Debian is most often installed with the Gnome desktop environment. But if, after initializing your system, you change your mind and want a simple solution, install XFCE. This is not a bad environment. XFCE has a desktop, a panel with windows of running applications, and a dock with shortcuts to programs you can run. Debian works well with many environments. Let's see how to install XFCE in Debian 10.
Today, databases are used almost everywhere, especially large companies and application development teams need them. If you decide to make a website, you will not be able to build its effective and proper operation without a database. You will need it to store dynamically changing information. Usually it is one of the most popular databases - MariaDB or MySQL.
Oracle Virtualbox application, a free platform, cross-platform program and set of powerful tools for x86 virtualization. It is primarily designed for desktops, servers and workstations. The program can run on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. It is compatible with any version of BSD, IMB OS/2, DOS, Netware, L4, QNX and JRockitVE. Both 32 bit and 64 bit architectures are supported. But at the moment the program can work only on AMD64 and Intel64 and x86 architectures.
Sometimes it happens that a script generates the following error: bash: curl: command not found. This error means that there is no such command in the system. What is the solution to this problem? You can install the curl utility. It is designed for downloading files.
A well-known difference between Linux and Windows is that it allows users to transparently control the mounting of disk partitions. In turn, this gives the right to control the flexibility to customize the directory structure, to use multiple file systems, where each will fulfill its own purpose.
Not so long ago GNOME received an update. Firstly, the GTK4 library was switched to GTK4, and secondly, the principle of working with applications was changed. Therefore, a new numbering was decided: 3.38 is immediately followed by the 40th version.
The Ubuntu distribution policy is such that any user actions and decisions requiring administrative privileges are performed only with the sudo command. No one recommends using root for a beginner, because a novice user is not well oriented in the system and may forget that he is logged in as root and delete an important file.
The VLC or Video LAN Client program is considered a cross-platform open source media player capable of playing a variety of audio and video files, including mpeg, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, wmv, mp3, dvd, vcd, ogg/vorbis, mov, divx, quicktime, as well as streaming media from online sources such as Youtube and other similar sites. In this tutorial, let's look at installing VLC in other Ubuntu-based distributions.
LibreOffice is considered one of the best office suites for the Ubuntu operating system. The program was created back in 2010, then it was an offshoot of OpenOffice, but already today more than 400 developers are working on LibreOffice. There is a version for Linux, as well as for Windows. The office product is delivered to many other distributions, including Ubuntu.
After the official Gnome development branch moved to version 3, its desktop environment was created as a fork of Gnome 2. The new version introduced major changes in appearance, but most importantly, major changes appeared in the functionality of the shell. However, not all users accepted all the changes.