Install a very useful Youtube app on Linux and watch Youtube without a browser.

Watching Youtube in a browser is fun, but you may also use a nice app to watch Youtube instead. This is easily installed on a Linux machine. Install it like this. Firstly, download the Debian package from here. https://freetubeapp.io/#download. Then install the Debian package this way. ┌──(john㉿DESKTOP-PF01IEE)-[/mnt/c/Users/Intel i5/Downloads] └─$ sudo dpkg -i freetube_0.16.0_amd64.deb [sudo] password … Read more

MATE weather applet on Ubuntu 18.04 not working. This is how to fix it.

The MATE weather applet on Ubuntu 18.04 was not working on my Ubuntu 18.04 installation. This is how I fixed it with a simple patch. sudo sed -i ‘s|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver1_3/httpparam\x0\x0\x0\x0\x0|’ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1sudo sed -i ‘s|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver1_3/httpparam\x0\x0\x0\x0\x0|’ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1 The patch above will fix the libmateweather library. Then the applet will work. Log out and back into the MATE desktop … Read more

Corona virus app a big success. 1.8 million installations in Australia.

The Corona virus app is live and is becoming a big success. This new app for Apple and Android is a proximity app using Bluetooth is intended to alert a person if they have been in close proximity to another person who has been diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.gov.health.covidsafehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.gov.health.covidsafe. Apple App Store: … Read more

An easier way to take a nice screenshot of an area of your screen, this is very cool.

The best way to take a screenshot of an area of your screen is with a GUI application. Flameshot is one that is very good at doing this, and offers many tools to manipulate the image before saving. Install Flameshot easily. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ sudo apt install flameshotjason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ sudo apt install flameshot Then it will create menu … Read more

How to get multicolored output when watching a file with Linux.

The tail command is a good way to see new content in a file, but it is monochrome output. But there is a better way to monitor files. Use the multitail command instead. This will print muticolored output when printing the last few lines of a file. Install this utility. sudo apt install multitailsudo apt … Read more

Useful Android apps for connecting to a Linux server.

Useful Android SSH and terminal apps Juice SSH. This is a useful app for Android that allows connecting to Linux machines with SSH. Termux. This is a terminal emulator app for Android that is a fully featured Linux shell. Very good for practicing Linux shell commands on Android. There is even a limited array of … Read more

How the new video dictionary app DIVII helps in English learning?

Have you ever wondered if you could become proficient in the English language by watching videos and movies on your smartphone? Here’s good news for you. DIVII – English Video Dictionary is here! This cross-platform application helps in learning English by watching subtitled videos. What’s more? You learn every aspect of the language through the … Read more