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Reviews Dec 24, 2016 4 min read

Top 10 Notepad++ Alternatives for Linux Users

Notepad++ is a favorite text and source code editor amongst developers and the general public but it is only available for use on Microsoft Windows. Fortunately, there are quite a few capable or even better Notepad++ alternatives for Linux. Let’s take a look at 10 Best Notepad++ alternatives for Linux. 10 Notepad++ Alternatives For Linux 1. Vim Editor Vim is probably the most popular editor in the Linux community. It is a free to use and open-source editor which is very custo

Games Dec 23, 2016 5 min read

Popular Gaming Platforms For Linux

Online gaming is becoming something of a standard and there quite a few options available for those in the Linux universe. Some are more popular than others but there is nothing wrong with knowing the alternatives as you can check availability from amongst them or compare pricing. So let’s look at some of the popular gaming platforms on Linux. 1. Steam Steam is currently the most popular gaming platform on Linux and on PC in general. Steam is a digital distribution platform that in

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Games Dec 21, 2016 5 min read

Install Windows Games And Software In Linux With PlayOnLinux

PlayOnLinux is a graphical front-end for Wine (Wine is not an Emulator/ Windows Emulator). Wine is a software compatibility layer that allows Linux users to install quite a several Windows-based computer games and applications such as Microsoft Office (2000 to 2010), Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as many other non-Microsoft-based applications such as Apple iTunes and Spotify Windows client. Installing games and apps via Wine may be a little bit intimidating or confusing. PlayOnLin

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Linux Tutorials Dec 21, 2016 2 min read

Execute Binary Files In Linux

Linux has many format options for running applications from deb to rpm and the new formats snap and flatpak. Binary files can be in .bin or .run formats and although this can be easy to install it can be hard to remove and need an extra trick and a little experience to complete the removal. Some of the .bin and .run files need root privileges to install or run the applications. For being able to install the applications you need to run it with sudo command. ‘sudo’ Command Sudo

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Linux tools Dec 17, 2016 2 min read

Best Clock And Weather Widgets For Linux

So there are a couple of handy desktop widgets that are available for your Linux desktop. Today we’ll take a look at a few Clock widgets and Weather widgets that easily set up on your Linux desktop. 1. Weather Widgets a. Gis-Weather Gis-Weather is a very customizable weather widget for your Linux desktop. It provides you with a lot of detailed information. It has the following features which allow you to see the weather info for several days, detailed weather for today and tomo

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Reviews Dec 17, 2016 3 min read

Screen Recorders In Ubuntu

There can be so many reasons when you need to record your screen. When I started using Linux, I used to record my screen whenever I had any problem and upload it to Linux communities. Today I sometimes record my screen for demonstration purposes in my tutorials. Similarly, you can record your screen in Linux. In this article, I’m going to mention 5 Best screen recorders in Ubuntu. So let’s get started! Best Screen Recorders In Ubuntu 1. Simple Screen Recorder Simple sc

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Linux Tutorials Dec 16, 2016 3 min read

Samba Linux: The Open Source File and Print Server

Samba is an open-source software suite that runs on Unix/Linux based platforms but is able to communicate with Windows clients like a native application. So Samba is able to provide this service by using the Common Internet File System (CIFS). At the heart of this CIFS is the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Samba does this by performing these 4 key things – * File & print services * Authentication and Authorization * Name resolution * Service announcement (browsing) S

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Linux Distributions Dec 16, 2016 3 min read

Parrot OS A Linux Distro For Pentesters, Security Analysts And Hackers

Parrot OS is a live and installable operating system based on Debian for Penetration Testing, Computer Forensic, Reverse Engineering, Hacking, Cloud Pentesting, privacy/anonymity, and cryptography. It has more than 300 penetration testing tools in its repositories. It is developed by Frozenbox’s Team. ParrotSec is thought to give a light environment, highly compatible and complete. It offers many contents about web and computer systems analysis, a lab directed towards forensic digita

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Xfce Dec 16, 2016 4 min read

XFCE Desktop Environment - A Linux Desktop Environment For Everyone

One of the strong advantages of Linux over Windows or Mac is freedom. You find freedom in every corner of the Linux operating system. You have the freedom of choosing one out of hundreds of distros. Most new users of Linux are introduced to either Ubuntu or Mint. This helps in reducing the choices users have in terms of the number of distros. But here, we have one more choice to make within the distro itself. As you are already guessing, It is the DE ( Desktop Environment). A DE is a

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Reviews Dec 15, 2016 5 min read

What Is Android Development Kit (Features And Installation)

Are you interested in writing android apps? Well, Google has worked really hard to make doing this as simple as it can be. Previously, you needed to download Eclipse and the Android Developer Tools separately and getting it to work was quite a hassle. With Android Studio, Google has provided a very simple and straightforward tool needed to start developing Android apps. Android Studio comes with a full-blown IDE (Integrated Development Environment) with a code editor, a ton of automa

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Programming Dec 13, 2016 5 min read

Atom Text Editor For Linux (Features Review + Installation)

On the surface, Atom is the modern desktop text editor you’ve come to expect. Pop the hood, however, and you’ll discover a system begging to be hacked on. How To Install Atom Text Editor? To get started with Atom, we’ll need to get it on your system. Installing Atom should be fairly simple. Generally, you can go to https://atom.io and at the top of the page, you should see a download button where you can download a Debian package or RPM package either from the main Atom website or

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Linux tools Dec 13, 2016 2 min read

How To Find Large Files Using Command Line In Linux

Today, we will learn to find large files in Linux with the command-line. We are going to use a command called “find”. It does its job extraordinarily well. Now, Let’s see the working of this command and how to use ‘find’ for finding large files in Linux. How To Find Large Files Using Command Line In Linux ‘find’ command The syntax of this command goes like this : $ find directory -test pattern The “directory” should be replaced with the directory path that you want

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