If you are using a network connection that is either limited or slow such as mobile data then you may want to make your connection metered. This will alert the OS to stop using the internet connection for updates and other background actions. You can make your connection metered in Ubuntu by following the steps…
If you are a person who spends a lot of time in front of your PC then it’s always recommended to use night light during night time. The night light can reduce your eye stress and also it can help you to sleep better. You can activate night light in Ubuntu 20.04 by following the…
When searching in the activities launcher of Ubuntu you may want to see only some preferred results. By default, when you search in activities you get app results, file results, etc. For example, if you don’t want to see results from files then you can customize search preferences by following the steps given below. Go…
Sometimes it’s stressful to type password every time you use your PC. Even though logging in by typing is more secure, Ubuntu also have an option for automatic login. Enabling automatic login in Ubuntu is simple and straight forward. Go to Settings. Choose Users from the left panel options. Here we can manage settings related…
Checking Ubuntu version is pretty easy with the Ubuntu Terminal. Open your terminal and use the following command. It will give the version details. It looks like as given below. NAME=”Ubuntu”VERSION=”20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)”ID=ubuntuID_LIKE=debianPRETTY_NAME=”Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS”VERSION_ID=”20.04″HOME_URL=”https://www.ubuntu.com/”SUPPORT_URL=”https://help.ubuntu.com/”BUG_REPORT_URL=”https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/”PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=”https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy”VERSION_CODENAME=focalUBUNTU_CODENAME=focal From that you can clearly understands the version of Ubuntu. In the above example it is Ubuntu 20.04 version….
Sometimes, we want to create simple text files with .txt extension to save data in text format. We can use Ubuntu terminal to create text files easily in Ubuntu. Navigate to where you want to create a text file. Right-click and choose the option Open in Terminal to open the terminal from the specified location….
When coming to image editors, there are so many available to Ubuntu. An image editor such as Gimp can be too much for simple image edits such as cropping. we need a lightweight solution with a simpler UI. The most simple way to make basic image edits is to use Shotwell. Shotwell comes preloaded with…
Screenshots are part of our life. There are various tools available to take screenshots. Most of the free tools just do the screenshot part and we may have to edit screenshots in other image editors. But shutter is different, it can take screenshots as well as edit them too. Shutter is a free feature-rich screenshot…
If you are a game lover or a game developer then you try out the itch. Itch is a platform to host, sell, and download video games. Unlike steam, itch focuses more on indie (independent) games. It has a wide collection of games for various platforms. It provides a lot of free games too. Itch…
Peek is an animated GIF recorder which helps us to screen record and save it as GIF in Ubuntu. It’s a free and open source software with an easy to use interface. You can install the latest version of Peek from the Ubuntu PPA. Use your terminal to install Peek. When you open Peek you…
Sometimes our terminal gets cluttered and we just want to clear it instead of closing and reopening the terminal. Clearing terminal in Ubuntu is pretty easy. There are multiple ways to clear the terminal. The easiest way to clear the terminal is by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + L. This makes the screen clear….
XAMPP is a free and open source package which helps us to setup php development environment. It consists of Apache distribution with PHP, MariaDB and Perl. It is easy to setup and let’s see how to install XAMPP on ubuntu. You can install XAMPP on ubuntu by following the steps given below. First of all…