This article describes removing software that you do not need, from your Ubuntu system. We are describing software removal both through the graphical user interface-Ubuntu Software manager and the command line-the Terminal. Please note that you need administrative privileges in
What is VirtualBox? VirtualBox is a free and open source, cross-platform, software for creating, running and managing virtual machines on your system. VirtualBox was originally created by Innotek GmbH and released in 2007. The company was later purchased by Sun
What is JDownloader? JDownloader is a Java-oriented download management application designed for easy and fast downloading. It is a free and mostly open-source (GPLv3 licensed with some closed-source parts) downloading tool with a huge community of developers working on making
Being a Terminal-savvy person, you may always be looking for ways to ditch the mouse. Creating a text file is one task for which you can depend only on your keyboard on an Ubuntu system. Three commands from the Linux
At times, we are running some important applications on our system but for some reason, our system goes into hibernation mode. We do not want to lose the applications that we were running and want to restore the system to
The Flash Player is a plugin for web browsers that you need in order to watch videos and interactive content on some websites. Although most of the modern websites use HTML5 that does not require Flash, there are still some
If you have more than one user on your Linux system, you might not want all of them to perform administrative tasks or mess up with private system settings. In that case, you can avoid giving administrative privileges on your
The Linux touch command can be used for much more than simply creating an empty file on Linux. You can use it to change the timestamp of existing files including their access as well as modification times. This article presents
If you are new to Java Programming in the Ubuntu operating system, this simple tutorial will guide you along in writing and compiling your first Java Hello World program. The applications that you need for this purpose include the Java
What is a computer name (hostname)? Your computer name, in technical terms, is also referred to as the hostname of your computer system. A hostname is how other computers recognize your computer over a local network. Like on the Internet,