desktop sharing, remote support, online meetings and file sharing between remote computers. It is a cross-platform application and can run on Windows and Linux, this means that you can use it to help friends and family remotely with Windows problems from your Linux desktop. Teamviewer … Read more
When you are using a system with multiple user accounts, you have to use switch user option so that other users may access your system. But switching user account is not the optimum solution as it does not end a user’s session. All the opened applications of a user keep running in the background and … Read more