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Best Open-source Screenshot Tools for Ubuntu – How to Install and Use?

This article covers the best open source screenshot tools for Ubuntu Linux system. In fact, Screenshots come in handy especially when you want to illustrate or demonstrate something to a colleague or a friend or student. Most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, come with their default screenshot tools. 


Host Your Own Streaming Media Server Using Streama on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

This article covers How to Host Your Own Streaming Media Server Using Streama (Mini Netflix in Ubuntu Linux). In fact, Streama helps to do it with a user-friendly and beautiful interface like Netflix. Now, You can watch your preferred videos by adding them locally or remotely as per your wish.


Enable WordPress Debug for Error Troubleshooting

This article covers the procedure of debugging a WordPress site to enable you easily detect the errors and resolve the issue as soon as possible. In fact, WordPress provides a debug tool to help discover what may be the cause of an error on your website. This tool can display information on your live website. You can then check that log file to determine the cause of the issue you're attempting to resolve.


Install Terminator on Linux Mint 20 - Step by step guide ?

This article covers the installation method of Terminator on Linux Mint 20. In fact, a Linux terminal environment enables a user to carry out various system functionalities like file management, system update, and applications management through a variety of executable commands.


Main features of Terminator Terminal includes:

  • Multiple plugins support.
  • Simultaneous typing especially when dealing with arbitrarily grouped terminals.
  • Access to numerous keyboard shortcuts.
  • Multiple profiles and layouts support which, through GUI preferences editor, can be saved.
  • Terminals re-ordering through drag-and-drop.
  • Multiple tabs support.
  • Support for grid-like structure terminal arrangement.


Install ipcalc on Linux Mint 20 - Step by step guide ?

This article covers the installation and usage of ipcalc on Linux Mint 20. In fact, With the help of this tool, you can easily find out the Netmask, wildcard, network, host ranges, broadcast address, etc. associated with any given IP address. 


Main uses of ipcalc includes:

Validate IP address.

Show calculated broadcast address.

Display hostname determined via DNS.

Display network address or prefix.


How to install ipcalc in Linux ?

To install ipcalc, simply run one of the commands below, based on the Linux distribution you are using:

$ sudo apt install ipcalc  

The ipcalc package should be installed automatically under CentOS/RHEL/Fedora and it is part of the initscripts package, but if for some reason it is missing, you can install it by using:

# yum install initscripts     #RHEL/CentOS
# dnf install initscripts     #Fedora


To find more about the ipcalc usage, you can use:

# ipcalc --help
# man ipcalc


Python next() Function in Linux

This article covers how to use the next() function in Python. In fact, The next() function returns the next item in an iterator. You can add a default return value, to return if the iterable has reached to its end.