When Google introduced Chromebook, it disrupted the affordable laptop/tablet segment with its competitive pricing. Fast forward to 2022, it is still a great option as it provides the no-nonsense, Linux-based Chrome OS, which is power efficient and easy to use compared to other Linux distros. Although the most suitable OS for Chromebook is obviously Chrome […]
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MPV is a really powerful video player, and you can basically play any media format or any video directly from the internet (as long as YouTube-dl can play it). You just have to download and install a few packages on your distribution, and you are good to go. It even supports SponsorBlock extension with the
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MPV player is one of the most widely used media players used on Windows, Linux and macOS. It is an extremely lightweight player, and you have to customize it according to your need. We have already discussed the differences between the VLC media player and an MPV player, so if you are not into customizations
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ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol which is especially helpful when we want to retrieve the MAC address of a device but only know its IP address. The arp command in Linux is used to view, add and delete the entries present in the ARP cache – the table which contains the mapping of IP
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Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer, businessman, computer scientist, author, and blogger who has an estimated net worth of $150 million. He is the creator and main developer of the Linux kernel used by the Linux distribution that runs a vast portion of the internet, including Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and also powers
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Are you a programmer looking to switch to a Linux distribution? Look no further. Linux is a kernel and its distributions are built on top of it. These distributions are nothing but operating systems. Developers love Linux because it’s fast, secure, and free. Being open-source there is great community support as compared to other OS
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Whenever you install any application or start upgrading your Linux-based operating systems, the default package manager such as dnf, apt, or Pacman first downloads all the packages and dependencies one by one and then installs all the packages one after the other. Now you can make the whole process faster either by having a fast
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Whenever you first turn on your Linux PC, the bootloader starts all the ‘turning on’ processes such as kernel, etc. If your distribution already does not customize it, then it looks dull with a black background and a centered selection field. Like other parts of a Linux system, the GRUB Menu is also customizable. Now,
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One of the reasons why Ubuntu Linux is placed among the biggest Linux distributions is the fact that it itself has a ton of editions and flavors available, both officially and unofficially. Lubuntu and Xubuntu Linux are what you call the “flavors” of the Ubuntu desktop edition. Both of these OSes are designed for older
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If you are using old hardware to run any Linux Distribution which has a very low system memory (RAM), it is recommended to create a swap partition. A Swap partition is essentially a part of your disk storage that is used by the system as ‘Extra RAM’. This extra disk space starts swapping the RAM
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