The SWAP partition is an essential feature to get the best performance and stability, especially in a PC with smaller RAM. In a nutshell, SWAP space is like adding a RAM, but not a physical one, but allocating some amount of…
Elementary OS
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Shutter is a well-known screen-shot capturing application in the Linux community and usually referred to as the alternative to Snagit, which is yet another paid popular app for Microsoft Windows operating system.
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Starting from Loki, the elementary OS will no longer support installing Debian packages (.deb) by double-clicking on it. That’s because elementary OS is using its own App Store, and not the Ubuntu’s Application Center.
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Not all applications installation and uninstallation go smoothly. Sometimes application installation and uninstallation get interrupted or frozen due to various reasons such as a badly packaged app or accidental deletion of dependencies.
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Like most of the Linux distros, elementary OS also sets the default keyboard as ‘English(US)’ type if the layout type is not changed during OS installation. No worries, one need not reinstall the OS just to change keyboard style. In…
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So you have installed elementary OS in a hurry only to realize you made a typo or gave a weird name or left the default name having the PC maker and model for the computer name? You didn’t bother it …
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Whether you are editing an office document or opening a WORD document that was emailed to you, every now and then you might end up with a messy looking document due to incompatible fonts. Typically, that’s the situation when dealing …
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When you launch an application in elementary OS, you will automatically see its icon pinned to the dock which is also called Plank. This is a typical behavior seen in almost all Linux distros or most operating systems if you …
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Elementary OS has a great looking Plank. You can make it more useful and add any app to the plank by just opening the program and clicking on ‘Keep in dock’ in the right-click menu on the plank’s icon. Likewise,…
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When a TV is connected to computer running elementary OS/Ubuntu/Linux Mint through HDMI cable, it is observed that audio will not pass through the HDMI. Eventually, the audio keeps playing in the computer’s speakers. Video will still work good in…
