3 Best Free Photoshop Alternatives for Ubuntu, Linux

Photoshop is a raster graphics image editor and manipulator developed by Adobe. This decade old software is a de facto standard for the photographic industry. However, it is a paid product and doesn’t run on Linux. Though nothing technically replace a software however below three free apps which comes close to the Photoshop in terms […]

How to Schedule Files Backups to Google Drive on Ubuntu

The Deja Dup backup tool is preinstalled on the Ubuntu desktop by default — but like many, I don’t use it. Or rather I didn’t, not until this week when I learned that Deja Dup can backup files to Google Drive automatically. Simple, zero-fuss backups, at that. Thanks to some spiffy GNOME Online Accounts integration Deja Dup […]

How to Fix – Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock Error in Ubuntu

This tutorial would help you to fix the error could not get lock or unable to lock the administration directory in Ubuntu. E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? While performing any command line operation using apt, […]

How to Use Emoji on Ubuntu

Want to quickly and effortlessly type emoji on Ubuntu? Well, you can — and in this short post we show you how. With the release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you can use emoji on Ubuntu right out of the box, so you already have everything you need. Nope, you won’t need to install third-party apps or emoji keyboards, […]

Using Flatpak on Ubuntu and Other Linux [Complete Guide]

Brief: Flatpak is a new universal packaging format from Fedora. Enabling Flatpak will give you access to the easy installation of many Linux applications. Here’s how to use Flatpak in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. Installing an application in Linux is as easy as opening the Software Center, searching and installing it. The applications which […]

Set a Different Wallpaper for Each Monitor on Ubuntu

Want to display a different wallpaper on dual monitors you use with Ubuntu 17.10 (or any GNOME-based Linux distro)? The GNOME desktop doesn’t (currently) support multi-monitor wallpapers natively Linux users who want to set a different wallpaper for each monitor currently to use a third-party app or extension. One such app is HydraPaper. Set Different Wallpapers on […]