Watch out for the evil Dirty Cow! how to avoid it – YouTube
In this video we talk about patching your Ubuntu LTS Linux Kernel to address the Dirty Cow bug.
How to Monitor Your Computer’s CPU Temperature in Windows
There are two groups of users worried about the temperature of their computer: overclockers… and pretty much anybody with a powerful laptop. Those things just cook you! So have you ever wondered exactly what temperature your CPU is running at? There are quite a few Windows programs that you can use to monitor the temperature. Here […]
Desktop Gmail Client `WMail` 2.0.0 Stable Released
Bringing Gmail & Google Inbox to the desktop in a neatly packaged app WMail was created to make your webmail feel right at home on your laptop or computer. It keeps the best of Gmail and Google Inbox whilst adding all those extra bits that you miss when using them in a web browser WMail […]
flowblade/Multitrack non-linear video editor
Flowblade Movie Editor is a multitrack non-linear video editor for Linux.With Flowblade Movie Editor you can compose movies from video clips, audio clips and graphics files. Clips can be cut at the desired frames, filters can be added to clips, and you can create multilayer composite images using compositor objects. In Flowblade clips are usually […]
Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.8.2 on Ubuntu 16.10, ubuntu 16.04, ubuntu 15.10 and Linux Mint 18
Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds (with help from various developers), Linux is a clone of the UNIX operating system. It is geared towards POSIX and […]
How to Add Custom Text Shortcuts to Android
If you find yourself typing the same email addresses, phrases, or sentences over and over again, stop—there’s an easier way! By adding a quick text shortcut to your Android phone’s personal dictionary, you can type a full sentence with just a few letters. You may not be able to think of certain things you type repeatedly, but if […]
From the Canyon Edge: Hotfix Your Ubuntu Kernels with the Canonical Livepatch Service!
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS’s 4.4 Linux kernel includes an important new security capability in Ubuntu — the ability to modify the running Linux kernel code, without rebooting, through a mechanism called kernel livepatch. Today, Canonical has publicly launched the Canonical Livepatch Service — an authenticated, encrypted, signed stream of Linux livepatches that apply to the 64-bit […]
SpaceView: Ubuntu File System Usage Indicator Ubuntu / Linux
The AppIndicator displays a list of devices in its menu, and clicking on any of them sets it as default, displaying its free space directly on the panel. From its preferences, you can assign an alias to each device, select the panel icon color, or set the warning threshold (when the free space reaches the […]
What’s Your Favourite App Launcher for Linux?
Sometimes there are apps that I want to write about but I’m uncertain of why I want to write about them. Case in point today is Synapse, a smart application launcher (and then some), a one-time mainstay on many a Linux desktop. You’ve probably either read about the app or tried it at some point since its debut way back […]
How to Force Windows to Show All Your Drives in File Explorer
By default, Windows hides empty drives from your File Explorer view. Here’s how to display all of them instead. Empty drives mostly refers to drives with removable media–such as card readers–that are permanently connected to your computer but may or may not have actual media plugged in. Windows assigns those drives a permanent drive letter, […]
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