But what if there was a package format that could be used on any distribution? That’s where Snapcraft comes in. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Snapcraft to create and install snap packages in Linux. What Is a Snap Package? A snap package is a self-contained application package that includes all the necessary dependencies and libraries, making it easy to install and update applications without having to worry about dependency issues....

Download and install Bluestacks for Windows. Install the WhatsApp application in Bluestacks (it usually appears in the sidebar. If not, you can search for it in the search bar). Once installed, click on the WhatsApp application to launch it. Click the “Agree and Continue” button to proceed. Enter your country and mobile number. When it prompts you to verify the mobile number, click OK. Sit back and wait as it tries to verify your account....

It is because of this the company behind Firefox has taken it upon themselves to make a web browser centered around developers and not everyday internet users. Mozilla’s Firefox Developer edition browser gives web developers the ability to debug and inspect web applications with ease. As many web developers actively use Linux to get their work done, this browser is available for Linux, too, though the installation is not as straightforward as it should be....

Installing Gnome Shell in Ubuntu Natty 11.04 Open a terminal and type the following command:(only applicable for Ubuntu Natty 11.04.) Restart your computer. At the login screen, select Gnome as the desktop session. What will change If you are using the Unity desktop, some of the stuff might break. The font will change. Additional software to install If you plan to use Gnome Shell as your main desktop manager, the following applications will be useful for you....

To install Java 8 on your Pi use the following command: To check that everything installed OK, type: The output shows that Java 1.8.0 has been installed. 1.8 means Java 8. The initial releases of Java were all “point” releases: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4. But in 2004 when Java 1.5 was released, it was marketed as Java 5; however, 1.5 still remained the internal version number. So 1....

Why Use a Windows VM? These pre-made VMs aren’t a permanent solution, but they offer a reliable way for users who need Windows in a virtual machine for any reason to get access to the operating system to get a specific job done. There are many reasons to use a VM like this, and we’re sure there are uses that we haven’t thought of, but there are a few common use cases....

1. Using the “who” command We use the who command to get information on the different users connected with the information displayed in four columns. The first column shows the usernames.The second column indicates the TTY used.The third column is the time the user logged in.The fourth is the hostname or IP address of the connected users. You can also display the number of users logged on to the system with the -q parameter....

Usually it’s not your fault you can’t log out and is because of a site bug or a usability blunder. It doesn’t help much that it’s not your fault when your account is at risk of being compromised. If you are logged in from a computer nobody else but you uses, the risks aren’t that high, but if this is a shared computer, you most certainly need to log out ASAP....

However, not many people know how to use Instagram and Facebook ads effectively for maximizing profit. This article will encompass a few tips and tricks to increase Shopify sales via Instagram ads! Use Video to Your Advantage Video, in most cases, can be more powerful then a still image in terms of conveying ideas. This is why it is a fantastic option for ads. The video you create should encompass the beauty of your product to first and foremost grab attention – and then pull focus of key features about the product or brand from there....

Mobile Newsletter Themes Unless you would like to go ahead and design your email newsletters from scratch, coding included (you masochist, you), templates are a gift from heaven. Don’t worry, just because you choose to use a template, you don’t have to settle for a cookie-cutter newsletter design. You can first choose a template, then modify and customize it until it suits your fancy (and MailChimp user already knows this). MailChimp has just released some 14 to 15 mobile-friendly newsletter templates with a promise of many more on the way....

In this article, we organise your communications with Smart Mailboxes to help you ignore the clutter and focus in on your important correspondence. Don’t Miss the Station Say, for example, you subscribe to the NASA email service which tells you when the International Space Station goes over your house at night. If you want to make sure you can find the last email that came from them, do the following: Go to “Mailbox -> New Smart Mailbox”....

Create a Restore Point Before you do anything, it would be wise to create a restore point so that you can quickly revert back to the original look of Windows 11, in case you want to go back at some point. Now just go ahead and implement the instructions laid out here to change the look and feel of your Windows 11. 1. Adjust Start Menu Location Windows 11 has the Start menu positioned in the center....

One of the coolest widgets on the Mac dashboard is the Web Clip widget. With this widget, you can clip any part of a Web page in Safari via the “open in dashboard” option. This is a great way to monitor changes to any Web page(s) that you choose; whenever the page changes/updates, so will your widget. If you need to check a Web page regularly for changes, just use the Web Clip widget....

Download and Export Pictures from Google Photos Navigate to Google Takeout where all your Google data is stored. You will see a massive list of app data from all the apps you use. Click on “Deselect all” because it’s much faster than doing each one independently. Scroll down until you find Google Photos and check the box next to it. If you want to download specific albums or other formats, click on Multiple formats and All photo albums included buttons....

On the next page, enter your Pocket user name and password. Click “Authorize”. This should get you to the next page which confirms that you’ve authorized the extension. Now, you should have a little Pocket icon on the top right corner of the browser screen. Unread articles are shown in red. Clicking on this icon now brings up the Pocket link pop up. From here, you can open, add to favorites, or archive the links....

By packing in more frames of animation into every second, this results in smoother movement on your screen, which is particularly useful when gaming, though this is subject to both your graphics card and monitor being able to handle high refresh and frame-rates respectively. Overclocking your monitor depends on whether you have an AMD or nVidia GPU. In this article we’ll be showing how AMD owners can do this....

Use the Spacebar to Play an Animated GIF If you don’t like using a web browser to view an animated GIF image, then the Spacebar method is one of the easiest ways to view the image. Locate the image you want to see on your Mac. Single-click on it and press the Spacebar once on your keyboard. The GIF will keep playing in an endless loop until you exit out of the window....

Even though Hearthstone was released for a wide array of platforms, including mobile devices running Android, it has never seen official Linux support. Thankfully, Hearthstone is a lightweight game that can be run on Linux systems through Wine. Install Wine Staging The staging patches for Wine are necessary. Blizzard updates Hearthstone frequently, and those updates do occasionally break Wine gameplay. Having the latest patches does help. Enable the Wine Staging PPA on Ubuntu....

What Is an Autorun Virus? When you put a CD or DVD into your computer’s media drive (a fancy word for “CD/DVD drive”), you might get a pop-up asking you whether you want to run the executable applications inside it or explore the folder. In other instances, you may see the program within the disc open itself immediately. This is autorun at work. Autorun is a basic feature of Windows and other operating systems that automatically opens important data on a disc, guiding itself with a secret little file known as “autorun....

Paper.li has the ability to take links posted on your social networks and bring them together into an organized online newspaper for you. This means you have control over what goes up, assuming you have control over who your connections are in your social networks (and you do). On top of that, you can also add feeds from other sites manually and have them feeding articles to your newspaper as well....