ImageMagick is a suite of tools for Linux which allows you to manipulate images from the command line. The “convert” command allows you to perform image conversions and image transformations, and you can use the “identify” command to view the Exif data in your images. Another tool from the suite is “montage” which allows you … Read more
Microsoft has announced that on April 8, 2014, it will stop supporting Windows XP. This means that the 12-year-old OS will no longer receive security updates to fix vulnerabilities which have been reported to Microsoft. The result is that hackers could increase their attacks on Windows XP users, especially in the case of any zero-day … Read more
If you have been using Dropbox in your Ubuntu (or any other distro) machine, after one of the upgrades, you might have noticed that it is starting to prompt you to enter your password and run as a superuser. This is not a normal incident as Dropbox is installed in your local home folder and … Read more
When you are working on your computer, you probably need to work with several applications. For example, when I am writing an article, I need to open up applications like Firefox, Hotshots, GIMP, Autokey etc. The standard way is to open the applications one at a time. A more productive way is to open these … Read more
There was a time, back in the day, when having two screens on a computer was the sole privilege of advanced workstations used by graphics studios and designers. However, those days are long gone and now almost anyone can add a second (or even third) monitor to their PC, even humble Linux users! To add … Read more
We have previously shown you how you can use “script” command to record your terminal session in Linux. The only drawback with this is that the output is in a text file. If you would like the output to be in video format to easily share with your firends, here are two applications you can … Read more
If you have been a long-time Linux user, you probably are using your favorite distro, or a desktop environment that can improve your productivity. But what if you are planning to switch from Windows to Linux and you are not sure of which distro to use? To make thing worse, you do some research and … Read more
Have you ever wanted to convert a media file from one format to another only to find that you don’t have the tool to do it? Even if you did have converter software, most only support certain file types (like music or video) and you probably have to install several converter software programs to convert … Read more
It is very unlikely that you are using Ubuntu PC with only the packages included in the basic installation. Over time, you have probably installed different packages from the Ubuntu Software Center and you may have even added the occasional application via a Personal Package Archive (PPA). However, if you need to re-install Ubuntu, for … Read more
Mozilla has a popular set of Internet applications, the most famous of which is Firefox. Also available is an email application called Thunderbird and a all-in-one internet suite (which incorporates Firefox and Thunderbird plus a HTML Editor, an IRC chat program and some web development tools) called Seamonkey. New versions of all these programs are … Read more