An Interview With Slax Creator Tomas Matejicek Slax is a minimal Linux distribution that works from USB. It is based on Debian and aims to be as much as modular and portable as possible. Slax has been around for more than a decade and half. We published a review for it few months ago, but we wanted to hear more about it […] December 14, 2019December 31, 2019
10 Years of Using Linux: How It Was Before, And How it Became Table of Contents:Drivers… A Horror ShowOffice AppsFlash on LinuxGamingVirtualization and GNOME SupportThe Bottom Line 2020 Marks my 10 years of using Linux, a decade of my life that I also spent in supporting, promoting and developing free software both in my local community and globally. But the Linux ecosystem today was nothing like 10 years […] December 8, 2019December 8, 2019
18 Years Ago, Linux’s Legendary Package Manager Synaptic was Released What is the first thing you do after you install Ubuntu or Debian? For me, and literally for almost everybody I met in the Linux world, the first thing is to install Synaptic. In November 13, Synaptic became 18 years old, and we are here to honor this good piece of software that served us […] November 24, 2019February 16, 2020
Introduction to App Packages on Linux Table of Contents:Historical Background of Packages on LinuxDo You Need App Packages in Your Life?Common and Widely Used App Packages on LinuxSnapsFlatpakAppImageOther MentionsConclusion Historical Background of Packages on Linux When GNU/Linux was introduced in 1991, people used to compile their own software by themselves from the source code. You would simply download each component you […] October 29, 2019November 16, 2019
Ubuntu 19.10 Review: Another Retrofitting Release Table of Contents:Ubuntu 19.10 ReviewGNOME 3.34Experimental ZFS SupportInstalling Chromium From the Repositories Now Installs a Snap InsteadProprietary NVIDIA Drivers Available OfflineUpdated Software & AppearanceConclusion Ubuntu 19.10 was just released few days ago. The new release comes with some interesting features to talk about, along with great software updates that will enhance your everyday usage. The […] October 21, 2019February 16, 2020
Greatest 5 Open Source Log Management Software Table of Contents:What is a Log Management Software?List of Good Open Source Log Management Software1. Elastic Stack2. Graylog3. LOGalyze4. GoAccess5. Nagios Open SourceConclusion Log management is a practice that includes collecting, aggregating, storing, rotating and analyzing a large set of log files that are generated by various computer programs and systems. Log management is important […] September 30, 2019October 31, 2023
7 Top Open Source Machine Learning Systems Table of Contents:Open Source AI/Machine Learning Systems & FrameworksTensorFlowScikit-learnTorchPyTorchMicrosoft Cognitive ToolkitAccord.NETDatumBoxConclusion Artificial intelligence is taking over many sectors in technology in the last few years. Developers from all different backgrounds finally realized the opportunities AI an achieve for them regardless of their needs. And as usual in any new buzz, proprietary solutions are always developed […] September 24, 2019June 30, 2021
Lubuntu, A Once Great Distro, Is Falling Behind Table of Contents:Lubuntu 19.04 ReviewInstallerDesktop EnvironmentSoftware ManagementResourcesConclusion Lubuntu used to be that Linux distribution that you referred a friend to in case he wanted a very lightweight, newbie-friendly yet elegant alternative for Windows. Up to its 18.04LTS release, it indeed worked as expected, but starting with 18.10 where the development team switched to using the […] September 23, 2019February 16, 2020
Overclock your AMD Ryzen Mobile on Linux with Ryzen Controller Table of Contents:Installing Ryzen Controller on LinuxInstalling RyzenAdjInstalling Ryzen ControllerTweaking the SettingsConclusion Overclocking is the process of changing the default clock speed of a computer’s component (CPU, RAM..) into a higher one in order to get a better performance in the PC equipped with it. It’s a very common thing do among gamers. It can […] August 27, 2019August 27, 2019
Here are 4 Nice Firefox +68 Themes That You Can Try Out Table of Contents:List of Good Firefox +68 ThemesGNOME ThemeMaterialFoxelementaryOS ThemeSweet ThemeConclusion Starting with Firefox 57, the famous web browser got a totally new extensions engine beside a lot of changes. Many of these changes rendered some famous theme addons void, as they no longer work with the new engine. However, it’s still possible to customize […] August 9, 2019August 9, 2019
Top 9 Open Source Password Managers for Personal Usage Table of Contents:What is a Password Manager?Why Do you Need a Password Manager?Top Open Source Password Managers1. KeePass2. KeePassX3. TeamPass4. Psono5. Bitwarden6. KeeWebOther Open Source Password ManagersConclusion Many open source software have started to take a good position in many sectors, such as open source ERP, open source speech recognition and open source survey software. […] July 28, 2019October 4, 2023
Get Rainy Mood on GNOME Shell With the Focusli Extension Rainy Mood is a very famous website/app that allows you to listen to the rain, air and thunderstorms sounds any time you want. It helps you to relax, or simply stay focused while trying to maintain your productivity. Listening to it on daily basis while doing your work or study for example can help you […] July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
The Status of Fractional Scaling (HiDPI) Between Windows & Linux Table of Contents:Fractional Scaling on LinuxGNOMEKDEOther DesktopsFractional Scaling (HiDPI) Support on Windows 10Conclusion There’s a special type of displays commonly called “HiDPI“, which means that the number of pixels in the screen is doubled (vertically and horizontally), making everything drawn on the screen look sharper and better. One of the most common examples of HiDPI […] July 21, 2019January 7, 2024
Burn Windows on USB from Linux via WoeUSB A lot of us may need to install Windows side by side with Linux for many tasks, such as Office, games, or some other programs and tools that do not work on Linux distributions. One of the issues that could rise however is that many widely-used burning tools on Linux do not supporting burning Windows […] July 20, 2019September 19, 2019