Add a Blur Effect to GNOME Shell with this New Extension

It’s a straight-forward GNOME extension that adds a blur effect to the Activities Overview screen. A well-stocked settings section provides enough sliders and switches to appease even the most ardent themers among you. For instance, the app supports a configurable blur radius (with live preview); lets you toggle on/off the vignette effect (which darkens the edges […]

GNOME Pie App Launcher Serves Up a New Release

A fresh slice of GNOME Pie, a slick animated application launcher for Linux, is now available. GNOME Pie 0.7.1 arrives out of the oven with basic Wayland support, some minor usability and interaction improvements, plus a layer of pastry flavored patches for previously pernickety problems. The code for bookmark monitoring has been simplified, meaning GNOME Pie should […]

Difference Between apt vs apt-get Explained

Brief: This article explains the difference between apt and apt-get commands of Linux. It also lists some of the most commonly used apt commands that replace the older apt-get commands. One of the noticeable new features of Ubuntu 16.04 was the ‘introduction’ of apt command. The reality is that the first stable version of apt was released in the […]

digiKam 5.6 Professional Photo Management Application Stable Version Released For Ubuntu/Linux Mint

digiKam is digital photo management application for specially designed for KDE desktop environment. Digital photo management program designed to import, organize, enhance, search and export your digital images to and from your computer. It provides a simple interface which makes importing and organizing digital photographs a “snap”. The photos are organized in albums which can be […]

How to enable and disable write protection on a USB flash drive

Using DiskPart to change read-only settings You can use the Windows DiskPart command line utility to enable or disable read-only mode on your removable disk. Press Win+R to open the Run box. Type diskpart and press enter. If you receive a User Account Control prompt asking you for permission to continue, click Yes. At the DISKPART> prompt, type list disk and press enter. From the size of the disk, […]

How to Repair Corrupted Windows System Files with the SFC and DISM Commands

If you’ve been experiencing system or application crashes in Windows, it’s possible system files have become corrupt or that other system damage has occurred. Here’s what you can do about it. If Windows is experiencing blue-screen or other crashes, applications are failing, or some Windows features just aren’t working properly, there are two system tools that might be […]