The Linux Compendium
Steam (developed by Valve Corporation) is a digital distribution service for video games. It allows you to buy, install, and play games on your system. Steam is a cross-platform solution that is available for Windows Linux and MacOS. It offers you a store with plenty of games, video streaming, and other social networking services. In … Read more
PDF is one of the most popular and preferable file formats when it comes to reading, printing, and sharing files. This is because it can be opened on almost all operating systems. In Linux, you might be familiar with many PDF readers. Foxit PDF Reader is among the popular PDF readers that are available for … Read more
Whenever you think about a good code editor, one of the best names that you often get to hear is Visual Studio Code. It is a free and open-source code editor created by Microsoft which can be used across multiple different platforms. Therefore, in today’s article, we will be explaining to you the process of … Read more
Flameshot is an open-source screenshot and annotation tool designed for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. The best thing about this screenshot tool is that it operates with both the graphical user interface as well as the command-line interface. It is a very easy-to-use screenshot tool that provides users with a high level of flexibility and … Read more
KDE Plasma is the graphical workspace environment that is created by KDE for Linux systems. It is based on the Plasma framework and is open source. This contemporary desktop environment is highly customizable making it users’ top choice. In this guide, we will learn how to install KDE Plasma on a Debian system. System Requirements … Read more
VirtualBox is a free, open-source, and cross-platform software that allows you to create, run and manage virtual machines on your system. VirtualBox was originally developed by Innotek GmbH and released in 2007. The company was later acquired by Sun Microsystems. With Oracle VM VirtualBox, you can create one or more VMs on a single physical … Read more
Notepad++ is one of the best text and source code editors developed for the Microsoft Windows platform. Notepad++ is an open-source code editor that is much better than the standard Windows text editor. It supports various features like syntax highlighting, multi-document view, bracket matching, macro recording, auto-completion, color codes, etc. But it is not available … Read more
PDF or Portable Document Format is usually our first choice when it comes to printing, sharing, and sending documents, especially larger documents. On Windows and macOS, you probably are familiar with and rely on the widely used Acrobat products for viewing and editing PDF files. Unfortunately, there is no standard PDF editor on your Linux … Read more
We all know how important it is to use strong passwords for our systems, online accounts, and other sensitive applications. The real question is how you generate a password that you can rely on and that meets the criteria of a strong password. Ideally, a strong password must contain lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and … Read more
Android Studio is the most widely used Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android mobile application development. Android Studio is developed by Google and can run on various operating systems such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. Most of the currently popular Android applications are developed using Android Studio. This tool has several built-in features that provide … Read more