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How to install and use Wine for Running Windows Programs on Ubuntu

Run Windows Programs on Ubuntu Linux with Wine

When Linux was originally made public, it lacked many useful applications that the major competitor -Microsoft Windows was successfully running. Linux thus created a compatibility layer, called Wine, through which you can run the Windows applications on Linux itself. Initially,

Karim Buzdar January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Desktop, Linux, Ubuntu Read more

How to Determine Ubuntu version trough GUI and Command Line

Get Ubuntu Version Information

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

Karim Buzdar January 9, 2019 Desktop, Linux, Shell, Ubuntu Read more

5 Ways to open the Ubuntu Terminal application

5 Ways to open Ubuntu Terminal

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

Karim Buzdar January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Desktop, Shell, Ubuntu Read more

How to Install the KDE Plasma Desktop on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Ubuntu KDE Plasma Desktop

A display manager is the component of your Operating system responsible for launching your display server and the login session. This is the reason it is sometimes called the login manager. The layout of the screen that you see while

Karim Buzdar January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Desktop, Ubuntu Read more

How to remove Trash can Icon from your Ubuntu 18.04 desktop

Ubuntu Desktop Trash Icon Removal

The Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system comes with a Trashcan icon on the Desktop, by default. If you want to remove this icon from the Desktop or want to add it in case you can’t find it, the easiest way to

Karim Buzdar December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Desktop, Linux, Ubuntu Read more

How to make VLC Player on Ubuntu look like the Windows Media Player

Ubuntu VLC MediaPlayer Skin

We all have our own preferences when it comes to choosing a media player for our systems. Some prefer the VLC Media player, which is an open source and cross-platform software that acts as a media client for playing a

Karim Buzdar December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Desktop, Linux, Ubuntu Read more

How to add/remove USB and other mounted volumes to/from Ubuntu desktop

USB Device Icons on Ubuntu Desktop

Ubuntu 17.10 and all later versions are equipped with a feature that displays all the mounted devices such as USBs and phones on your Ubuntu desktop. This functionality might be useful to some but may prove to be extra for

Karim Buzdar December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Desktop, Ubuntu Read more

How to View Hidden Files and Folders in Ubuntu File Manager

Show Hidden Files in Ubuntu

If you ever want to view hidden files and folders in the Ubuntu File Manager, you will notice that they are hidden by default. All you will be able to see are the files and folders that you have access

Karim Buzdar December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Desktop, Ubuntu Read more

How to Add the TrashCan to Ubuntu Activities Panel/Dock

Ubuntu - Add TrashCan to Dock

Whenever we want to access our favorite Ubuntu applications, we can add them to the Activities or Dock panel so that we can use them very frequently. It is very simple to add an application to the Activities panel; you

Karim Buzdar December 11, 2018 Desktop, Ubuntu Read more

Find Devices Connected to Your Network with nmap

Ubuntu nmap network scan

As Ubuntu users, we might want to know if we are the only ones using our network, especially wi-fi, or are there any other unwanted users leeching on our network bandwidth. This skill also comes handy when we want to

Karim Buzdar November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Desktop, Ubuntu Read more
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