In this article, I will show you how to determine the version of GNOME running on your Ubuntu Linux. GNOME is a free and open-source desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems. It “GNOME” was originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment. But the acronym was dropped because it no longer reflected the vision…
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Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command-line utility with a GUI based on Gtk+. If you are a strong supporter of using GUI to install apps in Debian and Debian-based systems such as Ubuntu, and Mint, etc, Synaptic will be nice to install and try out….
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Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser developed by Microsoft. It was first released for Windows 10 and Xbox One in 2015, then for Android and iOS in 2017, for macOS in 2019, and as a preview for Linux in October 2020. Edge includes integration with Cortana and has extensions hosted on the Microsoft Store….
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BigBlueButton (BBB) is an open-source web conferencing system for online learning that enables you to engage your students and colleagues online. If you searching for a solution to handle remote teaching of students online, BBB provides real-time sharing of audio, video, slides, chat, and screen. In this article, will walk you through installing and configuring of the…
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My little piece of advice would be never to disable this feature if your device is not in a secure location. Whenever you leave your device unattended, the best practice is to lock the screen of your DEVICE to prevent other people from using your desktop, installing malware, or accessing your files. If you sometimes…
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Grafana is multi-platform open-source analytics and interactive visualization web application that integrates with complex data from sources like Prometheus, InfluxDB, Graphite, and ElasticSearch. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. It is expandable through a plug-in system. This implementation will be performed on Ubuntu 20.04. See this guide on how to…
Mattermost is designed as an internal chat tool for organizations and markets itself as an open-source alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams. The new feature release offers integration with enterprise tools such as Office 365 and Active Directory and an improved end-user experience for search and session management. Mattermost provides various features including file sharing,…
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Mattermost is an enterprise grade, instant messaging platform, an open-source self-hosted Slack alternative. It is written in Golang and React and can use MySQL or PostgreSQL as a database backend. Mattermost brings all your team communication into one place and provides various features including file sharing, one-on-one and group messaging, custom emojis, video calls and…
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On March 4th, 2020, Microsoft announced the Generally Available (GA) release of PowerShell 7.0. PowerShell 7 is the latest major update to PowerShell, a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation tool and configuration framework optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g. JSON, CSV, XML, etc.), REST APIs, and object models. PowerShell includes a command-line shell,…
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Running Windows applications on your Ubuntu Linux box is very possible. WineHQ app for Linux makes this possible by forming a compatible layer between the Windows and Linux interfaces. Note: Some applications can still be installed from the Ubuntu software center but not all Windows applications. In this article, we shall discuss “How to run…
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Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) allows running Microsoft Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems. WineHQ version 5.7 was launched on the 24th of April, 2020, and comes with a bucketful of cool features and improvements to enhance your experience when running Windows applications and games on the Linux platform. For some of us that are…
If you have noticed, when you step away from your Ubuntu desktop for a short while it will automatically lock the screen to prevent others from accessing your files or programs. This is a great feature that is included for security reasons to prevent unauthorized access. Since Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is a test server, it…
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Windows Subsystem For Linux is a new feature of the modern Windows system (WSL has been available for Windows 10 since 2017, and starting from Server 2016 version 1803 (released April 30, 2018), WSL can now be installed on WSL). WSL is not an open-source program or Linux kernel, but rather a proprietary Microsoft framework….
