The Linux Compendium
Although Linux users these days get to perform various operations through programs having high-end GUIs, there are multiple reasons to use the Linux command line called the Terminal. Through Terminal, you can access many powerful native Linux commands as well as the empowering command-line features of many desktop applications. You can install software on Linux … Read more
Installing Conky on your Debian is pretty simple. The real deal, however, is to make the application more useful by customizing it according to your needs. This can be done through the graphical front-end, the Conky Manager, for managing Conky config files. It also provides options to start/stop, browse and edit Conky themes installed on … Read more
Picture-in-Picture often abbreviated, as PiP is a handy way that allows you to watch videos in a floating window outside the browser window or on top of any other application. It allows you to work and interact with other applications while still being able to watch the video. The Picture-in-Picture mode works on all platforms … Read more
Content on some websites like animations, videos, and games need flash player to be installed and running on your browser. Flash player enables your web browser to run multimedia content. For chrome users, Flash player is already installed but if you are a chromium user, you will need to manually install it. There are many … Read more
When you are using a system with multiple user accounts, you have to use switch user option so that other users may access your system. But switching user account is not the optimum solution as it does not end a user’s session. All the opened applications of a user keep running in the background and … Read more
Most Millenials would remember the stand-alone radio device from the old times that was dedicated to one purpose; fetching and playing radio signals from radio stations. Times have changed now and there are multiple applications that let you listen to your favorite radio on your smartphones. Listening to radio on your computer system is a … Read more
This article is about the installation of two famous drawing applications on Ubuntu, that give you the same experience as MS Paint. These are the XPaint and Pinta tools. Both these applications can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Manager and from the command line. For educational purpose we will explain a different method of … Read more
Peek is a screen recorder with an easy to use interface. Peek makes it easy to create short screencasts of a screen area. It was built for the specific use case of recording screen areas, e.g. for easily showing UI features of your own apps or for showing a bug report. With Peek, you simply … Read more
By default, your Ubuntu systems are running the Gnome Screensaver application. In recent past, the Gnome developers have altered the application in a way that it only runs a blank screen when your Ubuntu screen remains idle for a specific time. You can verify that this application is running on your system by entering the … Read more
Although Opera is not the most used and famous browser, it is still robust and compatible across many devices. Recently Opera has been added to the snap store, and now you can install it on any Linux distributions using snap package. Snaps are software packages that auto-update themselves and are safer to run, and now … Read more