The Linux Compendium
Gnome Calculator is the default calculator application for Ubuntu. According to the developers, GNOME Calculator is an application that solves mathematical equations. Though it at first appears to be a simple calculator with only basic arithmetic operations, you can switch into Advanced, Financial, or Programming mode to find a surprising set of capabilities. The Advanced … Read more
Rsync (Remote sync) is a useful synchronization tool for copying and synchronizing files and directories in local and remote Linux systems. You can synchronize files between two directories on the same computer, between the directories in two systems on the same network and between two directories on the remote system. In this article, I will … Read more
Qt is a free, open source, and cross-platform application development framework for desktop, embedded and mobile. It supports various platforms such as Linux, OS X, Windows, VxWorks, QNX, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Sailfish OS, and others. More than a programming language. Qt is a framework written in C++. A preprocessor, Meta-Object Compiler is used to extend … Read more
The Linux kernel on Ubuntu is the core of the operating system. It is a mediator interface between the computer hardware and the software applications. As technology progresses, new patches are introduced in order to enhance the functionality, security, and speed of the operating system. We should, therefore, keep checking for kernel updates and upgrade … Read more
Most of the time while downloading large files from the internet, you don’t want to disturb the rest of the network from congestion as most of the network bandwidth will be consumed by the one process. In this article, we will see how to limit network bandwidth in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using Wondershaper. Wondershaper is … Read more
Most operating system and programs especially large one comes in an ISO format containing all required installation files. An ISO file or an ISO image is a perfect representation of all file and folders contained in a CD /DVD. Alternatively, you can say that it is a package all installation files and folder in one … Read more
If you have shifted towards Ubuntu from Windows OS, it will seem hard to use that Linux based OS especially the command line. Because most of the Linux functionalities based on the command line. Even most Linux users prefer to run Linux server distributions that entirely depend on the Terminal with no graphical desktop because … Read more
Your laptop and smartphone’s “battery” is what has given them the status of being portable. This is how much important a battery, its capacity, and its heath is. A battery, when new, is able to run for longer hours but as years pass by, your battery starts providing lesser juice. Therefore, time and again, we … Read more
WildFly, formerly known as JBoss, is a free, open-source, and cross-platform application server which is now developed by Red Hat. WildFly is written in Java and helps you in building great applications. With its pluggable subsystems, you can configure the application as and when you need. In this article, we will explain how a Ubuntu … Read more
Although Linux is popular for being mostly virus-free, there might still exist some-especially if you usually download stuff from unreliable sources. Since viruses are not a major issue in Linux, there is not a huge pool of antivirus software available for this operating system. One of the best among these is the ClamAV antivirus which … Read more