Thursday, February 23, 2017

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.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Comparing two files using Kompare on 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.

Friday, February 17, 2017

How to create command alias on Ubuntu


There is another cool trick that you can do on the command line of ubuntu, you can make an alias for calling other command, it's little bit hard to explain but i think it's easier to understand when you try out your self.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

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.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

How to display tree of directories and files on Ubuntu


Besides displaying tree of processes on ubuntu, you can also display tree of directories and files if you like. To display tree of process the command is 'pstree', but for directories and files the command is just 'tree'.

Monday, February 13, 2017

How to check geo location from ip address


If you have curl installed on your ubuntu, you can use it to check your geo location based on ip-address, it is very easy to do.