The Linux Compendium
Even with the emergence and widespread use of modern file transfer protocols and devices, Bluetooth is still a trusted method for file transfers and device connection to and from your system. Your system may or may not come with built-in Bluetooth stack. You can, however, use an external bluetooth dongle to get your goal. This … Read more
Whenever you want to install a software package to your Ubuntu system, you first refer to the official Ubuntu repository listed in your system’s sources.list file. If the software is not available there, you can install it through any PPA repository it is available on. PPA repositories are unofficial repositories of those software packages that … Read more
People change DNS settings for a lot of reasons. Sometimes the websites are not loading properly, sometimes the scripts of the web page are not functioning properly. Usually flushing the DNS cache can help resolve most of the issues but if it is not working for you then changing the DNS settings might help you … Read more
While working with images, even as an amateur, we frequently encounter the seemingly simple task of resizing and cropping our image files. Let us first see how cropping and resizing are different from each other. Resizing Vs Cropping Resizing an image means changing how heavy the image is. In other words, you can effectively bring … Read more
Mumble is a free, open source, low-latency, and high-quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming. Murmur is the server side of the Mumble client. This article explains how to install Mumble and Murmur on your Ubuntu, both through the UI and the command line. We have run the commands and procedures mentioned … Read more
What is PowerShell? Microsoft PowerShell is a shell framework used to execute commands, but primarily it is developed to perform administrative tasks such as Automation of repetitive jobs Configuration management PowerShell is an open-source and cross-platform project; it can be installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It includes an interactive command-line shell and a scripting … Read more
Looking for Ubuntu version and system information on your machine can come in handy in a variety of scenarios such as downloading the relevant build of software according to your OS version. It also helps in knowing your OS version when you might be getting help from online forums or working with development environments. If … Read more
Although Ubuntu users these days get to perform various operations through programs having high-end GUIs, there are multiple reasons to use the Linux command line called the Terminal. Through Terminal, you can access many powerful native Linux commands as well as the empowering command-line features of many desktop applications. You can install software to Ubuntu … Read more
If you are a true command line-savvy person like me, you might notice that the Terminal application is almost always open on your Ubuntu. Even if it’s not, you might find it a hassle to open the Terminal again and again for frequent use. If that’s the case, we would recommend you a drop-down console … Read more
Python is an object-oriented, interpreted, high-level programming language created by Guido van Rossum and was first released in 1991. It reduces the cost of program maintenance with its easy to learn syntax and high user readability. It encourages program modularity and thus code reuse by supporting modules and packages based programming concept. The Python interpreter … Read more