LuckyBackup – Backup & sync your data with the power of rsync on Ubuntu

luckyBackup is an application that backs-up and/or synchronizes any directories with the power of rsync. Its main features are: backup, safety, synchronization, exclude/only include options, allows custom rsync options, remote connections, restore and dry-run operations, scheduling, profiles and command line mode. It is simple to use, fast (transfers over only changes made and not all […]

Install Nvidia 367.27 Drivers in Ubuntu 16.04/15.10

Nvidia designs graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming market, as well as system on a chip units (SOCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market. Nvidia’s primary GPU product line, labeled “GeForce”, is in direct competition with Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) “Radeon” products. Nvidia expanded its presence in the gaming industry with its handheld […]

Back In Time | a simple backup system for Linux

About Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux inspired from “flyback project” and “TimeVault”. The backup is done by taking snapshots of a specified set of directories. Up to 1.0.40 there was two GUI available: Gnome and KDE 4 (>= 4.1). Starting with 1.1.0 there only one QT GUI. All you have […]

Media Player Indicator Is A Slick Sound Menu for GNOME Shell 

IBodging around in the Budgie desktop for the past couple of days I’ve gotten used to the (rather awesome) music player integration in the ‘Raven’ sidebar. Like the Sound Menu you’ve probably used on Ubuntu’s Unity desktop, Raven’s media player controls appear when compatible apps (those that support MPRIS2) are open. So logging in to GNOME […]

Remember The Milk Now Has an Official Linux App 

Remember the Milk for Linux At the end of last month, without so much as a moo, the popular to-do service Remember The Milk (RTM) introduced a new desktop Linux app. Remember The Milk for Linux joins the company’s herd of desktop and mobile clients, and features the same fresh interface that the web-based task management and to-do service introduced earlier this year. Technically […]

Windows 8.x or 10: fix boot problems

Windows 8.x or 10: fix boot problems Back to the home page Boot problems with Windows 8.x or 10, can often be solved in the following manner. 1. If you don’t have an install DVD of Windows 8.x or 10, then download a free evaluation copy of Windows 8.1 or a free evaluation copy of […]

[How To] See Android Notifications on The Ubuntu Desktop

Native Pushbullet notifications on Ubuntu Pushbullet is a popular service that lets you quickly share links, files and messages between your smart devices and your regular desktop OS. Better still, the free service also lets you see Android app notifications on the Ubuntu desktop! How? Well, that depends. There are two main ways to get Pushbullet notifications […]

KDE Connect Indicator: Use KDE Connect On Desktop Environments That Use App Indicators (Unity, Pantheon, Etc.)

KDE Connect is a tool which allows you integrate the KDE Plasma Workspace with your smartphone (Android only for now), via WiFi.  With the help of KDE Connect Indicator, you can now use KDE Connect in desktops which support Ubuntu AppIndicators, such as Unity, Pantheon (elementary OS), Xfce (Xubuntu) and so on. For those who […]