Your Ubuntu system uses as the default Terminal application bash or dash. You type your commands against a default prompt that usually lists your username, hostname and current directory in some predefined color theme. The bash provides many customization options
Although there are a lot of newer and faster web browsers available these days, you might still prefer installing and using one of the oldest and stable web browsers currently available. The general opinion is that it is a slower
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
There are many open-source media players available for Linux users over the Internet. A preference of choice comes with the ease of installation and the availability of a stable version. The stable version of VLC 3.0 is out and available
When Linux was originally made public, it lacked many useful applications that the major competitor -Windows was successfully supporting. Linux thus created a compatibility layer, called Wine, which was used to run the Windows applications on Linux itself. Initially, Wine
When you plug in a USB drive on our system, it usually mounts automatically; creating a directory by your username under the media folder. You can also access it through the file manager running on your system. Unfortunately, this is
When we move to a new house, we set it up according to our needs. Same is the case when moving to a new desktop environment. Visibility and ease of use is a great concern for any user when working
Taking timed screenshots is very important for a Linux user, especially when you want to capture your screen or window in a specific state or time. For example, if you want to capture how a program behaves after n seconds,
When we delete a file or folder from our system, it moves to the Trash folder(Linux) or the Recycle Bin(Windows). Time and again, we need to get rid of these mostly useless files and folders residing in our system trash
As we all know, Skype is the most popular platform to connect people through their computer systems. You can freely connect to anyone all around the world through text, voice, and video calls. You can also choose to call people