With so much going on in our lives these days, it sometimes becomes really difficult to remember the small things such as paying bills, making an important call, getting an appliance serviced, and more. Agreed, this is the age of smartphones, and there are a plethora of apps that claim to help you with all … Read more
You probably know that an ISO file can be burned onto a CD/DVD or USB drive, but did you know that you can easily back up or archive your files and folders into an ISO file as well? With this ISO file you can then burn it onto a CD/DVD as a backup or simply … Read more
If you want to create a bootable USB installer in Ubuntu, the default application for this is “Startup Disk Creator” that is preinstalled in the system. However, this application is buggy and doesn’t work well sometimes. What is unknown to many is that the preinstalled Gnome Disks (part of the Gnome desktop package) comes with … Read more
For too long Mozilla has been running with a very dated web-rendering engine. Google, Microsoft, Apple and even Opera have passed them by as they embrace Webkit, Blink, or whatever it is that Edge runs on. Suffice it to say, the modern browsers are running on some killer rendering engines with a lot of power … Read more
Normally we use the clear command or press “Ctrl + L” to clear the terminal screen in Linux. Although it works, in reality the screen is not cleared – only the previous output is shifted upwards outside of the viewable area. But what if the requirement is to actually clear the terminal screen? In this … Read more
Computers have, no doubt, become an indispensable part of our daily routine. Whether you are a computer professional or someone who is hooked to services like Facebook and Twitter, spending hours sitting in front of computers has kind of become a new normal, despite the fact that it negatively affects our health – be it … Read more
MyCroft is a totally open-source “smart AI” platform, similar to the likes of Google Now, Amazon Echo, and Microsoft Cortana. Sure, Amazon Echo might be able to order you some pizza, but the MyCroft Assistant can adjust your lights, tweak your thermostat, play your Spotify library, execute actions on your Linux desktop (think launching Firefox … Read more
Among the plethora of options available on Microsoft’s Windows OS, Notepad++ is arguably one of the most popular text and source code editors. However, sadly, it’s not available on Linux, making the life of those who are used to this editor and are switching from Windows to Linux a bit more difficult. If you’ve just … Read more
If you are a Flickr fan as well as a Linux user, you probably know that the only way you can access the service officially is through its Web app. While that’s not an issue, per se, there’s a large section of Internet users that prefer using dedicated client applications to access Web-based services, which … Read more
If you’ve paid any attention to the Linux community as of late, you’d think there was a packaging war going on. On one side you have Ubuntu’s Snappy packages, a technology originally just created for Ubuntu. Now, with the release of Snapd, it can be run on nearly anything. On the other side you have … Read more