Many of you who have already upgraded to the marvelous Cosmic Cuttlefish, aka. lxde desktop version of lubuntu 18.10 rather, which is based on LxQt desktop environment. Let the first things come first as the title mentioned above, there is…
The CLI way to adjust monitor brightness in Linux !
We shall be using something called as “xrandr”. As this tool is available on most of the distro’s out of the box so we are good to go here. Using Xrandr, we can also display the current state of the…
Installing Pip in Ubuntu – A how to
The Linux folks are pretty much comfortable with the command line as we all are aware, hence this tool called “Pip” might come handy. So firstly, let me tell you that this tool helps to install software packages written in…
Can IoT devices security and surveillance be considered as a hoax?
The Internet of Things, dubbed as “IoT” as we are all aware of in this digital age ! Now lets talk about the basics of it and the nitty gritty’s. Statistics and know-how(the basics):- The IoT is expanding at a…
ZeroNet – A how to installation guide and it’s nitty gritty’s
ZeroNet is a peer to peer(P2P) Decentralized website platform using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network We shall be installing this here on a Ubuntu based test machine. The image shown below is from Ubuntu Software Center. Manual install for…
How to add the missing Edit option in Shutter on Ubuntu 18.04 and above.
This is a cool hack in order to enable or activate the “Edit” option in Shutter the screenshot and editing tool in Linux. The article has some reseamblence to my previous written workaround for Ubuntu, it’s derivatives and Arch Linux…
10 Commands to collect hardware and system information in Linux.
Note:- All the commands mentioned below are executed as a root user. Hence use the super powers with utmost care. (cough !) and btw give this article a read as it’s similar to what we shall be digging inside the…
Gathering system information on Linux – The Basics !
I recently found lsb_release and thought it might be worth sharing on my blog. Although some of the more seasoned Linux users are probably already aware of this command, many other readers could find this to be a useful little…
Ubuntu’s Snappy package manager – A brief introduction to Snapcraft.
Canonical, the UK based organisation which supports Ubuntu, has been developing a new method for working with software packages which many of us are aware of since April 2016. The new technology, which has appeared in some experimental editions of…
How to secure your PC from hackers, malware and cyber attacks.
In this Tutorial let’s talk about security as in for PC’s for an average average user, I will show you guys How to secure your PC from hackers, malware and cyber attacks in 12 steps, I recommend to read this…