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Raspberry Pi created a revolution when it launched the $25 mini computer ten years ago. Over the time, several variants of Raspberry Pi have been launched. Some upgrade a previous model and some are crafted for specific purposes. Of all the Raspberry models, Pi Zero and Pi Zero W are the cheapest ones aimed for […]

There are tons of screen recorders available for Linux. But when it comes to supporting Wayland, almost all of them do not work. This is problematic because many new distribution releases are switching to Wayland display manager by default once again. And if something as basic as a screen recorder does not work, it leaves […]

Brief: Revolt is a promising free and open-source choice to replace Discord. Here, we take a look at what it offers along with its initial impressions. Discord is a feature-rich collaboration platform primarily tailored for gamers. Even though you can use Discord on Linux with no issues, it is still a proprietary solution. You can […]

If you are running Java programs on Ubuntu using Eclipse, Maven or Netbeans etc, you’ll need to set JAVA_HOME to your path. Otherwise, your system will complain that “java_home environment variable is not set”. In this beginner’s tutorial, I’ll show the steps to correctly set Java Home variable on Ubuntu. The steps should be valid […]

So, you decided to use Ubuntu. Set upon to install Ubuntu and find that there are several active Ubuntu releases. That makes you bother about the latest Ubuntu release. Let me help you with that. The newest Ubuntu release is Ubuntu 21.04. It is a short term release which was out in April 2021 and […]

If you are spending a lot of time using the terminal on Ubuntu, you may want to adjust the font and size to get a good experience. Changing the font is one of the simplest but most visual way of Linux terminal customization. Let me show you the detailed steps for changing the terminal fonts […]

The default terminal looks good enough if you want to get things done. But, if you want a unique terminal experience or something that suits your taste, you can also change the color of your Ubuntu terminal. In this quick tutorial, I shall focus on tweaking the color scheme of the terminal in Ubuntu. Ubuntu […]

It’s amusing how the simplest of the things could be complicated when you are new to something. The other day, I found my friend could not figure out how to exit the top command. Instead of stopping the command, he closed the entire terminal application. That’s not only unnecessary, it is a not good thing […]

There are several graphical tools available for creating live USB. Etcher on Linux is probably the most popular. Ubuntu has its own Startup Disk Creator tool for this purpose. However, advanced Linux users swear by the comfort and swiftness of creating live USBs in Linux terminal using the dd command. The dd command is a […]

So, you have started learning Java programming? That’s good. And you want to run the java programs on your Linux system? Even better. Let me show how to run Java in terminal in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. Running Java programs in Ubuntu Let’s go in proper steps here. Step 1: Install Java compiler To […]