The Linux Compendium
Remember the days when the web was as simple as searchable text. The terminals and low powered personal computers were enough to access the text-based web over snail-paced internet connections. Of course, people then used the command-line web browsers to visit the web; these included the famous Lynx browser as well. Times have changed now, … Read more
If you have set up your Ubuntu system to fetch Automatic Time Zone, it will sync your system through the internet so that it will have the time zone of your closest location. If you want to change the time zone according to your own preference, Ubuntu provides you with two ways to do so; … Read more
As Linux users, we sometimes need to change the MAC address of our network adapters. This process is also called spoofing or faking a MAC address. This article explains how to change a MAC address through an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. What is a MAC Address MAC, that stands for Media Access Control, is a … Read more
Your operating system and all its applications usually maintain a set of fonts that you can use as system fonts and in various desktop and web applications respectively. Let us suppose you want to use a new font in any of your applications, that you saw on the internet. Unfortunately, it is not as simple … Read more
The CAT command in Linux is not only helpful in creating text files, displaying their contents, but also in merging text from two or more text files. The merged text can then be saved to another text file. In this tutorial, you will learn the use of the CAT command to combine text from two … Read more
We all have our preferences when it comes to the application we want to use for opening and working with a certain file type. For example, whenever I start using a new version of an operating system, I install and switch to the VLC media player for playing music and videos. In Ubuntu, you can … Read more
As a command line newbie, you might feel that the same task you quickly used to perform through the graphical interface might ask for a lot of commands in the command line. However, as you slowly become a command line power user through learning, practice, and experience, you will start to notice that the same … Read more
If you have recently switched from Windows to Linux, you might be missing the catchy themes and the customizable taskbars of your desktop. The orange Ubuntu theme might be too plain for you and you may wish to work on a more user-friendly and colorful environment. In this article, we will tell you how to … Read more