The Linux Compendium
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
People who use MacBook frequently are accustomed to scrolling with the two-finger touchpad. They also know how useful two-finger scrolling can be on a laptop. Fortunately, you can use the same feature via Debian on your other laptops, especially if your touchpad is made by Synaptics. If this feature is enabled on your laptop, the … Read more
The GNOME Debian GUI comes with a wide range of keyboard shortcuts that can be used to perform routine operations and increase productivity. It saves a lot of time spent navigating with mouse, keyboard and menus. If you were using the Windows operating system, you may have used Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart and shut down your … Read more
LibreOffice is a powerful and open-source office suite that can be used on Linux, Mac as well as on Windows. It provides various features such as word documentation, spreadsheets, data processing, drawing, presentation design, Math calculation, and more. LibreOffice supports 110 languages and it runs on all important operating systems that is the reason LibreOffice … Read more
Debian lets you make a lot of configurations to even the smallest of the system modules, because it is an open source OS. One thing that you can configure, among these, is the way you want to use your external USB mouse. In this article, we will describe how to make the following changes to … Read more
XRDP is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) that allows you to graphically control your system. With RDP, you can log in to the remote machine the same as you had logged into the local machine. It uses Port 3389 for its connection. In this tutorial, we will look at how to … Read more
In this article, we will explain how to set timers, alarms, and stopwatches on your Debian system. We will explain the following two ways to do so: Through the UI using the Gnome Clocks tool Through the command line using various tricks and hacks We have run the commands and procedures mentioned in this article … Read more
When we move to a new house, we set it up according to our needs. Same case when moving to a new desktop environment. Visibility and ease of use is a great concern for any user when working on a computer system. The cursor size, among many other visual features, is one such thing. We … Read more
There are many open-source media players available for Linux users over the Internet. The preference of choice comes with the ease of installation and the availability of a stable version. The stable version of VLC 3.0 is out and available for use at the time of writing this article. In this article, we will show … Read more
It is a good practice to keep your clock synchronized with the Internet according to your specified time zone unless there is a need to alter system time manually. This article describes ways through the command line and the graphical user interface of Debian 10 to keep your clock sync with the internet time servers. … Read more