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How to install Signal Private Messenger Desktop app on Ubuntu

Post last modified:October 4, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Signal is a free Private, Secure and encrypted messaging app from Open Whisper Systems. It is available for android, ios, Mac, Windows and Linux. Using Signal chat app you can send and receive text, voice, video, document, and picture messages without any fees. It uses end-to-end encryption to protect our privacy and uses zero-knowledge privacy. And it also supports disappearing messages with time intervals for each conversation.

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How to Install SuperTuxKart on Ubuntu

Post last modified:August 17, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

SuperTuxKart is a is a free 3D open-source arcade kart racing video game fow Linux, Windows, Mac and Android. It is released under GPLv3+ license.It comes with mascots of various open-source projects as characters and several tracks and modes.Currently it…

Ubuntu 18.04 Codename Bionic Beaver and Release Schedule

Post last modified:October 25, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

The founder and CEO of Canonical Mark Shuttleworth reveals the codename of the next version of Ubuntu that the upcoming release Ubuntu 18.04 will be called Bionic Beaver. According to wikipedia beaver (genus Castor) is a large, primarily nocturnal, semiaquatic…

Activate Bucklespring Keyboard Sound On Ubuntu Using Bucklespring

Post last modified:August 17, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Bucklespring is a free keyboard sound emulator for Linux, Mac and Windows. It creates the sound of IBM Model-M bucklespring keyboard while you type on your computer. Bucklespring plays back the sound of each key pressed and released on your…

How to install GNOME Tweak Tool or Tweaks on ubuntu

Post last modified:September 5, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

GNOME Tweak Tool or GNOME Tweaks or Tweaks is a free customization and settings manager for the GNOME desktop.You can use this GNOME Tweak Tool or Tweaks to configure Ubuntu’s new default desktop environment based on gnome from Ubuntu 17.10.…

How to block web cryptocurrency miners on Windows – Anti-WebMiner

Post last modified:October 20, 2017
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Web cryptocurrency miners are javascript codes hosted on websites and it will run and do the mining the cryptographic currencies in your web browser if you visit the website. These Web cryptocurrency miners may cause your PC and browsers working very slow , drain your notebook or laptop battery and increase your electricity bill . Anti-WebMiner is a free windows tool to block such Web cryptocurrency miners and protects your system against web cryptocurrency miners. It maintains blacklist database and modifies your Windows hosts file for disabling connection attempts to “blacklisted” sites.

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How To Install PyCharm IDE Community Edition On Ubuntu Linux OS

Post last modified:August 17, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

PyCharm is a best Python IDE from Jetbrains. Jetbrain PyCharm IDE comes in two variants, professional and community edition. The community edition is free and professional edition has some more features. The free and open source community edition is a…

How to install Calibre on ubuntu

Post last modified:April 8, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Calibre is free and open source e-book manager for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. It downloads all e-book metadata like title, author, publisher, ISBN, tags, cover or summary. you can also edit or create new metadata in existing or new…

Microsoft Edge for Android

Post last modified:October 13, 2017
Post category:Apps
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft Edge for Android is now available for Android OS via google playstore. Currently it is in Preview/beta stage. Microsoft Edge for Android uses google's blink rendering engine to render web pages. Some of the important features are sync your…

How to install Claws Mail on Ubuntu

Post last modified:August 9, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Claws Mail is a free and open-source email client for BSD, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, Unix, Windows. You can add some extra features by adding RSS aggregator and calendar plugins. It supports SSL over POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1 and NNTP protocols. It provides threaded display, multiple MH folder, Filtering, External editor support. You can configure multiple accounts in Claws Mail. Some other important features are addressbook, automated mail checking, User-defined headers and colour labels. It is lightweight and user-friendly.

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