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Getting a slow internet connection? or want to save data or just want to try opera mini on your ubuntu desktop? also if you are a web developer it might be useful to see how your site looks in mobile/operamini. Opera mini compresses web pages through it's servers before sending it to you. It saves more than 80% of data and hence speeds up your browsing. Steps to Install Opera Mini in Ubuntu  Read more »

Want to sing along with your favourite song in your Linux machine? Here comes OSD lyrics! OSD Lyrics is a lyrics viewer compatible with various media players. It is not a plugin but a standalone program. OSD Lyrics shows synchronized lyrics on your desktop, in the style similar to KaraOK. It works with Rhythmbox, Banshee, VLC, Clementine, Songbird, Amarok, Audacious, Exaile, Qmmp, Quod Libet, MPD, and XMMS2 and More . Read more »

CMatrix is a simple program that shows the cool matrix scrolling lines in the terminal like the popular Sci-fi movie "The Matrix" Read more »

There are times when you need to Schedule shutdown of your computer Maybe when you are downloading some large file or you listen to music before before going to sleep and would like to be able to shutdown your computer after a specified amount of time. After 30 mins say. These simple Terminal commands will Shutdown/Restart your computer at a specific time interval. Read more »

What is sudo ? - It stands for  S uper  U ser  DO and   is a command that allows users to have root/super user access without logging as a root Read more »

Here is a simple 5 step instruction to compile and execute C/C++ program on the linux terminal. I have also included a sample C/C++ example to demonstrate. In order to write the program in the terminal itself, we need a console  (terminal)  based  text editor so,  I am using Vim in this tutorial since vim is the most popular console text editor, but  you are free to write your program in any editor like nano,  pico, jed  or  vim etc. Now, lets follow the instructions but it would be really helpful if you learn some vim basics here  (won't take much time)  before proceeding to the instructions or its perfectly okay if you are in a hurry :) Read more »

A keylogger is a hardware device or software program that quietly records each and every keyboard inputs (keystrokes) that user makes. you might want to know if someone was using your computer while you were away and see what activities they were doing. keyloggers can be used by hackers to record Username, Passwords, Credit card details and every key input. Here, logkeys  is an advanced keylogger software only for GNU/Linux systems. It logs all character and function keys and stores them in a log file . It can be controlled through the linux terminal. Steps to install and use logkeys- Read more »