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 can I fix apt error “W: Target Packages … is configured multiple times”? in Google Chrome for Fedora & Ubuntu !
This is what I’ve encountered recently at the time of writing that Google Chrome on Ubuntu and it’s derivatives could not be updated/upgraded via terminal or GUI, that is default package updater as seen in Linux ! The error’s can…
Ubuntu vs Fedora Linux.
So now, here I don’t care where you’ve landed(into the Tux World of course!) but this thing is mostly questioned when it comes down to Linux distribution or “distros” in short and before we boil down to the differences between…
Simple way to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 LTS
All the Ubuntu fans out there who wanna upgrade LTS to LTS directly. Here is by far the most simple tried and trusted way to upgrade. Note:- I have tried this on my personal desktop running Unity desktop Ubuntu 16.04…
Install Flatpak(Flathub) apps in Linux(any distro).
Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is a software utility for software deployment, package management, and application virtualization for Linux desktop computers. It provides a sandbox environment in which users can run applications in isolation from the rest of the system. Applications using…
How to open a pdf file from terminal.
This is perhaps the most asked and searched questions by people using FOSS software and the one’s who breathe inside the terminal. Well your mileage might vary depending on which Operating System you’re on and the Desktop Environment(DE), etc. But…