The Linux Compendium
RoR or Ruby on Rails is an open source, cross-platform web development framework that provides a structure to the developers for their code. It helps them create applications and websites by abstracting and simplifying the repetitive tasks faced during development. It is called Ruby on Rails because Rails is written in the Ruby programming language, … Read more
What is VT and why is it required? The Virtualization Technology enables your processor to act as a number of independent computer systems. This enables several operating systems to be running on the same machine at the same time. Whenever you want to install virtualization applications on your Ubuntu system such as VMware Workstation, VirtualBox … Read more
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