Linux

Qalculate – Best desktop calculator app

Post last modified:January 25, 2018
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Qalculate is a free open source cross-platform desktop calculator app for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. This is best alternative app for your default desktop app. It comes with advanced powerful features with simple userinterface. It uses Gnuplot to plot functions or data and it has the ability to save plot to PNG image, postscript, etc. It supports many physical constants and elements, CSV file import and export, SI units and prefixes, automatic unit conversion,Factorization, simplification, Differentiation and integration.

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Windows software and its Linux alternatives

Post last modified:October 6, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

If you are thinking of switching to linux from microsoft windows based operation system then this article is for you. Most Windows users fear because they think that they won’t get a proper windows alternative in linux to perform their…

How to install Ring multimedia communication tool on Ubuntu – Messaging, Voice, Video & Conference call software

Post last modified:June 24, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Ring is a free secure opens-source messaging, voice and video calling app for Linux, Windows, mac OS and Android.It is released under GPLv3 licence. It uses OpenDHT protocol, Peer-to-peer discovery and connection and comes with end-to-end encryption with authentification based on RSA/AES/DTLS/SRTP technologies.

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How To Find Internet Speed In Ubuntu using speedtest-cli

Post last modified:June 19, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Speedtest-cli is a free command line tool for linux system to find the internet connection speed. It uses the speedtest.net service from Ookla to find your internet connection speed. usage is very simple and fast. Install speedtest-cli on Ubuntu In…

How to install Quod Libet audio player on Ubuntu

Post last modified:May 27, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Quod Libet is a free open source GTK+-based audio player for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. Quod Libet music player written in Python and it uses the Mutagen tagging library. Using it you can make playlists based on regular expressions. It supports reply gain, multimedia key and full unicode. It comes with the simple user interface and Bookmarks within files support.

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How to Setup Norton ConnectSafe on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 25, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Norton ConnectSafe is a free DNS service from Symantec Corporation. Using this service you can protect your kids and your family from malware, pornography, phishing and scam sites. To activate Norton ConnectSafe on your Ubuntu system, just change your ISP’s…

How to install FeedReader RSS desktop client on Ubuntu

Post last modified:July 26, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

FeedReader is a free open source RSS desktop client for linux system. It supports web based RSS services like Feedbin, feedly, FreshRSS, InoReader, Local RSS, OwnCloud, The Old Reader and Tiny Tiny RSS. Using this you can synchronise you feed…

How to install KDE Plasma Desktop on Linux Mint

Post last modified:May 11, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

KDE is a free and more customizable graphical desktop environment for Unix systems. Plasma is a widgets based desktop environment. KDE Plasma Desktop is the default desktop environment on many Linux distributions, such as openSUSE, Mageia, Chakra, Kubuntu, Manjaro Linux,…

Ubuntu 17.10 Codename and Release Schedule

Post last modified:April 21, 2017
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

The next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 17.10 gets a codename Artful Aardvark. According to wikipedia an aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa and artful is an adjective which means skillful, clever, adept, adroit, skilled, expert. Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark final stable is scheduled for release on October 19, 2017.

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How to block a website in Linux Mint

Post last modified:April 19, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Popular Linux distribution Linux Mint comes with Pre-build website blocking or parental control tool called Domian Blocker. It is also called as mint nanny. Using Linux Mint Domain blocker, you can block and control your kids in the computer to…