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 […]
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 […]
Want to access your Google Drive files natively on Ubuntu? Sure you do, and you can. If you read this site regularly (or are fairly up-to-speed in all things Linux) then you’ll know that GNOME 3.18brought with it the nifty ability to access your Google Drive files on Linux through the Nautilus file manager. ‘Get […]
Screenshots come in handy in many situations. For example, while making tutorials, discussing problems, or sharing information. What I mean to say is that it’s a very common activity, so much so that there’s a dedicated keyboard button to take screenshots. However still, there are many screenshot taking applications available in the market, and their […]
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 […]
Glances is a cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum of information in a minimum of space, ideally to fit in a classical 80×24 terminal or higher to have additional information. It can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on the terminal size. It can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring […]
Getting Started with Ubuntu 16.04 Getting Started with Ubuntu 16.04 is a comprehensive beginners guide for the Ubuntu operating system. Getting Started with Ubuntu 16.04 is not intended to be a comprehensive Ubuntu instruction manual. It is a quick-start guide that will get you doing the things you need to do with your computer easily, […]
Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.” Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients. Install Samba Server in Ubuntu Use the following command to install samba packages sudo apt-get install samba samba-common This will […]
It’s a been a couple of years since I last wrote anything about the Budgie desktop environment. You might think that was intentional but it wasn’t. Fact is, I didn’t know the project was still going, not until a Twitter follow (in a tweet I can no longer find, but thanks if it was you) asked […]
How To Install Unity Mail on Ubuntu 16.04 Unity Mail back in 2011 Do you remember a small little Ubuntu app called Unity Mail? A small app, it let you see the number of unread messages in your Gmail (or other webmail) account on the Unity launcher without the (comparative) hassle of setting up or running a fully fledged desktop e-mail […]
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