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 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
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
Vokoscreen is a screen recording tool that can be used to record educational videos, live recordings of the browser, installation, videoconferences, etc. You can capture an alone video or video and sound (via ALSA or PulseAudio). The program is very simple and uses a minimalistic GUI. It also can capture your face using a webcam … Read more
If you have sensitive data on your computer, it should be protected by encryption. Because without encryption, that data will be viewable and accessible to everyone that has access to your system. So instead of leaving the data wide open for everyone, why should not hide it using encryption. Encryption is important in transmission as … Read more
Eye of Gnome or the Image Viewer is the default picture/image viewing application in Ubuntu. It is available on most Ubuntu versions by default. It integrates with the GTK+ look and feel of GNOME, and supports many image formats for viewing single images or images in a collection. The Eye of GNOME also allows to … Read more
Ubuntu by default comes with a large number of fonts. These fonts are pre-installed in a newly installed Ubuntu OS. However, sometimes you may not be contented or get bored with these fonts and wish to install some additional fonts. There is a method I can show you how to achieve that as Ubuntu allows … Read more
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. It’s set in infinitely-generated worlds of wide open terrain – icy mountains, swampy bayous, vast pastures and much more – filled with secrets, wonders and peril! In this article, we will explain how to install Minecraft through the official .deb package available at the … Read more
Gnome Calculator is the default calculator application for Ubuntu. According to the developers, GNOME Calculator is an application that solves mathematical equations. Though it at first appears to be a simple calculator with only basic arithmetic operations, you can switch into Advanced, Financial, or Programming mode to find a surprising set of capabilities. The Advanced … Read more