Pushbullet is a service that lets you quickly send links, notes, files, etc. from your smartphone to desktops, browsers and vice versa. It also has option to mirror your Android and iOS notifications to desktop, letting you receive your phone’s notifications...
When you boot into Ubuntu, it plays a sound asking you to input your password or choose different user account at login screen. This sound is a drum beat tone which indicates that your Ubuntu system is ready. This is similar to startup sound in Microsoft Windows. The...
One major thing you will find in Ubuntu’s UI system is, when you are active in an application window, that application’s Menu bar items will be shown in the top section of desktop of Ubuntu instead of the application’s own Title bar. That Menu bar...
Unity is the default desktop environment used in Ubuntu. Most noticeably, it has an application launcher that sits on left side of the desktop taking the whole vertical area. This launcher can be used to pin/lock your favorite applications for quick access and switch...
In a Linux based Operating System, Terminal is an interface which you can use to type and execute text based commands. This is equivalent to Windows’ Command Prompt where we write DOS based commands. Terminal can be used for limitless purpose (such as installing...
Unity, the desktop environment from Canonical, being used in Ubuntu has a noticeable stuff called “Launcher” on left-hand side of desktop. It’s similar to Mac OS X Dock and Windows Task bar. You can use this to pin apps, access running or minimized...
