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How to install Beekeeper Studio on Ubuntu – SQL Editor and Database Manager

Post last modified:May 23, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Beekeeper Studio is a free and open source SQL Editor and Database Manager for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Using this tool, you can connect, query and manager your database easily. It supports SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, SQL Server and Amazon Redshift databases. It comes with simple easy to use Tabbed multitask user interface with dark mode support. You can save your sql queries and see the history of your run queries. Some other features are Autocomplete SQL query, syntax highlighting, Sort and filter the database table. It is released under MIT license.

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How to install AutoKey on Ubuntu – Automate Repetitive Typing

Post last modified:May 22, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

AutoKey is a free and open source desktop automation tool for Linux. For the best results you need X11 Xorg system and it is not good for wayland. Using this AutoKey tool ,you just need to type less. It works with any browser, text editor, code editor and almost any application. It work like a Text expansion software. You can record your mouse and keyboard. You can also insert macro scripts. It stays on your system tray to easy navigation. You can set the abbreviation and the phrase to suit your needs. It is released under GPL v3 license.

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How to install CPod Podcast App On Ubuntu

Post last modified:May 21, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

CPod is a free and open source podcast app for Linux, Windows and macOS. Cpod is a simple, beautiful and easy to use podcast client. It is based on Electron framework and it used iTunes podcast directory to find podcast. It comes with a simple user interface with just 5 menus options. Explore, Home, Queue, Subscriptions and Settings. Here you can manage your subscription, podcast queue and discover new podcasts. Some other features are dark theme, keyboard shortcuts, sync and export /import your podcast subscriptions. It is released under open source Apache License Version 2.0.

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How to install vnstat network traffic monitoring tool on Ubuntu

Post last modified:May 20, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

vnstat is a free and open source network traffic bandwidth monitoring tool for Linux and BSD. It is released under GPLv2 license. It uses kernel as information source and light use of system resources. You can get the traffic details by 5 minute, hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, yearly, top days basic. You can also get the live traffic details. It is a simple and easy to use tool. You don’t need to root access to get the details.

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How to install ddgr DuckDuckGo search on Ubuntu – Search DuckDuckGo from Linux Terminal

Post last modified:May 19, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Now you can search your favorite privacy focused search engine from your linux terminal using ddgr. ddgr is a free and open source command line DuckDuckGo search tool for Linux. It comes with instant answers, custom color, do not track, HTTPS proxy and REPL support. Some other popular features are disable User Agent, DuckDuckGo Bangs, copying URLs to clipboard and browser integration. You can customize your ddgr to show the custom number of results in a page and you can filter the search by time and region. It supports custom url handler script and open first result in browser support.

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Zoom video conferencing software – How to install Zoom on Ubuntu

Post last modified:May 19, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Zoom is a video calling, video conferencing, web conferencing, online video meeting , screen sharing and group messaging application for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. It also comes with Google Chrome or Firefox extension to start and schedule Zoom meeting from your browser. The free plan comes with 100 participants with 40 mins limit, unlimited 1 to 1 and unlimited meetings.

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hwinfo Hardware information tool – How to install hwinfo on Ubuntu

Post last modified:May 17, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

hwinfo is a free and open command line source system information tool for Linux. Using this tool you can find your system hardware and software information. It is openSUSE project but you can install it on any linux distribution. You can get the details about graphics card, monitor, modem, scanner, CPU, Memory RAM, hard disk, bios, camera, CD/DVD drives, keyboard, mouse, printer, bluetooth, network interface card, USB and more. It is based on libhd library. It is released under GPL v2+ license.

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How to install Inxi on Ubuntu & Fedora – Linux System Information Tool

Post last modified:May 13, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Inxi is a free and open source command line system information tool for Linux and BSD. It is released under GNU General Public License v3.0 license. Using this you can view your system hardware, CPU, RAM, drivers, Xorg, Desktop, Kernel, Processes and almost every other useful information on your system. This is very good tool for Linux administrator to get all information in one tool. It supports widest range of hardware and servers. It is based on infobash by locsmif..

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Install NCSA Mosaic on Ubuntu – First Graphical web Browser

Post last modified:May 11, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Yes its true, now you can easily install NCSA Mosaic on Ubuntu via snap. For those who dont know about Mosaic, NCS Mosaic (1993-1997) is one of the first graphical web browser to display images inline with text and developed by National Center for Supercomputing Applications. It supports Archie, FTP, gopher, HTTP, NNTP, telnet and WAIS internet protocols. Some interesting facts are Microsoft licensed Mosaic from Spyglass to create the first Internet Explorer in 1995 and Netscape Navigator was inspired by Mosaic web browser and developed by original Mosaic authors.

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How to install Guake Terminal On Ubuntu – Drop Down Linux Terminal

Post last modified:May 9, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Guake is a free and open source terminal emulator for Linux. It is mainly inspired by the Quake game terminal. You can show and hide Guake terminal using a single key F12 (you can change this) or control via your panel or Top bar.It is a developer friendly terminal. It will work smoothly with the Gnome desktop environment. It comes with multi-monitor and multiple named tabs support, split terminal functionality, save your current session and restore, transparency support. If you find any file name in your terminal output, then you can open it to your favorite text editor by clicking on it. It comes with more than 130 color themes. You can set terminal background and foreground color on per tab basis. It is released under GNU General Public License v2.0.

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