The Linux Compendium
When you are using a network connection whether a fast or slow, you might often wish to know about the speed of the connection. Actually, It is often useful to check and keep an eye on the network speeds. That requires you to monitor both the upload and download speed at the current time. If … Read more
Until now, Deepin possesses the sleekest desktop environment. It is probably one of the most beautiful and best user-friendly desktop Linux distribution. When we talk about visual appeals, I would not be wrong in saying that it has blown away the Windows 10 and MacOS. Deepin is an elegant and easy to use desktop environment … Read more
Flatpak is a universal package system for software deployments, application virtualization, and most importantly package management that works on all Linux distros. With a Flatpak package, you don’t need to worry about any dependencies and libraries as everything is already bundled within the application itself. A notable feature of Flatpak is that all apps work … Read more
You may have often downloaded some open source software, for instance, various Linux distributions ISO. While downloading, you might also notice a link to download checksum file. What is that link for? Actually, Linux distributions distribute checksum files along with source ISO files to verify the integrity of the downloaded file. Using checksum of the … Read more
Google Drive is a popular cloud storage service that allows you to store and share files. You can access your stored files anytime from anywhere. Currently, for each Google account, it is giving 15 GB space for free. No matter which operating system you are using, you can easily backup your files to Google Drive. … Read more
Linux includes a number of tools nearly for every purpose. No matter what tool you need, you will find everything. Even for backups, it includes a built-in tool Déjà Dup. Déjà Dup is a very simple but powerful GUI tool for backup in Ubuntu. It uses Rsync for incremental backups, encryption, scheduling, and support for … Read more
Ubuntu, as well as any Linux like operating system, comes with free software updates for each user. It releases operating system updates, patches and security fixes regularly for improvements in performance or fixing bugs. It is very crucial to update your Ubuntu operating system up to date because it helps to protect your system against … Read more
Sometimes you may want to display the contents of a file in the columnar format while working on the command line in Linux. Luckily, there is a Linux command Column that allows you to display contents of the file in a columnar format. It is very simple and easy to use command line utility. This … Read more
The Arduino software or IDE (Integrated Development Environment) contains a text editor that is generally used for writing, compiling and uploading code in Arduino hardware. It helps to connect and communicate with the Arduino hardware. Arduino IDE can be run on all major operating system platforms like Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. It is available … Read more
If you have sensitive data on your computer, it should be protected by encryption. Because without encryption, that data will be viewable and accessible to everyone that has access to your system. So instead of leaving the data wide open for everyone, why should not hide it using encryption. Encryption is important in transmission as … Read more