The Linux Compendium
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 anyone who has more useful data residing on the desktop. These volume labels mostly do … 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
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 to. For example, this is the standard view of the Home folder in Ubuntu: This … Read more
When I recently shifted to Ubuntu 18.04, I noticed that there was no option in the right-click menu of Nautilus to create an empty text file. Of course, I could use the command line to quickly create a new document or even use the Text Editor to create a new file, but that is not … 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
At times we need to encrypt highly confidential data on our systems in a way that no other person using our system can tell that we have hidden any information. One way of doing this is hiding files and secret messages inside other existing files such as images and audio. This is also pretty helpful … Read more
As an Ubuntu system Administrator, you might want to know since when the system is running. This is especially helpful if you want to troubleshoot power or scheduling related problems. Although there are many open-source applications that you can install and use for this purpose, the Ubuntu ‘uptime’ command is the simplest to use and … Read more
Screen recording or screencasting is a very important task that we have to perform while making video tutorials for software applications. You can use the screen recordings in your presentations, how-to tutorials and software reviews that you can share with people on the Internet. Not only technical people, but everyday users also need to record … Read more
When we view the contents of a Directory in Ubuntu, they are listed on the basis of the file and folder names. Sometimes, we need to sort the contents of the directory to make the list more informative for us. For example, in order to view which file/folder is taking more space on your system, … Read more
What is grep? The grep utility that we will be getting a hold of today is a Unix tool that belongs to the same family as the egrep and fgrep utilities. These are all Unix tools designed for performing the repetitive searching task on your files and text. You can search for files and their … Read more