A VPN (Virtual Private Network) allows the user to connect to a private network remotely as if the user’s computer was directly connected to the private network. The technology was initially developed in order to allow remote access to a company’s internal private network, for employees not actually...
Java, along with its software development kit (SDK) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are required for not only development purposes, but also for running any Java based software on Ubuntu. In this article, we will see the various ways with which we can install Java on Ubuntu 20.04. While...
After GNOME was officially introduced with Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 20.04 is the 6th Ubuntu release, and only the 2nd Ubuntu LTS release to use it instead of the previously used Unity. Due to the ease of use and an ample number of extensions and customizations available, GNOME has...
Ubuntu 20.04 has arrived with a plethora of changes, not only in bundled software and performance but in appearance as well. The Dark Mode theme is available on Ubuntu 20.04, and it provides a distinctive dark mode experience throughout the Ubuntu Desktop UI, including desktop apps, web browsers,...
Yes, it is that time of the year! After six months of heavy development, Ubuntu 20.04, codenamed Focal Fossa, has been released on 23rd April 2020. It succeeds Ubuntu 19.10 as the latest stable release of the operating system. Ubuntu 20.04 is an LTS (Long Term Support)...
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a commonly used networking protocol, used to transfer files between two computers. The protocol is based on a client-server architecture. One of the computers runs an FTP server program, while the other computer runs an FTP client program, which can download or upload files to...
Secure Shell, or SSH in short, is a remote connection protocol. It is meant for establishing secure connections to a remote computer. It uses advanced cryptographic algorithms, Eg. RSA., to encrypt data, unlike its predecessor telnet, which sends packets of data containing plain text, which may include passwords and compromise...
Ubuntu has a new release every six months; in April and October of every year. The version number is represented as <year>.<month>, for example, the version released in October 2019 is 19.10, while the version released in April 2018 is 18.04. Further every...
cron is a Linux program that is used to schedule a command or a script to be executed at a later point in time. It can also be used to schedule periodically running commands and scripts. Programs scheduled using cron are commonly referred to as Cron Jobs. Its main use...
Linux distributions like Ubuntu have always faced the problem of compatibility with different devices. Although lately most of these problems have been fixed in newer releases, they still exist in older versions for particular type of devices. One such problem which is widely faced by many Ubuntu users is that...
Wine, which stands for Windows Emulator, is a Linux program that lets you run Windows software on Linux machines. It lets you run .exe files like you do on Windows itself. This is especially helpful when a particular program is not available for Linux but available for Windows. Wine can...
sudo is the commonly used program for tasks requiring administrator access in Linux. But in case there is an error with the sudo command or if the sudoers file is invalid, or certain programs are blocked by sudo access, users can make use of a similar command line tool — pkexec....
pip is the standard package management tool for software written in Python. It installs software, and their dependencies from the standard Python repository, Python Package Index, by default. Although the usual package manager apt can be used, it has several downsides when it comes to regularly updated versions of Python...
Linux and Unix based operating systems have been at the core of the fields of Information Security, Network Security, Cryptography, etc. They come with a wide variety of tools meant of cyber security purposes. Let us take a look at three such tools: Aircrack-ng, Jack The Ripper, and Radare2. Aircrack-ng...
Mozilla Firefox has a popular feature for background updates. It automatically downloads updates and installs them without requiring a fresh install of Firefox, similar to app updates on your iOS and Android devices. However, the automatic updates feature in Firefox isn’t as convenient as it sounds. Most of the...