The Linux Compendium
In today’s small post, I am going to show you the method of changing the profile picture in Debian 10. Therefore, let’s continue without wasting any further time. How to change the profile picture in Debian 10 Click the power icon button on right most of your dashboard. Locate your profile name and expand it. Click … Read more
The use of Screencasts is continually rising. These are great for teaching or sharing ideas because only the text is not sufficient for delivering instructions, describing problems and sharing knowledge. There are various tools available for screen recording. But today in this article, we will introduce you towards a Gnome shell’s secret screen recorder that … Read more
Although Linux is popular for being mostly virus-free, there might still exist some-especially if you usually download stuff from unreliable sources. Since viruses are not a major issue in Linux, there is not a huge pool of antivirus available for this operating system. One of the best among these is the ClamAV antivirus which does … Read more
Swift is a programming language developed by Apple Inc. It is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, Linux, and z/OS. According to the developers, Swift is a fantastic way to write software, whether it’s for phones, desktops, servers, or anything else that runs code. It’s a safe, fast, and … Read more
While using a network connection, you may often want to check the speed of it. In fact, it is sometimes necessary to check and keep an eye on internet speed. And what if you get internet speed on your desktop without the need of opening any browser or application. There is a way I can … Read more
Your operating system and all its applications usually maintain a set of fonts that you can use as system fonts and in various desktop and web applications respectively. Let us suppose you want to use a new font that you saw on the internet in any of your applications. Unfortunately, it is not as simple … Read more
In a production environment, it is common practice to disable network ping for a security reason so that no one can ping your server. However, by default, ping is enabled on Linux servers. In this tutorial, I am going to show you the way you can use iptables firewall to disable or enable the ping … Read more
Although Debian 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 your … Read more
Whenever we connect to a WiFi network, we enter the password, and if we have to use this network on a regular basis, we simply check the “connect automatically” option for future use. However, we rarely note down the password manually somewhere in a file for future reference. The problem arises when we need the … Read more
TLP is a free, open-source and feature rich utility for battery use optimization on laptops running Debian and other Linux distros. You can find it in both CLI and GUI versions for whatever suits you. TLP comes with a default configuration which is pretty much perfectly tuned for your OS and the underlying machine. All … Read more