Fix Bluetooth rtl8761b Problem on Linux (Ubuntu 22.04) Linux has sadly many problems when it comes to Bluetooth, or at least, some specific distributions of it. We have seen a case before where many Bluetooth devices were actually supported by the kernel, but an issue in USB power management caused these devices to not work for a very, very long time on various […] May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
How to Install Firefox as a DEB Package on Ubuntu 22.04 The most notable change you’ll notice in Ubuntu 22.04 is that the Firefox browser is no longer installed on the system as a traditional DEB package. Instead, it is now being installed as a Snap package. From developer’s point of view, the eases the update process and ensures that all Ubuntu users are using the […] April 24, 2022April 24, 2022
Extend Ubuntu LTS Support Period to 10 Years With Ubuntu Advantage Historically, Ubuntu Long-term support (LTS) versions were always supported with updates for 5 years after the release date. So for example, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS was supported with updates from 2012 to 2017. However, Canonical announced last year that it is going to extend this support period up to 10 years for Ubuntu Advantage users. Ubuntu […] March 13, 2022March 13, 2022
Adjusting NordVPN Settings on Linux NordVPN is one of the most common VPN providers in the world. They have a Linux version which works on both RPM-based and Debian-based distributions. Sadly, they do not provide a GUI client for Linux, only a command line interface. That’s why it could be tricky to adjust NordVPN settings on Linux. How to Adjust […] January 12, 2022April 30, 2022
My Linux Kernel Didn’t Support My Bluetooth Adapter, So I Patched It I bought a cheap Bluetooth 5.0 adapter from a local market (What a mistake!), and it was too cheap to the level that it didn’t have a vendor name on it. Probably one of these poor-quality adapters that are being sold everywhere. Sadly, it didn’t work on my Linux distribution (Kernels 5.5, 5.6, 5.7..). Bluetooth […] July 18, 2020November 5, 2021
How to Install Chromium as a DEB Package on Ubuntu 22.04 One of the most negatively-received updates since the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release is that the famous Chromium browser was changed from being a DEB package (Debian package as .deb) into being a Snap package. This rendered the browser useless because it takes 10 seconds to launch each time you want to use it, and it […] June 18, 2020April 24, 2022
Live Sketch Your Educational Screencasts With Flameshot on Linux Flameshot is one of the best screenshot tools that work on Linux. The beautiful thing about Flameshot is that it allows you to do modifications on the screenshots that you just took in-place; Meaning that you don’t need to open the image in another image editing program to do your edits, as you can do […] June 13, 2020August 6, 2021
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
How to Install Matlab on Linux Matlab is one of the most famous and successful software projects ever. It’s the industry’s leading computing environment for all types of analytical/mathematical engineering works you may think of. It’s a fully functional programming language as well. I tend to think about it just like one of my professors told me many years ago: “What […] June 6, 2019October 13, 2021
Create a Custom System Tray Indicator For Your Tasks on Linux System Tray icons are still considered to be an amazing functionality today. By just right-clicking on the icon, and then selecting which actions you would like to take, you may ease your life a lot and save many unnecessary clicks on daily basis. When talking about useful system tray icons, examples like Skype, Dropbox and […] March 2, 2019January 7, 2020
Install Android 8.1 Oreo on Linux To Run Apps & Games android x86 is a free and an open source project to port the android system made by Google from the ARM architecture to the x86 architecture, which allow users to run the android system on their desktop machines to enjoy all android functionalities + Apps & games. The android x86 project finished porting the android […] February 17, 2019December 16, 2021
Learn How to Get the Download Stats of any Ubuntu PPA Whether it was for research purposes, or just general curiosity to know which packages and repositories are more popular than the others on Ubuntu, you may would like to find the download statistics of a certain package from an Ubuntu PPA (personal package archive). Luckily, we have a good way for you to do this […] December 1, 2018December 23, 2018
Burn ISO Images to USB on Linux Easily Using FMW There are a lot of tools and methods which you can use to write ISO images of Linux distributions and other systems into USB sticks. Things like dd or unetbootin probably would just work with you. However, if you are looking for another graphical tool which you can always depend on-and by always we really […] July 11, 2017June 14, 2021
Install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Linux to Run Apps & Games Installing Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Linux may be the quest of many of you if you want to run your favorite applications and games while you are still using Linux operating system. In this tutorial we’ll explain how to do that in a few easy steps. Android Marshmallow is the latest official release from Google […] August 17, 2016December 23, 2018
