If your machine is shared by more than one user, then you may need to restrict others from accessing your home directory. In this article, we are discussing the procedure by which you can easily stop unauthorized access to your home folder. As by default any user can access any home directory in Ubuntu. Basically, when you create a new user, then a home directory is also created at root … [Read more...]

If you are a Windows user and recently switched to Ubuntu, then you may need some time to get familiar with the interface of the Linux-based operating system. As the GUI on Ubuntu is quite different as compared to Windows. But still you can incorporate some of the windows feature to your Ubuntu Operating system such as ‘The taskbar’. Yes! You can easily add Windows taskbar by using a cool tool … [Read more...]

If you are a kind of workaholic person who tends to run more than one application at the same time, then this post might be very useful for you. Here, we are discussing the workspace feature of Ubuntu, which is one of the major advantages of Ubuntu over Mac and Windows. Though Windows new version, i.e. Windows 10 is now equipped with workspace feature. In Ubuntu you can use two methods to … [Read more...]

Do you want to hide or encrypt your personal folder?. Don't worry friends, you can easily password protect your folder in the Linux-based operating system. Here, for this purpose, we are using a software a called Cryptkeeper. Basically, Cryptkeeper is used to protect your folder from unauthorized access by encrypting it with a password. You'll not be able to change the password as well as … [Read more...]

Do you want to monitor your network and traffic??. If your answer is yes, then this post might be very useful for you. Here we are using one of the widely used network monitor tool known as KNemo. Basically KNemo is used to keep a track record of your monthly bandwidth usage, and it also notifies you when you exceeds your monthly internet limit. Just have a glance at this article to know how to … [Read more...]

If you are a complete terminal user, then this post might be very useful for you because in this article we are discussing how to shut down and restart your system using a terminal. The process which we are demonstrating here is so handy for Linux users who just loves to play with their keyboard while using terminal session. Here, we cherry pick different scripts to shutdown, reboot, suspend … [Read more...]

Do you want to batch convert Microsoft Word file to Open Document text file??. Great, If you want to convert ".doc" file into ". odt" file, then this post might be very useful to you. Here in this conversion, we are using a software called as AbiWord. Abiword is an open source word processor, which is used to convert word processing documents in bulk. Abiword is available for Windows, Mac and … [Read more...]

There may be times when you execute several processes simultaneously on your Linux operating system, and some of the process among them became unresponsive. At this point of time, you need to close that process and restart it once again. In this post, we are providing two methods by which you can forcefully abort your unresponsive process easily. You can use your terminal as well as gnome … [Read more...]

If you are facing a problem of low disk space, then it is always suggested to clean your trash on a regular basis because a trash full of unwanted files and folder may consume a majority part of your disk space. I am pretty sure that many of you forget to empty your trash regularly, so in this kind of situation, you can use “Autotrash” function. Basically, autotrash application wipes all your … [Read more...]