How to Setup Conky-A System Monitoring Tool for Ubuntu Part-2

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Conky is a tool that can change your desktop into a monitoring screen.Very helpful for administrators.In this continuation of the previous part How to Setup Conky-A System Monitoring Tool for Ubuntu Part-1,we will see how to beautify conky by using Lua language and various Lua configuration files.Time to show off your desktop to others!!!

How to Run udev-discover in Ubuntu | The complete Device Manager Tool for the Linux Kernel

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Udev-discover is the complete graphical device manager application for the linux kernel. It runs perfectly well on Ubuntu. It manages all device nodes in /dev directory of your LInux partiion. 

How to Setup Conky-A System Monitoring Tool for Ubuntu Part-1

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It all started with torsmo,a tool that monitors system variables.Torsmo is no longer maintained,which led to the creation of its fork called conky.Conky checks various system variables and plots graph based on the values.Conky is efficient and fast as it draws directly in the X window system.Conky is easily customisable and flexible.It is customisable as we can extend its functionality using the LUA programming language.Lets start with installing conky in ubuntu.

How to Setup and Use Github in Ubuntu

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If you are or want to be open source developer,you must try GitHub. It is a new hosted Git repository service that's being called a "social network" for programmers. It is basically a distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

How to Install Rabbit VCS in Ubuntu | A Graphical VCS Tool equivalent to Tortoise SVN for use in Ubuntu

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Are you a developer using Linux? Do you use a Version Control Software like SVN / GIT/ Mercurial ? Do you feel bored of sticking with command line client tool and looking for a Graphical tool like Tortoise SVN for Windows?

How to do C# and .Net Programming in Ubuntu using Mono

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C#(pronounced C sharp and not C hash), is a rich object oriented programming language within the .Net framework developed by Microsoft. Does this mean you have to switch to Windows to program in C#? Not at all!!!

How to secure your data with Truecrypt in 11 easy steps!

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Truecrypt, is a free and open-source disk encryption software. In this post we will show you how to encrypt all your data using Truecrypt in 11 easy steps.

 

 

How to create a simple invoice using Libre Office in Ubuntu.

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This is the first in a series of tutorials on using a great piece ofopen source software – LibreOffice. In this series I will show you how to make useful document templates for your small or hopefully huge business in LibreOffice using Calc, Writer and Impress.

Battery Drain Problem? : Bumblebee to the rescue

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Any laptop would definitely lose its charm if it requires frequent visits to the charging points and this is a fact that most Laptop owners hate in their laptops. Today this scenario is getting more complicated. As laptops are getting faster and as their graphics support increases the charge consumption also increases.

Recover Your Deleted Files In Ubuntu | The easy way.

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Have you accidentally deleted an important file because you are in a habit of using “Shift+Del” rather than delete only?? Well don't panic. There are many utilities in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions which helps you in recovering the so called “permanently deleted” files. Lets look at a few good tools that help your recover deleted data in Ubuntu.

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