The Linux Compendium
If you’re a developer looking for a reliable, open-source, cross-platform web development framework for Linux, Ruby on Rails is a great choice for you. It helps them build applications and websites by abstracting and simplifying the repetitive tasks that occur during development. It is called Ruby on Rails because Rails is written in the Ruby … Read more
Some users do not prefer Linux for the reason that they do not find their favorite Windows applications within the Linux software center and repositories. Although the solution exists for this problem that is Wine – the Windows-compatibility environment that lets you install Windows programs on Linux. But the problem with the Wine is that … Read more
Most of the Windows users know the basic use of the Task Manager. Task manager is a Windows utility through which users can monitor the currently running processes. Similarly in Ubuntu, the htop utility provides the same functionality with more advanced features. Htop is the improved version of the top command-line utility. Using the htop … Read more
While working with the Terminal, we sometimes require copying a long command, file name or text from the web, a tutorial, or simply from some text file. You might have observed that the simple pasting control, Ctrl+V does not work in the Terminal. We all know that copying a text requires selecting it and then … 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
IDLE stands for Integrated Development Environment. It is a graphical user interface for Python development is well suited for newbies since it has a simple IDE feature list. The IDE allows you to edit, execute and debug Python programs in an easy GUI environment. It is supported on all major platforms, like Windows, Linux, Mac … Read more
In Linux, the sudo command allows us to perform administrative tasks. However, you might have noticed that you have to provide sudo password again after some period of inactivity. It occurs because of the time limit for your sudo session which is 15 minutes by default. If you execute a sudo command along with a … Read more
NFS or Network File System is a distributed file system protocol originally developed only by Sun Microsystems. Through NFS, you can allow a system to share directories and files with others over a network. By sharing NFS files, users and even programs can access information on remote systems almost as if they were on a … Read more
If you use any of your devices that operate on a battery quite often, then it gets very important for you to keep an eye on your power consumption. At times when you overlook this aspect, the batteries of your devices get drained very quickly due to poor usage. Therefore, you should always keep track … Read more