I was trying to install Inkscape on my Ubuntu test PC via Terminal, but Ubuntu says that “inkscape is already the newest version”, “0 upgraded, 0 newly installed”. But I couldn’t locate the program in the ‘Applications’ nor was able …
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Live weather updates on your desktop in the form of an applet is a great way to have instant temperature updates in your region. OpenWeather GNOME shell extension for your Fedora workstation helps you in giving that beautiful and functional …
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The kernel is the core element of any Linux-based OS that provides some mediation between the hardware and software of the computer system. That implies on any hardware device running with some software.
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Linux Kernel is constantly updated with new features, bug fixes, performance improvements, and security loop hole fixes. Since Linux distributions can’t catch up immediately with the independent Linux Kernel updates, a Linux distribution typically won’t bundle with latest Linux Kernel. …
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Don’t worry, I’m not going to write another wiki article on Linux Kernel (I know there is Wikipedia for that!), but rather I’m going to explain Linux Kernel for an end-user in simple layman’s terms. What is Linux Kernel? Linux …
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Many users of Ubuntu 16.04 users are reporting problems with laptop not going to suspend/sleep mode when the lid is closed. This is a confirmed bug in Ubuntu 16.04, and developers are working on a permanent fix to this problem.
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Spotify is an immensely popular music streaming service used world-wide and across a plethora of devices. It comes with free, as well as a paid subscription. When it comes to the music library, Spotify has it all with over a …
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HandBrake 1.0 video converter got released with a slew of new features including support for Intel QuickSync Video H.265/HEVC encoding and support for Passthru of E-AC-3, FLAC, and TrueHD audio formats. It also comes with several handy presets for quick encoding. …
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I like Fedora’s default video player for its simplicity, but all these days I’m used to VLC media player and can’t do without it. One of the first things I did after Fedora 25 installation is installing VLC Media Player …
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Solus was launched in 2011 with the Debian flavor. The team then decided to start from scratch rather than proceeding with the carryover development. Solus uses Budgie desktop environment and eopkg for package management. Starting from scratch comes with a lot of …