The Linux Compendium
Ubuntu, being an open-source operating system, lets you make a lot of configurations to even the smallest of the system modules. Among these things, is the way you want to use your external USB mouse. In this article, we will describe how to make the following changes to your mouse settings: Set either left/right button … Read more
PDF or Portable Document Format is mostly our first choice when it comes to printing, sharing and emailing documents, especially the large ones. For Windows and MacOS, you might be very much familiar, and also dependent, on the widely used Acrobat products for pdf creation, viewing, and editing. Unfortunately, there is no default pdf creator … Read more
If you want to set your Ubuntu system to automatically take care of your system Trash over a particular period of time, you can make use of the command line utility called autotrash. Autotrash is a utility that looks in a FreeDesktop.org Trash folder for information on its contents and then purges a part of … Read more
Even with the emergence and widespread use of modern file transfer protocols and devices, Bluetooth is still a trusted method for file transfers and device connection to and from your system. Your system may or may not come with built-in Bluetooth stack. You can, however, use an external bluetooth dongle to get your goal. This … Read more
If you are using your system’s built-in microphone or 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, it can process it further and use it in any of your applications. In this article, … Read more
Wallpapers are one of the ways we can customize the look and feel of an operating system according to our aesthetic needs. There are even options when you can choose to use dynamic wallpapers that change automatically throughout the day; keeping the working environment more interesting for you. In this article, we will explain how … Read more
Your Ubuntu Dock is a useful tool for accessing common applications and also the ones you add to it as Favorites. The default behavior of the icons in the dock ‘on click’ is: The respective application opens if it is already not running. The respective application comes in focus if it is already running. The … Read more
If you are one of those Ubuntu users who frequently use the external USB mouse with your laptop, you might want to disable the touchpad while using the mouse. Most users’ reason for doing so is to avoid accidental touches to the touchpad that might mess up with the current view you are on. Unfortunately, … Read more
Whenever you want to install a software package to your Ubuntu system, you first refer to the official Ubuntu repository listed in your system’s sources.list file. If the software is not available there, you can install it through any PPA repository it is available on. PPA repositories are unofficial repositories of those software packages that … Read more
What is Edge Scrolling? While working on your laptop, there is an option to scroll up and down b using the extreme right edge of your touchpad. This is exactly how you would use the middle wheel of your mouse. This edge scroll function helps you in scrolling through lengthy web pages, documents, and about … Read more