The Linux Compendium
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
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
Ping or Packet Internet Groper is a network management utility that can check the connection status between a source and destination computer/device over an IP network. It also helps you estimate the time it takes to send and receive a response from the network. We all have our favorite websites that we visit frequently; if … Read more
If you like to run all your tasks through the terminal like I do, you may have noticed how boring it sometimes gets with its black background and white/grey text. Fortunately, there are some ways to bring some life and color to the command line. Some try to change the background to some eye-friendly spot … 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
On computer systems, you either set the clock manually or set it to automatically sync with internet based servers. The best practice is to have it sync automatically with internet time servers unless there is a need of manual setting. Also you should make sure the clock is correctly synchronized otherwise it may cause issues … Read more
Opera may not be one of the most used and famous web browsers today, but it is a fast browser and offers many useful features. It is supported on nearly all major OS platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Mac. Its main feature because of which most of the users preferred it is its built-in … Read more