Introduction exFAT (extended file allocation table) is a Microsoft file system that was developed specifically for large storage. All these included flash media, for example, an external USB drive. It was introduced into Windows vista and Windows 7 initially. I can assure you that it is much faster than other filesystems like FAT32 when it comes […]
During every login or bootup, the OS performs a number of tasks in the background to get the OS up and running and ready to be used. Customizations in Linux OS like Ubuntu can be done very easily, that allows an user to add any number of “custom” tasks or programs to the system to […]
I had triple-boot on my system. Windows 8, windows 7 and Ubuntu and all the boot management done by Ubuntu Grub of course. Almost having all the 3 OS for about 6 months, I started facing difficulties like slowing down, shortage of space, etc and so I decided to delete windows 8. The process to […]
GitHub is a treasure trove of some of the world’s best projects, built by the contributions of developers all across the globe. This simple, yet extremely powerful platform helps every individual interested in building or developing something big to contribute and get recognized in the opensource community. This post will be a quick setup […]
I wanted to get information on my terminal on Ubuntu. y requirement was that, any data that i wanted should be output on the terminal itself. I didn’t want to open a browser each time i wanted some information. And all I needed was the data and not images and videos. So to view the information […]
On 7th jan 2014 the first update to the Ubuntu dual boot installer for touch devices was released. The mail sent by the Canoical team says that this is the first update since Ubuntu and Android dual boot developer preview was announced in Dec 23rd 2013. Ubuntu Dual Boot Installer is provided as a tech […]
Here are some fun commands you can try on your Linux system probably when you are bored or want to try something new and something different. I really liked these commands and hope that you will enjoy using it too. cowsay you can make an image of cow appear on the terminal and show any […]
An animated desktop looks amazing, and what can be more cooler than having the ability to setup an animated desktop with a video of your own choice?? This post will give the detailed steps to setup an animated desktop on Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10 . The procedure works completely fine with older versions as well […]
I was curious to know the amount of CPU that is being used to perform tasks on my ubuntu system. I wanted to know if all my cores in the chip were being utilised and if they were working correctly. A little research led me to the discovery of CONKY. A tool that helps the […]
Ubuntu 12.04 is the latest LTS (long term support) OS available.But after it is installed there are few things that can be done – to make it more user friendly , to improve its performance and also to make it look better.As i started using ubuntu, I started customizing and tweaking it . And while […]