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Linux Command Line Browser To Surf Internet
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Linux Command Line Browser To Surf Internet

One of the most used applications by every user independently to any operating system is the Web Browser. At present, the entire world can be see through the Internet, a great percentage of our activities are made using a web browser to get access to the Internet.   There are several alternatives to choose the best web browser for each of us, but what happens if our system doesn’t have a graphical interface? There are some web browsers that work on the terminal or command line, the command l

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5 Best Linux Password Managers
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5 Best Linux Password Managers

How do you keep track of a ton of user accounts and passwords in this online age? I hope you do not use one password for all your online accounts as that is not safe. You need to come up with unique and secure passwords for all your online services and accounts. So how do you manage or keep track of these passwords? In your memory? Come on! I recommend you use a password manager. Password managers will allow you to store login information (usernames and passwords) for all your online accou

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10 Essential Linux Network Commands
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10 Essential Linux Network Commands

Hello folks, today let’s take a look at some 10 essential Linux network commands. These commands may be used to configure, to troubleshoot your network or to obtain some more information all via the terminal in Linux. So let’s go!   10 Essential Linux Network Commands 1. Ping (Packet Internet Groper) PING command sends packet requests to the address you specify to test the connectivity between 2 nodes. Note that the ping command will keep executing unless you ping with -

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How to Use Google Drive on Linux: A Comprehensive Guide
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How to Use Google Drive on Linux: A Comprehensive Guide

Google Drive is one of the most popular services to store your files in the cloud. You can access your Google Drive account through a web browser or using a client. This time I’m going to talk about one Google Drive Linux client but without a graphical interface. In this tutorial, you’re going to know how to use a client through the command-line interface to access, download and upload to your google drive.   Gdrive A Google Drive Linux CLI Client The client that we’re going to use

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What Is Conky And How To Configure Conky On Ubuntu 16.04
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What Is Conky And How To Configure Conky On Ubuntu 16.04

Conky is a free system monitor tool for the X window system on Linux. It is able to monitor many system variables including CPU status, swap space, temperatures, disk storage, processes, network interfaces, battery status and a host of others and then displays the information on your desktop. It can also display other things like time, calendars weather and the like. All these are available via themes with which Conky works. So let us take a look at installing and setting up Conky and Conk

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Some Basic Linux Commands For Beginners
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Some Basic Linux Commands For Beginners

I know that the terminal may look scary at the beginning but it’s so useful you can do a lot of things like rename files easier than a graphic interface, watch or stop system processes, start or stop system services. Commands are the great way to understand Linux and learn so much about it. In Linux, there exist a lot of commands. The list that I’m presenting here includes the most common Linux commands for beginners. Note: For some commands, you will need administrator permissions(It dep

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Best Clock And Weather Widgets For Linux
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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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How To Find Large Files Using Command Line In Linux
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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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How To Use Angry IP Scanner (Best Network Scanner)
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How To Use Angry IP Scanner (Best Network Scanner)

There are several tools for network scanning in Linux and for this time we’re going to talk about Angry IP Scanner. If you have used tools like Nmap, you will understand Angry IP Scanner easily. Angry IP Scanner is an open-source tool for network scanning, it’s written in java so it’s a multiplatform program, although the source code of an older version (2.X) is available in C++. * Features At A Glance * Install Angry IP Scanner * How To Install OpenJDK In Debian or Ubuntu? * Ho

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Flatpak Reviews  - Linux Apps For All Distributions
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Flatpak Reviews  - Linux Apps For All Distributions

So Canonical sought to solve the problem with distributing applications on Linux due to the very many and different Linux distributions around and each with their own packaging formats. So Canonical introduced Snaps. Whew, that would be great. But again, Canonical isn’t the only one hoping to crack this problem on Linux. In fact, there are two other frameworks that are seeking to be the one-stop app framework for distributing an application on Linux. There are Flatpak and AppImage. So to

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5 Best Rescue And Recovery Disks For Windows And Linux
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5 Best Rescue And Recovery Disks For Windows And Linux

You know those times when your computer will not boot or you cannot log in or there is a rootkit interfering with your booting or you just want to recover files from a drive. Having recovery disks ready will come in handy at times like these. So, let’s have a look at 5 extremely handy recovery disks. * 5 Best Recovery Disks * 1. Hiren’s Boot CD * 2. Rescatux * 3. The Ultimate Boot CD * 4. Trinity Rescue Kit * 5. System Rescue CD * Conclusion * Frequently Asked Quest

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50 Essential Linux Applications
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50 Essential Linux Applications

If you’re a refugee from Windows, you may be finding the Linux world slightly confusing, wondering how you can get the all same functionality you had in Windows, but still, enjoy the freedom that Linux offers. Never fear! Linux is not some scary, difficult to use a monster that’s only used by hackers and programmers, it’s actually becoming more and more user-friendly every day. As such, you may be wondering what Linux applications you should install. The following is a list of 50 useful

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