What are differences between Linux Mint and Kali Linux?

“ The quieter you become the more you hear” , this is what Kali Linux promise for it’s offensive Linux user wheras Linux Mint says “ From freedom came elegance.” The basic difference can be listed as: Kali Linux is not for beginners. Kali is a Special...

Minimal Ubuntu, on public clouds and Docker Hub

Today we are delighted to introduce the new Minimal Ubuntu, optimized for automated use at scale, with a tiny package set and minimal security cross-section. Speed, performance and stability are primary concerns for cloud developers and ops. “The small footprint of...

Spotify for Linux

Here you can find different ways of installing Spotify for Linux. Spotify for Linux is a labor of love from our engineers that wanted to listen to Spotify on their Linux development machines. They work on it in their spare time and it is currently not a platform that...

How can I suspend/hibernate from command line?

Traditionally ubuntu supported a fairly blunt method of suspend and hibernate. Neither would integrate well with other apps and sometimes not even work on some machines. The new method doesn’t require root and notifies all applications listening for power...

How to start GUI from command line?

If you tried the command startx, but the error command not found was returned, then to install a graphical desktop, in case it is not installed, you would type this: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

How to check battery status using terminal?

The below command outputs a lot status and statistical information about the battery. The /org/…path can be found with the command upower -e (–enumerate). upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 Example output: native-path:...