In this article, we take you through how to disable suspend and hibernation modes on a Linux system. But before we do that, let’s briefly have an overview of these two modes. When you suspend your Linux system, you basically activate or put it into sleep mode. The screen goes off, even though the computer
How to Convert PDF to Image Using Gimp
This article will be showing you how to convert the pages of a PDF document to image files (PNG, JPEG, and others) using the GIMP tool in Linux. GIMP is a free, open-source, fully-featured image editing tool, available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other platforms. It can export pages of PDF documents to
How To Fix Broken Ubuntu OS Without Reinstalling It
Over the course of time, your system can be plagued with errors that can render it broken or unusable. A classic example is the inability to install software packages, update or upgrade the system. Other times, you may encounter a black screen during login preventing you from accessing your system. An extreme fix would be
How to Install ONLYOFFICE Docs on Debian and Ubuntu
If you use the file sync & share platform and want to expand its functionality by adding online editing features, you should definitely give a try to ONLYOFFICE Docs. ONLYOFFICE Docs allows you to create a collaborative environment by adding its online editors to the platform of your choice, whether it be Alfresco, Confluence, Liferay,
How to Fix “W: Some index files failed to download.” Error In Ubuntu
Sometimes you might encounter the error “W: Some index files failed to download.” on Ubuntu when updating the system. Here’s an excerpt of the error. W: Failed to fetch archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to archive.ubuntu.com:http: W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. From the first line,
How to Install PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04
PHP is arguably one of the most widely used server-side programming languages. It’s the language of choice when developing dynamic and responsive websites. In fact, popular CM platforms such as WordPress, Drupal, and Magento are based on PHP. At the time of penning down this guide, the latest version of PHP is PHP 8.0. It
How to Boot into Rescue Mode Or Emergency Mode In Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04
It’s not uncommon for users to forget their login passwords or have their system suffer a corrupt filesystem. When that happens, the recommended solution is to boot into rescue or emergency mode and apply the required fixes. The rescue mode is also referred to as the single-user mode. As the name suggests, the rescue mode
How to Install Go in Ubuntu 20.04
Go is a popular programming language created by Google. The first release was on November 10, 2009, and version 1.0 was released in 2012. It is a pretty new language compared to languages like Java, Python, C, C++, etc.. which has been in the market for more than 15 plus years. Go was Implemented with
How to Install and Use Flatpak on Linux
In Linux, there are many avenues for installing a software package. You can use the package managers such as APT for Debian-based distributions and YUM for RHEL-based distributions. If the packages are not available in the official repositories, you can use the available PPAs ( For Debian distributions ) or install them using DEB or
Sysmon – A Graphical System Activity Monitor for Linux
Sysmon is a Linux activity monitoring tool similar to Windows task manager, was written in Python and released under GPL-3.0 License. This is a Graphical visualization tool that visualizes the following data. By default distribution like Ubuntu comes with a system monitor tool, but the drawback with the default monitor tool is it does not