Is the Video Helper Companion App safe to install and use in Ubuntu?

I’m running Lubuntu 18.04 and I have the Firefox addon Video Helper installed. For some operations, Video Helper needs me to install their Companion App, which is a separate program that I have to install on my system, there’s a DEB file available. According to the website, the full code of the companion application is … Read more

Simulate the TurtleBot3

Interested in getting started in robotics? There’s no need to purchase expensive hardware before you try some things out: simulate a TurtleBot3 instead! The simulator is complete with LIDAR, a camera, a gyro and many other sensors and actuators. You can also see this installation in action at the Ubuntu Robotics YouTube channel. Software used … Read more

Is this Minecraft Tlauncher safe to Use?

Many people have same issues with the authenticity of the Minecraft TLauncher. Recently I got a question: “Is it Safe to Use TLauncher” or “Is the Minecraft TLauncher a Virus“? And today, I will answer regarding this in this article. I will also refer to some authentic links what people talk on this in different … Read more

My s Folder is gone – Ubuntu

Today, all of a sudden, my s folder was gone. I’ve restarted the system, and my torrent files referring to s folder was then also got broken, and the system asked me if I want to change the names of my folder, I’ve said no and nothing hs changed. Now there is a referral … Read more

Cant access System32

So, I’m pretty new to Linux, correct me if I get anything wrong. I’m using a live version of Ubuntu booted from a USB drive on a computer that I normally run Windows 10 from. I mounted my Windows partition and tried to open the System32 file, but was faced with a ‘this location could … Read more

[ubuntu_mate] VNC options for Ubuntu MATE 20.04?

I have been using various flavors of VNC for many years on and between various Linux distros/versions and even Windoze. Recently I installed Ubuntu Mate 20.04 on a couple of machines. On Ubuntu Mate 18.08 and CentOS 7 I am currently using Tigervnc with excellent results. On 20.04… no go. Some excellent instructions on TecMint … Read more

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed is now available

The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is now available in North America and selected EMEA countries* certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed to work straight out of the box. This is the first system available on the market with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, released in April 2020, and continues the long-standing partnership with Canonical which is … Read more

Xorg fatal error: no screens found

seems like Xorg can’t find my display port monitors sometimes? when wakeing from sleep mode sometimes the system crashes, numlock is unresponsice but REISUB works I have a 8GB RX 580 for a video card Code: ~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.1.log [  4455.830] X.Org X Server 1.19.6 Release Date: 2017-12-20 [  4455.830] X Protocol Version 11, Revision … Read more

[ubuntu] lockdown browser with linux

hello im a computer science student and my university make us do exams using Respondus lockdown browser (https://web.respondus.com/he/lockdownbrowser/) but is only available on windows and im running ubuntu ,can i run it on linux using a virtual machine(will it detect that i use a virtual machine)?   READ MORE