In this article i will not discuss what steganography is in detail because it is not the purpose of this article but i will teach you how to hide your files inside an image. Read more ….

From the release number, you can probably guess that it is based on Ubuntu Desktop 13.04. But what you cannot guess from the name or release number is that it ships with its own desktop environment called HY-D-V1. It also makes it super easy to test-drive other desktop environments from the same installation, without ever [...]

Ubuntu 13.04 debuted in April. And Ubuntu 13.10 (code-named Saucy Salamander) is expected in October 2013. Canonical’s long-term vision (starting with Ubuntu 14.04) is a single code base for smart phones, tablets and PCs. The big question mark: When will Ubuntu PC makers like System76 and ZaReason jump into the Linux tablet market? The question [...]

It is time to test the third sibling in the Ubuntu family, the one named Kubuntu. So far, we’ve had Ubuntu, which was somewhat bland. Then we also had Xubuntu, which worked like a charm, except for a kernel oops thingie affecting the entire range, a silly thing to coincide with the official release. The [...]

Some forks do better than others. In the case of the Madriva fork known as Mageia, it’s doing quite well, this week releasing its third major update in less than three years. Read more ….

In this tutorial, we will see how to record your Android device’s screen using a simple Java application called androidscreencast, you can get more information about it here. Read more » Read more at upubuntu

Linux Kernel 3.9.3 has been released recently bringing more updates and bug fixes. As usual, we will see how to install it under Ubuntu/Linux Mint using a simple a bash script, but if you want to install it manually, go here. Read more » Read more at upubuntu

In this tutorial we will see how to install 12 nice MediterraneanNight themes for Gnome 3.6.x from PPA. The themes are packed in one package that can be easily installed from our PPA, then use Gnome Tweak Tool to enable any one of them. Read more » Read more at upubuntu

The Linux Mint project yesterday unveiled version 15 of the increasingly popular desktop operating system, with upgrades to the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments as well as new applications for managing software and drivers.Code-named “Olivia,” Linux Mint 15 is based on the most recent version of Ubuntu and will be supported until January 2014. Linux [...]

Cinnamon is a user interface. It is a fork of GNOME Shell, initially developed by (and for) Linux Mint. It attempts to provide a more traditional user environment based on the desktop metaphor, like GNOME 2. Cinnamon uses Muffin, a fork of the GNOME 3 window manager Mutter, as its window manager from Cinnamon 1.2 [...]

In this tutorial, we will see how to install GetDeb and PlayDeb in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10 or older and Linux Mint 15/14 or older. GetDeb and PlayDeb are two websites where users can find free applications and games that are not available in the official Ubuntu repositories. Read more » Read more at upubuntu

In case you have never heard about Emmabuntus before, it is a distro based on Xubuntu and according to the email I got, the aim of Emmabuntus is to be user-friendly and light-weight so it can be used on old computers. Read more ….

In this tutorial, we will see two ways for recording audio coming from the microphone under Ubuntu/Linux Mint. If you have more suggestions, please use the comment form below. Getting Started First of all, make sure your microphone is connected to your computer and well configured. Also, make sure the mic is not muted by [...]

There was a time when I, probably like many of you, would change my desktop theme more often than I’d change my socks. Read more ….

Kuka announced a 20,000 Euro Kuka Innovation in Mobile Manipulation Award for innovative mobile manipulation applications using its Kuka YouBot service robot. The open source Kuka YouBot is equipped with omnidirectional wheels and one or two 5-DOF manipulator arms, and runs Ubuntu Linux and ROS (Robot Operating System) on an Intel Atom-based Mini-ITX board. Read [...]

Tor Browser Bundle,  a software for a secure and anonymous browsing experience, has been updated to version 2.3.25-8 bringing more changes and bug fixes. Users who were experiencing Firefox crashes will no longer see this behavior with this new release. Here are the new updates in Tor Browser Bundle: Update Firefox to 17.0.6esr Update HTTPS [...]

That person, who came from Microsoft, became VP of Ubuntu some months ago. Read more ….

“I am having problems in connecting the Galaxy Tab to ubuntu vis usb cable” ; this is a common question around the web and specially in android forums. Sometimes you need to transfer files from your computer to your android device and vice versa. Read more ….