The Linux Compendium
The Cairo Dock is an eye-catching and convenient dock interface for your Ubuntu desktop. With its features like multi-docks, launchers, taskbar, and many useful applets, you can advantageously replace it with your default dock panel. The panels can be easily detached from the Cairo dock and used as desktop widgets. You can totally customize the … Read more
Qt is a free, open source, and cross-platform application development framework for desktop, embedded and mobile. It supports various platforms such as Linux, OS X, Windows, VxWorks, QNX, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Sailfish OS, and others. More than a programming language. Qt is a framework written in C++. A preprocessor, Meta-Object Compiler is used to extend … Read more
Most operating system and programs especially large one comes in an ISO format containing all required installation files. An ISO file or an ISO image is a perfect representation of all file and folders contained in a CD /DVD. Alternatively, you can say that it is a package all installation files and folder in one … Read more
If you have shifted towards Ubuntu from Windows OS, it will seem hard to use that Linux based OS especially the command line. Because most of the Linux functionalities based on the command line. Even most Linux users prefer to run Linux server distributions that entirely depend on the Terminal with no graphical desktop because … Read more
Your laptop and smartphone’s “battery” is what has given them the status of being portable. This is how much important a battery, its capacity, and its heath is. A battery, when new, is able to run for longer hours but as years pass by, your battery starts providing lesser juice. Therefore, time and again, we … 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 software available for this operating system. One of the best among these is the ClamAV antivirus which … Read more
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 a single file, without any loss of data. If you need space on your system … Read more
With Spotify, you can play your favorite songs and albums free on Linux. In this article, we will describe two ways to install/uninstall Spotify on your Ubuntu. You can make a choice based on the source you want to install it from and also if you want to use the UI or the command line. … Read more
When we connect to the Internet using a wireless/WiFi connection, we do so by entering the password and mostly checking the “connect automatically” option for future use. However, we rarely note down the password manually somewhere for future reference. The problem arises when we need the password again, for example when a visitor asks for … Read more
Audacious is a free, advanced audio player for Linux and many other UNIX-compatible systems. It focuses on low resource usage, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats. It was originally based on Beep Media Player, which was in turn based on XMMS. In this article, we will describe two ways … Read more