Linux is operating system where stability depends on updated software packages.Many of us install apps and updates daily on Ubuntu System.There is possibility that system may crash or get corrupted so it is best to have backup.If you want to install packages…

Cinnamon Desktop by Linux Mint team has nicely evolved from its first release in Linux Mint Katya to now. Linux Mint lately released the Cinnamon Desktop 2.0 which is now fairly compatible with Ubuntu Unity Desktop with no more glitches.If…

In Ubuntu by default root login is disabled, you can perform administrator privileged actions using sudo. To Graphically Login as root in Ubuntu 13.10 you have to change some lightdm configurations files Open terminal and type or copy paste the…

At my office I use Cent OS 6.2 x86_64 . I am not a big fan of Mozilla Firefox no offences. I personally favour using Chrome as my default web browser. Even though Firefox is open source and is readily available through default repositories of most…

Windows 8.1 was recently released for public.I updated my Windows 8 laptop to Windows 8.1 last week . After updating to Windows 8.1 and booting into Ubuntu, I tried mounting my windows data partition of NTFS and got this error.…

A fedora release comes out and you might want to try out. After Installing new fedora you will want to install necessary apps for daily use.If you are newcomer to fedora system you may have problem installing them.Also some tweaks…

To get to know about any Linux Distributions you may need to good websites providing you tutorials , news,app reviews,ppas etc. Here are some of my favourites websites.1.DownloadTo get Linux Distributions ISO images other than respective websiteshttp://mirrors.kernel.org or ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/ http://linuxfreedom.com/Distros/http://linuxtracker.org/http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/2.CustomizationsAfter Installing linux…

With New Windows 8 UEFI System you won’t be easily dualboot linux with Windows 8.Windows 8 UEFI has secureboot that prevents  other operating systems to boot. As far as my experience with GRUB and GRUB 2 they are not able…

FlareGet Download manager a good download manager that is really giving a fight to others download managers like FatRat,Uget and MulitGet.FatRat and Uget are really good download managers with great features too.Linux lacked a good download manager like there are on…