How To Install & Use QEMU To Virtually Set up Operating Systems QEMU is a virtualization technology emulator that allows you to run operating systems and Linux distributions easily on your current system. It is like VMware or VirtualBox, but it is also free and open source, and uses open technologies to make virtualization possible. You can use it to emulate running any operating system you want […] February 14, 2024February 17, 2024
How to Install Firefox as a DEB Package on Ubuntu and Debian 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 developers point of view, this eases the update process and ensures that all Ubuntu users are using the […] January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
How to Take a Screenshot on Linux Like a Pro There are many reasons why you might want to take a screenshot on Linux: To showcase a problem, share something on your screen with a friend, or capture something appearing on your screen for memory. In any case, you will need to use special software for this task. And in this detailed article, we will […] August 22, 2023September 19, 2023
How to View and Remove File Metadata on Linux Whenever you create a new file, whether using your office application, digital camera or video editor, a set of metadata fields are – most of the time – created as well on your new file. These metadata fields are hidden and you can’t see them in the file itself, but they might be revealing a […] May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Enable Zram on Linux For Better System Performance zRAM is a Linux kernel module that allows the creation of Swap devices on memory. But the catch is that it does not just create them there; it also compresses them so that the system can store more data in memory, which allows accessing this data much faster than a traditional swap on SSD or […] February 24, 2023February 23, 2024
Best Method to Limit Social Media Time on Your Browser Social media addiction is a huge problem in many parts of the world. The average internet user now spends around 2:27 hours each day on social media, and this, in turn, causes a significant number of other psychological problems to human beings. You should start your own journey to get rid of that addiction, and we […] February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
Run Multiple GNOME Virtual Boxes Parallelly on Linux GNOME Boxes is a utility that easily allows you to create “virtual boxes” where you can run any operating system or Linux distribution virtually on your system. The utility is installed by default on many Linux distributions. If you don’t have it installed on your system, then you can run the following command (for Ubuntu) […] February 14, 2023February 14, 2023
Bypassing Government Censorship Around NordVPN on Linux Many governments around the world block access to VPN services so that their citizens don’t bypass their censorship. Most of the time they can’t block access entirely, but they can make it harder by blocking access to the main website of the VPN service, or the VPN servers which belong to it. In Turkiye for […] February 4, 2023February 4, 2023
Install Redshift to Get Night Light on Linux Looking to the default blue light emitted by computers all the time is not recommended; as it leads to eye strain and other health issues. You will notice this the most if you try to use your computer at night, and you will get blinded by the strong bright blue light coming out of it. […] December 28, 2022December 28, 2022
How to Install WebApps on Linux WebApps are a special type of applications. They are not fully-fledged programs on the desktop like your image editor or multimedia player, but instead, they are just websites contained in a window. Many websites like WhatsApp, Messenger or Office 365 are usually opened by users all the day. They want to access them quickly at […] October 17, 2022October 19, 2022
Easily Get 3rd-Party Software on Ubuntu With Deb-Get Sometimes you may want to install software applications which are not in the the official package repositories of your Ubuntu installation. And if you want to install these software, then you have to: Head to their official website. Add their repository to your system manually (If they provide one). If they don’t provide a Deb […] June 27, 2022June 27, 2022
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, 2022August 29, 2023
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, 2022March 21, 2023