The Linux Compendium
What is Edge Scrolling? While using a mouse with a middle wheel, you can scroll up and down easily on lengthy web pages, documents, and about anywhere where there is an option for scrolling. On a laptop, there is an option to scroll up and down by using the extreme right edge of your touchpad. … Read more
If you are using your system’s built-in microphone or even 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 to be used in any of your applications. In this … Read more
As you may know, in Gnome desktop environments, as in other desktop environments, no matter which application you access most often, you can add it to your Favorites menu under the Activities Overview. When you open the Activities Overview, you will see a dash panel on the left side of the desktop with a list … Read more
Linux is a full-fledged operating system with all GUI functionalities and thousands of desktop apps. However, still there comes a time when you need a particular application of Windows on your Linux system. Fortunately, Linux has developed a compatibility layer known as Wine that allows running Windows program in a Linux OS. PlayOnLinux is the … Read more
Blender is an integrated 3d suite for modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback (games). Blender has its own particular user interface, which is implemented entirely in OpenGL and designed with speed in mind. Python bindings are available for scripting; import/export features for popular file formats like 3D Studio and Wavefront Obj are implemented … Read more
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free Email client that allows users on Windows, macOS, Linux, and other supported systems to send, receive, and manage their Email. With Thunderbird, you can retrieve Emails from your Email provider using IMAP or POP3, and send an Email using SMTP. In this article, we will explain installing Thunderbird both through … Read more
Dropbox is one of the most powerful and popular online file storage services. In order to use Dropbox in a Linux OS, all you need is to simply install the Dropbox application in your system and sync your local Dropbox folder with the Dropbox cloud storage. Whatever you store in your Dropbox synced folder, it … Read more
All operating systems come with a large set of fonts already installed in them. However, sometimes, you may need a new font that is not available in the preinstalled fonts. In that case, you will need to manually download and install that font in your system. This article is about explaining how to download and … Read more
Why Change the Login Screen? You may have noticed that the latest versions of Ubuntu, such as Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, like all previous versions, have a very simple-looking login screen. Whether you like it or not, you’ll notice this purple screen every time you log in or lock and unlock your system. If, like … Read more
Some users who frequently use an external USB mouse with their laptops prefer disabling the touchpad when the mouse is plugged in. The reason for doing so is to avoid accidental touches to the touchpad that might mess up with the current view they are on. Unfortunately, Linux Debian does not provide configuring this touchpad … Read more