Getting detailed information about the wifi adapter on a linux system is not straight forward using gui tools. However there are simple commands that can do the trick. In this article we shall take a look at commands like iwconfig, iwlist, iw and nmcli which can be used to probe details about the wifi adapter… Read More »
Xdebug is a powerful debugging and profiling tool for php that allows you to find and fix errors faster by showing the entire stack trace and source code file and line number. If you want your php development to be error free you should use something like xdebug right from the beginning. A very useful… Read More »
SSDs SSDs come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The biggest size is the 2.5″ drives that are installed inside desktop computers. Then comes the smaller and bare looking M.2 SSDs that are installed inside laptops and even on desktops. There are a lot of technical parameters that describe M.2 SSD drives about how… Read More »
What is White Uniformity Issue When reading a web-page that has black text on white background if you notice that the white background color looks different at different parts of the screen, its called white uniformity issue. The white may look slightly bluish (cooler) in some areas and slightly yellowish (warmer) in other areas. Simply… Read More »
PC gaming has become bigger than ever before with new gamers joining every year and technology progressing at an unrelenting speed. With the social media culture that we have nowadays, the design and look of a gaming pc is also important as the hardware of the PC. You’ll get a lot more likes and appreciation… Read More »
A lot of Intel processors like the i5-7400 have integrated gpus, that work quite well with Ubuntu and similar Linux systems using the open source drivers. Besides IGPU inside CPUs, there are even some motherboards that have IGPU in their chipsets. In this article we shall take a look at some of the commands that… Read More »
Just like any other computer hardware, CPUs or processors produce a lot of heat, and it needs to be cooled down properly to get the maximum performance out of it. In the earlier years of personal computers or desktop PCs, air coolers was the standard way to cool down your cpu, and it is still… Read More »
We often receive password encrypted pdfs on our mail from various places. When saving these pdfs locally its a good idea to get rid of the password, so that we don’t need to remember it later on. On Ubuntu there are many simple ways to remove the password of a pdf files, each with its… Read More »
Connecting apple devices like iphones and ipads to other platforms like windows or linux has never been easy, simply because apple’s ecosystem does not support anything outside of it. However recent models of ipads started supporting usb drives natively. That means you can now connect the usb drive to the ipad and read/write files to… Read More »
AIO coolers are the easiest route if you plan to dive into liquid cooling. Compared to stock coolers and air coolers, AIO coolers offer slightly better cooling performance for your CPU. Besides AIO coolers there are the custom liquid cooling loops but those are a speciality thing requiring some skills. The key advantage of aio… Read More »
Random Access Memory or RAM is the component that stores temporary working data in the form of readable and rewritable computer memory. It allows for quick access to the data, regardless of its physical location inside the memory. The speed at which the processor can read and write data to the RAM is significantly faster… Read More »
Computer gaming has always been popular, but with streaming and Esports becoming bigger than ever, more people are getting into it. PC gaming requires having the right hardware, from the hardware in your desktop or laptop, to the keyboard and mouse you use. Depending on the genre you play the most, the mouse can easily… Read More »
The cpu in a computer is brain that does all the processing. It is the most important component that determines the performance of your computer. It is installed in a socket on the motherboard and can be spotted easily if you look at it. CPUs also have a heat sink and fan installed right over… Read More »
If you are upgrading an old PC that has DDR3 1066/800 Mhz RAM slots on its motherboard and planning to upgrade, then you might not be able to find new RAM modules with that frequency. Newer RAM modules available in the market will have higher frequency like 1333 Mhz and 1600Mhz. So can you put… Read More »
Monitor DPI/PPI DPI or PPI is a measure of how many pixels are there per inch. High PPI means that more pixels are packed in the same amount of space. The “sharpness” of a display depends on the PPI and not just the resolution. For example 2 monitors with the same Full HD resolution may… Read More »
Now a days computer monitors are available in huge variety of size, resolution and other features. Specifications vary widely across different monitors and each one is designed for very specific needs. Whether you’re a casual user, gamer, or professional, it’s important to know about the different monitor technologies and features to choose the best one… Read More »
Auto-mount partitions On Linux systems like Ubuntu or Kubuntu all partitions other than the root partitions are usually not mounted at startup. Clicking on the partition inside a file manager mounts them and open the content for viewing. However sometimes it is desirable that the partition mounts automatically at startup, so that some application can… Read More »
Dpkg Dpkg (Debian Package) is a package management system in Debian and debian based linux distributions like Ubuntu. Dpkg is actually a low level command line utility to manage packages. It is different from tools like apt-get and gdebi. Apt-get and Gdebi are more advanced tools that can resolve dependencies and install them so that… Read More »
Open Ports Ports are opened on a system by various background services like http server, database server, smtp server etc. If you are running a webserver and launch any such service then it will open a port so that other systems on the internet or local network can connect to it. After you start a… Read More »
CPU temperature Ever noticed your cpu fan making a lot more noise than usual ? It does so when the temperature of the processor gets high due to high processing. Sometimes, the processor may heat up so much that the system would start lowering the processor clock speed and would show up such a message:… Read More »