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VeraCrypt is a free, open source and cross platform data encryption tool. It's an alternative to TrueCrypt(project discontinued), the popular encryption tool for all Operating systems. VeraCrypt is an easy to use tool. In this article I will walk you through the complete process of installing & using VeraCrypt in any Linux distributions such as Debian, Arch, Ubuntu, Linux Mint etc. So let's get started.

Here is a bad news coming from Linux Mint. Today Clem, member of Linux Mint community posted that ISOs of Linux Mint 17.3 were hacked on 20th of February, 2016. Yes! You heard that right. It's something that teaches lesson to all those who don't check MD5 hash to confirm that the image they downloaded are original and not hacked one. Well if you downloaded Linux Mint 17.3 then you should immediately do the following things to be safe.

The foundation that really turned the way that we used to create and edit documents, presentations and all other office works in Linux. Today that foundation, The Document Foundation has turned 4. I congratulate the one team that started creating an amazing office suit, LibreOffice 4 years ago.

Emmabuntüs is a desktop GNU/Linux distribution based on Xubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 LTS (Long Term Support) made specifically for refurbished computers destined for humanitarian organisationsand to promote the discovery of GNU/Linux by beginners, as well as to extend the lifespan of hardware and to reduce over consumption & waste in electronics. Emmabuntus 8 Beta is the first distro based on Debian in the memory of Ian Murdock, the founder of the Debian Project.

I am a blogger so most of my time goes in writing articles and tutorials. One problem that I have been facing while typing is that my palm comes in contact with the touchpad and the cursor moves somewhere else on the screen or editor and my article is all messed up. I even have to rethink and rewrite sometime when many lines have got deleted due to this problem. But finally I have found the solution to this problem. Here is how you can fix this.

uGet is an open source and free download manager. It's available for all major operating systems including Linux. Today uGet team (2 members only, amazing!) announced a new version uGet 2.0.5 with some changes and bug fixes. Let's see what's changed and fixed in this new version and how you can install or upgrade in Ubuntu/Linux Mint or Derivatives.

Linux Lite is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support releases. It focuses on being a user friendly Linux distribution so that more and more people use Linux for their daily use. The team recently released Linux Lite 2.8 with some new features. In this article I will walk you through a series of Linux Lite 2.8 screenshots from installation to surfing Internet and more.

Linux Lite known is a simple, sleek and stable Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's Long Term Support (LTS) releases. Linux Lite is especially for Windows users. It aims to fulfill everyday computing needs by providing the complete set of applications. Jerry Bezencon and the team recently announced Linux Lite 2.8, the final release of 2.0 series. Let's see what is new in this release.

After the Ubuntu 15.10, all the Ubuntu members are preparing the for the next big release i.e. Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus'. All Linux users especially Ubuntu users are curious to experience the 16.04. But it's taking shape and Ubuntu members including Ubuntu MATE have released Alpha 2 of Ubuntu MATE 16.04. You can test it out and send feedback to developers to help them shape it better for you.

Tails 2.0 is one of the most popular Linux distributions based on Debian. Tails is Live CD/USB that aims to provide freedom by making its users anonymous on the web. All the applications' traffic such as Internet browser, email client, IM etc. is sent through the Tor network that is very hard to trace. Recently Tails team released Tails 2.0 with some major changes, some security fixes and lots of other improvements.

BirdFont is an open source and cross platform Font creator and editor. BirdFont has both free and paid versions. If you design fonts then you should give BirdFont a try. It's easy to install and use in Linux distributions.

GParted is an open source and free partition manager. GParted can create and edit partitions. It's a GUI (Graphical User Interface) so it's easy to to create or edit partitions on our hard disk using GParted. GParted recently released its 0.25.0 version that now shows a progress bar when checking or resizing ext2/3/4 partitions. Here is how you can install or update to GParted 0.25.0 in Ubuntu or other derivatives distros.

After Fedora 23, all Fedora Linux lovers are waiting for the Fedora 24 to come with exciting features, changes and improvements. But due to the current changes proposed by the developers need more time to accommodate into the Fedora 24, so the release schedule has been updated by 2 weeks. But here is the benefit also to this schedule update.

TinyCore is a free, open source and one of the smallest Linux distributions. Today TinyCore team announced TinyCore piCore 7.0 and according to Béla, a TinyCore developer piCore 7.0 has some of the most interesting changes that have ever been implemented. Let's look at all the changes that have been implemented in piCore 7.0.

Ubuntu comes with two default themes namely Ambiance and Rediance. Both of the themes are nice and simple. But isn't it better if you can make Ubuntu more attractive by installing custom themes? Yes you can! Ubuntu and all other Linux distributions allow you to install custom themes. In this tutorial I'll show you how you can transform your Ubuntu to like Windows 10 by installing custom Windows 10 looking theme.

Linux Mint is one of the most popular Linux distributions. It's known for its simplicity, stability and ease of use. Linux Mint recently released Linux Mint 17.3 'Rosa' with many improvements, new features and updated software that make it more stable and reliable. In this article you'll know what's new in this release and how you can get it.

Linux Kernel 3.12.52 was released yesterday with improvements and bug fixes. The kernel updates bring more security and stability. If your system has 3.12 series kernel and you can not wait for 3.12.52 officially available then you can upgrade to 3.12.52 in Ubuntu/Linux mint from here.

uGet is a free and Open-Source download manager for Linux. It's light and small but supports most important feautres that a good download manager should have. uGet recently released uget 2.0.4. You can easily install this simple yet powerful download manager on your Linux system.

FreeFileSync is an Open-Source and cross platform tool to compare and sync files and folders. It's a very useful tool as you can compare two folders at different locations with FreeFileSync. You can update two folders and updation will copy all the new files from one folder (source folder) to another (target folder).

In this article you will know more about responsive WordPress themes and also how important these themes are for your site ranking in the search engines. So let’s dive in and discuss responsive WordPress themes.