Is Edubuntu dead?

If you are a long time ubuntu users, you probably know or heard about edubuntu, one of the offical ubuntu flavor, edubuntu is designed for educational purpose. But since version 14.04, we don't see any new edubuntu release so far.

How to convert JPG into PDF on Ubuntu

I just found another cool trick you can do with ubuntu, on ubuntu you can convert JPG file into PDF file, you can do this from the command line, pretty amazing huh?

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?

How to check timezone on Ubuntu

Every computers have date and time, but what about the timezone? how to check which timezone my computer use? in this article i will show you how to check timezone on ubuntu.

The application Synapse has closed unexpectedly

This morning when i open synapse and then i click on something, synapse just went crazy, it's showing error 'The application Synapse has closed unexpectedly'. I have no idea what's going on.

Plank vs Docky, which one better?

Plank and docky is almost identical in terms of overall look and feel, they both dock program that available on ubuntu, plank is more simple and straight forward while docky is more advanced in terms of feature.

Plank, simple dock app for Ubuntu

Plank is another dock app that you can use on ubuntu, compared with docky, plank is more simple and minimalist, also i found that plank is more stable in terms of performance.

Docky, cool dock app for Ubuntu

Docky is a nice dock app for ubuntu, when installed, docky will be placed at the bottom of your desktop screen, in there you can have shortcut for currently opened apps and also widgets (docklets).

Ubuntu error Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock

When you try to run 'sudo apt-get update', sometimes you will get error that says something like this: 'E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable), E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?'.

Uget download manager 2.0.8 on Ubuntu

Uget is a download manager similar to IDM on windows, you can install uget from ubuntu repository using apt-get install command but you won't get the latest version which is currently is version 2.0.8.

Command line web browser on Ubuntu

Another cool thing you can do on the command line is browsing the web, yes there is a text mode web browser on ubuntu, in this article i will show you how to install this text-mode web browser and how to use it.

How to show weather forecast on command line Ubuntu

When you are working on command line mode, it is very handy if you can get information about weather forescast within the command line itself, is it possible to do that?

View, edit and write ID3 tags with easytag

Easytag is the program you want to look, if you need to view, edit and write ID3 tag (as well as other tag format) on ubuntu. Let's say you have mp3 files and you want to enter information about the artist, title, album and so on, you can do that with easytag.

California, a calendar app on Ubuntu

Previously, i talked about calendar tool on the command line of ubuntu, some of you probably prefer a GUI application, so is there any calendar program that runs on GUI or graphical mode?

How to show Calendar on Ubuntu

Did you know that you can show calendar on the command line of ubuntu? i think everybody should learn this simple command, it might come in handy in the future.

Showing MySQL process using MyTop

When working with mysql database server, it would be great if we can monitor all process that's happening inside the database server, this kind of feature could be handy during performance test.

How to check Apache web server version on Ubuntu

Okay you probably have apache web server running on your server or your local computer or on virtual machine or somewhere else, whatever it doesn't matter, what i want to know is how to show the version of the apache web server.

How to start and stop service on Ubuntu

If you are ubuntu newbie, you probably didn't know how to start, stop, and restart a service on ubuntu, plus how to see the status of the service itself. Don't worry, i'm here to help you with that.

How to show package dependency on Ubuntu

When you install a program or software package on ubuntu, it's hard to tell what are the package dependencies for that particular software, you never know until you run 'apt-get install' command, so is there a way to show package dependency before installing it?

Searching files using Catfish on Ubuntu

If you like searching files using graphical mode on ubuntu, you might having difficulties using ubuntu built-in searching tool, it is slow and doesn't give you much choice for searching files. Introducing 'catfish', a versatile file searching tool available for free on ubuntu.