Applications specific to Linux, FreeBSD will be found here.
Snapdrop is a free and open-source local file-sharing web application. It runs in a browser and creates a P2P connection using WebRTC to share files and directories. It works like Apple’s Airdrop but instead of supporting only macOS and iOS platforms, it supports almost all the operating systems. You even don’t need to register for … Read more
Transferring files from one system to another is one of the most basic things that we do on a computer system. Some command-line tools like Samba, FTP, and SSH can be used to transfer files but this often requires the knowledge of commands. In this article, I will discuss the 9 best local file transfer … Read more
If you are new to git then you can follow our previous article on What is Git and how to use it in Linux? which explains git, its installation, configuration, and usage on a Linux system. Today in this article I will discuss basic and mostly used git commands. Basic and mostly used git commands … Read more
If you often download things like movies, music albums, video games, etc from the internet then possibly you know what is torrent. OR you may have used it for downloading large files from the internet. In this article, I will discuss torrenting and how it works. What is a torrent? The torrent is a metafile … Read more
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and VirtualBox are two virtualization software used to create and run virtual machines. Virtualization means creating a virtual version of something like computer hardware, storage devices, and network resources, etc. It allows you to create multiple simulated environments from a single physical hardware system. In this article, we will compare the … Read more
Abode reader is a feature-rich PDF viewer. It is used to create, manipulate, print, and manage files in portable document format. It is available in Linux via an external third-party package. Adobe stops releasing Adobe acrobat reader due to many security lapses the last released version for Linux was Adobe acrobat reader 9.x. But still, … Read more
In this article, you will see a list of video editing software for the Linux operating system. Most of them are open-source and freely available for use. Kdenlive Kdenlive is a free and open-source video editor from KDE. It is available for different platforms including macOS, Linux FreeBSD, Windows, etc. Kdenlive supports various video file … Read more
VPN or Virtual Private Network gives you online privacy and anonymity by creating a secure connection over the internet. The VPN was originally created to provide a secure connection for businesses to exchange data on the internet. The secure connection may be established using an encrypted layered tunneling protocol. A VPN can also be used … Read more
Once I was working with the VIM editor and everything was normal. When I started using the same VIM editor on the other day and tried to open any file, it was throwing me an ERROR of “E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: SOME_TEXT” Reason of the ERROR E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in … Read more
Vim is the best text editor when it comes to speed, handy and features comparison with any other text editor in this world. You will understand this if you are a UNIX user, administrator or a developer and more importantly if you really know how powerful VIM is. Anyways, today I am going to tell … Read more
