Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distribution of all time. When you say Linux in public, chances are high that people will reply Ubuntu to you (assuming they know about Linux at all). Recent developments in Ubuntu Linux, and the direction in which the distribution seems to be going, has been quite controversial.
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While the fully fledged desktop environments offer a complete experience to a user, they are usually quite bloated and thus reduce the speed of the system and applications due to the extra resources used by the background services. They also open and present windows in a ‘floating’ format, which is ideal for users who prefer
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If you are using a dual-boot setup on your PC while using Linux as well as Windows, on different drive or partitions, then it might be necessary for you to set up auto mount the Windows partition on boot in case you need to access data on that partition or drive, because Linux operating systems
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Shutting down your PC can be as simple as pressing the power button on your PC or laptop, or by just clicking the Shutdown option in your operating system. However, on Linux, there are several ways through which you can shut down and restart or reboot your PC from the Terminal. These methods can be
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On average, BenQ estimates that programmers spend upwards of 10 hours in front of a screen every day. From coding and debugging to collaborations and meetings, a programmer spends the bulk of their day glued to a monitor or digital device. Unfortunately, while this is part and parcel of the job, it can result in
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Godot is a famous open-source and cross-platform engine which is used for developing games since 2014. It really gained momentum when Unity, another non FOSS game engine, decided to introduce a subscription fee like model for the developers who make their game on its engine. Also, know that there are two versions of Godot, one
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Linux distributions can be installed on bare hardware as well as inside any Virtualization software. We have discussed installation of many Linux distributions such as Linux Mint, Ubuntu and others on VirtualBox earlier on this site as well. But, what if you need to take a backup of the Virtual Machine you are using? What
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There has been a long debate about SystemD and its existence and the things that it does on Linux distributions. People say it’s bloated, slow, does a lot of things that should not be its job, etc. SystemD is used as an ‘init system’ which means it is primarily responsible for starting various system services
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has been the industry standard for a stable and reliable Linux distribution. It is open source, and free only for personal use and businesses must pay to Red Hat in order to get service and technical support from the Red Hat team. But since the project is open source, anyone
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Arch Linux is one of the most popular Linux distributions, alongside Debian and Fedora. People generally use it because it is extremely bare-bones, and basically the user picks what gets installed, even the desktop environment. We have covered the installation of Arch Linux in great detail, however even with the archinstall script the process is
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