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How To Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment In Ubuntu
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How To Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment In Ubuntu

Cinnamon is an awesome desktop environment. It is part of the reason Linux Mint has become one of the most popular Linux distros available. Unlike Ubuntu’s Unity or Gnome 3 or many other desktop environments that are trying new things, Cinnamon keeps things simple. It has adopted a very traditional approach and presents users with a desktop that is familiar and easy to use for most people. But then again, there are quite a lot of folks who prefer Ubuntu as a Linux distro to Linux Mint. S

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Setup Dual Boot Linux And Remix OS With GRUB Customizer
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Setup Dual Boot Linux And Remix OS With GRUB Customizer

Remix OS is a famous android based Linux distro that has gained a wide name since its launch. Almost everyone who loves android and uses Linux distro knows it. I myself use it almost on a daily basis because it helps me to download and use my favorites apps that are available only on Android. However, when it comes to dual boot, Remix OS has been a problem. If you don’t know, Remix OS firstly uses GRUB as a bootloader, not GRUB2. Secondly, it doesn’t automatically scan whether you got an

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Reasons Why You Should Replace Windows With Linux Mint
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Reasons Why You Should Replace Windows With Linux Mint

If you are looking for an alternative to Windows, look no further. In this article, I’m going to share with you why Linux Mint can be a good alternative to Windows users. Linux Mint 18.2 is the latest release and its familiar for Windows users whether they are coming from Windows XP, Vista,7, 8 or Windows 10. With a smaller footprint and also the familiarity of Windows, your experience will be equal or better for the most part of it. I am not saying Linux Mint is better than Windows or any ot

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How To Play PlayStation Portable Games In Linux
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How To Play PlayStation Portable Games In Linux

PPSSPP Emulator is an application that supports installing and playing PlayStation Portable games on Linux and other desktop operating systems such windows, MAC OS X among others. Just like other emulators, it is meant to improve the quality of PSP games on PCs as they are normally designed for low graphics and small screens. Using PPSSPP on your PC provides several options for improving the quality of graphics by allowing a user to customize; FPS, Screenplay size by upscaling graphics that w

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How To Install FFmpeg In Linux & Use Commands
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How To Install FFmpeg In Linux & Use Commands

Who doesn’t love converting media files for various purposes? On Linux distros, one of the best media converter available is FFmpeg. Most persons use it (regardless of OS) and still are amazed by its working. I myself use it every day to convert various files. However there are many Linux newbies that find it difficult to use FFmpeg, this article aims to help them with a few basics that will be sure to be helpful to them.   Download FFmpeg You can download FFmpeg from its offici

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15 Things To Do After Installing Fedora 26
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15 Things To Do After Installing Fedora 26

The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora 26, the latest version of Fedora OS. The release is out right on the schedule and it’s packing a lot of improvements and bug fixes. Let us look at some 15 Things to Do After Installing Fedora 26 that you may consider doing to get your new installation ready and going. This is not a comprehensive list but hopefully will be quite helpful in setting up your new system.   1. Update Fedora 26 packages The first thing to do is

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Things To Know About Linux Kernel Panic
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Things To Know About Linux Kernel Panic

For an OS (Operating System) to work it has to be fully “Synchronized” with the hardware, this includes audio and video connection with the help of drivers, wireless connection and other hardware options to connect the hardware and software. These connections may not work well and sometimes your system can crash and make you lose data. In this article, I will talk about Kernel Panic which is a System crash for Linux.   What is Kernel Panic? BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) is like a hor

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How To Monitor Ethernet Activity In Linux Using Arpwatch
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How To Monitor Ethernet Activity In Linux Using Arpwatch

Arpwatch is an open source computer software that is used for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network. With Arpwatch, you can easily keep a log or database of all Ethernet and IP address pairings. That is, a list of all identified IP and MAC addresses pairings and their corresponding timestamps. Arpwatch uses pcap to listen to arp packets on a local network to monitor ARP activity to detect ARP spoofing, network flip-flops, changed and new stations and addres

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How To Use Linux Terminal In Android
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How To Use Linux Terminal In Android

Did you know that Android is based on Linux kernel? I bet you didn’t. Although many Linux users know it and no matter how hard Google denies it, they still have to accept it that what they modified and used in Android was Linux Kernel. But we are not here to fight on some unsolvable problems. As you know where is Linux, there is Terminal.   The terminal is most of the time termed as Swiss-Knife of Linux-based OS, cause through the power of terminal you can do almost anything on an OS, yo

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What Is DNF Package Manager And How To Use It
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What Is DNF Package Manager And How To Use It

A package file is an archive which contains the binaries and other resources that make software and the pre and post installation scripts. They also provide the information regarding dependencies and other packages required for the installation and running of the software.  In the Linux world, there are two main types of packaging formats, .deb for those in the Debian and Ubuntu world and the .rpm for the Fedora, RHEL and CentOS. These formats also have their own tools for package man

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How To Compile C, C++, And Java Using Terminal On Linux
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How To Compile C, C++, And Java Using Terminal On Linux

€‹This topic might surprise you because occasionally programmers are occupied primarily on one language and then they move on to another programming language with changing times. But that doesn’t mean languages like C, C++, and Java differ from another when it comes to compiling the program and running it on the terminal, except only the name of the compiler tool. Otherwise, it is a different matter when it comes down to BASH, Python, etc.   Target audience €‹People programming ju

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How To Configure Dongle D-Link On Ubuntu
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How To Configure Dongle D-Link On Ubuntu

D-Link is a USB wireless card or commonly called dongle, used to connect a computer to the Internet through cellular networks. This tutorial will focus on one model DWP-157 and may be applied to other models of D-Link. DWP-157 supports 3G networking and has this label “Linux Ubuntu 10.04 or above” on the System Requirements. Now plug the wireless card Plug in the USB dongle on your computer and soon a file manager will be launched with its contents. Copy the tarball “D

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