5 Awesome Command Line Open Source Password Managers Many people seem to like the idea of using the command line for more daily and routinely tasks. The command line is an indeed powerful way to do many tasks quickly without having to waste time in dealing with GUIs. If you are one of those people who like the command line that much, then […] June 8, 2020December 16, 2021
Let’s Discover Xubuntu 20.04 With Xfce 4.14; A Review One of the most gorgeous flavors of Ubuntu is Xubuntu, which is shipped by default with the Xfce desktop. Xfce is a very practical desktop environment that not only “just works”, but is also beautiful in its own characteristic way. Xubuntu 20.04 is the first LTS release to ship with Xfce 4.14, making it also […] June 3, 2020May 26, 2021
Ubuntu MATE 20.04 Is More Polished, Beautiful & Stable Than Ever We chose Ubuntu MATE 19.10 to be the distribution of the year back in 2019 on the FOSS Post. The release was quite unique and full of newly-introduced features back then. With Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS, the comfortability of using Ubuntu MATE as a daily driver for most consumer users has reached new levels. The […] May 23, 2020May 28, 2020
Discuss Your Changes Before Sending Git Pull Requests I have been working for many years now as an open source software developer. I enjoy doing that, but there are some issues that happen when new contributors want to send me a pull request to one of the projects I maintain. The main issue is that new contributors tend to send me pull requests […] May 10, 2020May 19, 2020
Hands on Ubuntu 20.04: The Long-Awaited LTS Around 2 weeks ago Canonical announced the availability of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. An LTS that has been awaited for a very long time since Ubuntu switched into the GNOME desktop by default. It is true that 18.04LTS was there, but it was still a new user experience at the time and many users were hesitant […] May 9, 2020May 26, 2021
Here are the 5 Open Source Prototyping Tools The open source ecosystem is continuously improving. Many years ago we didn’t have specialized apps for engineering, banking, accounting, designing or other type of use cases, but now we do. Each day, new developers are starting to introduce more niche apps in the open source app catalog. In the case of UX and UI designers, […] May 1, 2020January 30, 2023
Uncover Hidden GNOME Settings with Dconf GNOME desktop lacks a serious set of UX improvements when it comes to displaying possible functionalities for each application and its settings. Sometimes users end up not even knowing about the existence of these settings and what they could do for them. But Dconf exists, and it allows you to uncover these hidden features. What […] April 27, 2020March 19, 2024
The Top 5 Open Source Zoom Alternatives With the imposed lockdowns around the world due to the novel Coronavirus, many universities, schools, companies and other organizations were forced to have their classes and meetings remotely. Most of them turned toward Zoom, a famous proprietary solution for video conferencing. But that was a very expensive and chaotic option. What Happened With Zoom? But […] April 22, 2020February 10, 2024
Do your Project Management Remotely With Leantime With many businesses around the world having to close their offices and stay at home due to the novel Coronavirus, new solutions are needed for companies which would like to manage their projects and staff remotely. One could go with the mainstream proprietary solutions for project management, or, you could use an open source solution […] April 16, 2020November 2, 2021
Reasons to Give openSUSE a Try For some reason, all the light goes these days toward distributions like Ubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, Solus… And the other similar ones. But despite being an excellent Linux distribution in itself, openSUSE rarely receives attention in the Linux press and its userbase doesn’t sound to be comparable to other famous Linux distributions. This perhaps could be […] March 27, 2020March 27, 2020
Make Your Linux Look Like Windows XP, 7 and 10 Nostalgia is a weird feeling. I tend to think that most Linux users have spent many years with Windows before switching to Linux, and this – in many cases – leaves them with a nostalgia to the look and feel of Windows operating systems, such as Windows XP, 7 and 10. There are also people […] March 26, 2020September 20, 2023
Tips To Fight Coronavirus, If It Was A File In Linux World The novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) has been spreading over most countries in the world and forcing people to remain inside. But a Linux user is not a real Linux user if he/she doesn’t use the situation to learn new things about the Linux command line while being quarantined in home. Today, we are taking you in […] March 25, 2020June 14, 2020
7 Unusual Linux Distributions To Try While Quarantined This Coronavirus (Covid-19) has been spreading all over the world and forcing people to remain in their homes in fear of reaching them. At the first few days, one will be happy to stay in home after long continuous months of work, but you’ll probably get bored after the first week. Luckily, there are many […] March 22, 2020March 22, 2020
Why Start your Linux Journey with Linux Mint? Linux Mint is one of the most famous desktop Linux distributions. It is based on Ubuntu, and is generally thought to be a beginner-friendly Linux distribution that can be used by anyone, even by new users who are migrating from the Windows world. Mint has been in the scene since 2006, arguable still using the […] March 14, 2020March 29, 2020