Overview Mail Notification monitors your mailboxes for new mail. When new mail arrives, Mail Notification alerts you by displaying an icon in the notification area. Moreover, a mail summary can be displayed in the icon tooltip, a sound can be played, and notifications containing useful action buttons can be popped up. Mail Notification can monitor […]
A selection box of apps Open-source software isn’t limited to the desktop. There are plenty of really interesting and home-spun apps available on mobile platforms, like Android. In this post — which pedants should note is filed under Tangentially Related Content™ — we’re going to spotlight seven awesome open-source Android apps. They’re all ones Sam, Scott or myself make […]
If you need to access an FTP server, you can install dedicated FTP clients with lots of features –but you don’t necessarily have to. Windows itself offers several ways for connecting to an FTP server, allowing you to download and upload files in a pinch. How to Access FTP Servers in Windows’ File Explorer The Windows file manager–known as […]
Unmaximized… Making the GNOME top panel transparent is something a lot of users like to do — but it can look a little out of place when you maximise a window. Dynamic TopBar is a nifty little extension for the GNOME Shell desktop that “makes the top bar transparent when no window is maximized.” Maximized And […]
If you’ve accidentally turned on Caps Lock too many times–we’ve all been there–here is a solution. You can add an indicator to the top panel that shows the status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock keys, that notifys you when one of them is pressed. Sure, you could disable or reassign the Caps Lock […]
This video shows you hot to refresh network/internet connections. Refresh Network Connections Script Commands For Upstart: sudo service network-manager restart For systemd: sudo systemctl restart network-manager Create a script to run this command with one click: nano refresh-net Add to file: #!/bin/bash # Refresh network connections sudo service network-manager restart sleep 5 exit Ctrl+o […]
Linus Torvalds introduced the Linux kernel 4.8. You can download the relevant deb packages from HERE and install them. Or just follow the instructions given below that will help you to install a new kernel multiple commands in terminal. The new version made about 13 thousand corrections from 1500 developers, the size of the patch 41 MB changes 11303 files, added 627751 […]
Looking for laptop overheating solutions in Linux? Trust me, you are the not the only one facing laptop overheating issue in Linux. As the mercury rises in the summer season, the fan speed of the computer goes nuts. If you are using a laptop, it becomes unbearable to use it in your lap for its bottom is […]
Filters, cropping and direct messaging are among the latest improvement arriving in an update to Instagraph, theunofficial third-party Instagram app for Ubuntu Touch. Instagraph 0.0.3 adds much-missed image manipulation tools. You can now crop photos, make various edits to them (e.g., adjust brightness, enhance saturation, focus blur, etc) and apply Instagram-esque photo filters with a single tap. […]
Would you be interested in buying a truly open-source phone running free software? Silly question — of course you would. Now Purism, a small hardware company famed for selling a range of Linux laptops that ship with only free open-source software in the kernel and OS, is turning its attentions to the mobile space. They’re beginning working on a new device called the […]
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