How to monitor LAN traffic on Ubuntu

Monitoring network traffic on your own local area network (LAN) can be a difficult and frustrating task, luckily on ubuntu we have a special tool for monitoring network on LAN, called iptraf. In this article i will talk about iptraf, how to install and how to use this tool.

How to show chinese calendar on Ubuntu

If you are a chinese person or you can speak chinese and understand chinese writings, you may want a chinese calendar on your ubuntu desktop. Lucky for you, there is a chinese calendar on ubuntu.

Show process list using htop on Ubuntu

Ubuntu comes with a tool named 'top' for showing process list on your computer, but sometimes 'top' is little bit too simple and uncustomizable, there is a better version of 'top' called 'htop' on ubuntu, this article i will talk little bit about 'htop'.

How to install todo indicator panel on Ubuntu

Todo indicator panel is a very handy panel applet on ubuntu for showing to-do list that specified by the user, so you can create a list of things todo and then it will be displayed on the panel applet on the top right corner of your ubuntu desktop.

Weather forecast widget on Ubuntu

Having information about weather forecast right on your desktop is very helpful for everyone, it would be great if my ubuntu desktop have something like that.

How to show Hardware temperature on Ubuntu

To show hardware temperature on ubuntu you can use program called 'psensor', this cool program allows you to see CPU cores temperature, CPU usage, GPU temperature, etc,  in a nice graphical interface.

How to show Hardware info on Ubuntu

There is a time when i want to know what kind of processors (CPU) i have, what is the speed, how much memory i have and so on. Unfortunately the built in software on ubuntu can't provide these kind of information.

How to playback video in ASCII art on Ubuntu

Playback videos on graphical mode is what people always do in their everyday life, however playback videos on command line in ASCII art mode is something most people don't do, in this article i will show you how to playback video on command line and in ASCII art mode.

How to convert PNG to JPG on Ubuntu

Using the 'convert' command you can also convert PNG to JPG and vice versa, all can be done through the command line, nice and easy, just make sure you have the 'imagemagick' package installed on your system.

Which Ubuntu flavor should i use?

You got few choices when it comes to ubuntu distributions, there is the original ubuntu, the light weight lubuntu, the xface xubuntu, the kde kubuntu, ubuntu mate, ubuntu kylin, etc. The big question is which one you should use? which one is better?

Viewing image using Gwenview on Ubuntu

By default ubuntu comes with gnome image viewer for viewing image on your computer, but the gnome image viewer is not very good, it is slow and doesn't show image nicely. I need a better image viewer on my ubuntu.

Comparing two files using Kompare on Ubuntu

On ubuntu you can compare two identical files using program called 'kompare', let say you have two config files with same name and structure, you have no idea what are the differences between the two.

How to disable and enable ethernet on Ubuntu

If you are using ethernet cable for your network connection and you want to disable it without unplug the cable, you can do it from the command line.

How to check disk partition on Ubuntu

You might have more than one disk partition on your hard drive, and checking for disk partition on ubuntu is easy to do, you can do it from the command line, i'm going to show you right now.

How to use sudo without entering password

If you want, you can run anything that must run with 'sudo' command but without entering the password. This can be done by modifying the sudoers file on ubuntu.

Scan open port using netcat on Ubuntu

By default ubuntu comes with pre-installed tool called netcat (nc), using netcat we can scan for open port on other computer that connected to the same network.

How to install Cairo dock on Ubuntu

Cairo dock is one of the older dock app on ubuntu, it's been around for ages and still maintain and developed today, if you are looking for dock app for your ubuntu, cairo-dock might be the one for you.

How to install Spotify on Ubuntu

Spotify is a very popular music streaming service in the universe, in order to use spotify you need to install the desktop app, in this post i will show you how to install spotify desktop app on ubuntu.

How to install Slack on Ubuntu

Instead of using email for communication on a company, you can use slack, slack is team collaboration tool that can be use to communicate among team member.

How to change Plank theme on Ubuntu

For beginners changing theme on plank is not easy as changing theme on docky, because with plank you don't see a menu for switching themes. Don't worry i'm here to help you, follow this simple tutorial and you will be fine.