Tag: Technical Tutorials

Almost all desktop Linux distributions are using the GRUB bootloader by default to enable boot management of the system. It is a free and open source piece of software that is part of the GNU project. While the bootloader screen…

On May 13, 2024, VMware announced that it is no longer requiring a subscription fee to use its Workstation Pro virtual machine program for personal use. VMware Workstation Pro is a virtual machine manager developed by VMware – which is…

In the last few years, a family of new security vulnerabilities was discovered affecting many CPUs made by all major CPU makers. Sadly, patching these vulnerabilities had the side effect of a huge performance impact that can reach up to…

Ubuntu Pro is a package of additional software updates and services offered by Canonical for its enterprise customers. It includes things like: Originally, Ubuntu LTS versions are supported with updates only for 5 years. But thanks to the generosity of…

Since Ubuntu version 20.04, the Chromium browser in Ubuntu no longer ships as a DEB package. Instead, if you try to run apt install chromium-browser it will install a dummy package that installs that Snap version instead. This introduced a…

The most notable change you’ll notice in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 is that the Firefox browser is no longer installed on the system as a traditional DEB package. Instead, it is now being installed as a Snap package. From…

Sometimes you may break your Ubuntu installation by accident in many different ways. One of the most common ways is having issues with the Grub bootloader, which may prevent you from booting up your Ubuntu system. Grub is the default…

QEMU is a virtualization technology emulator that allows you to run operating systems and Linux distributions easily on your current system. It is like VMware or VirtualBox, but it is also free and open source, and uses open technologies to…

There are many reasons why you might want to take a screenshot on Linux: To showcase a problem, share something on your screen with a friend, or capture something appearing on your screen for memory. In any case, you will…

Whenever you create a new file, whether using your office application, digital camera or video editor, a set of metadata fields are – most of the time – created as well on your new file. These metadata fields are hidden…

zRAM is a Linux kernel module that allows the creation of Swap devices on memory. But the catch is that it does not just create them there; it also compresses them so that the system can store more data in…

Social media addiction is a huge problem in many parts of the world. The average internet user now spends around 2:27 hours each day on social media, and this, in turn, causes a significant number of other psychological problems to human…

GNOME Boxes is a utility that easily allows you to create “virtual boxes” where you can run any operating system or Linux distribution virtually on your system. The utility is installed by default on many Linux distributions. If you don’t…