Month: December 2017

While the Linux system comes with mail-reading facility built in, the environment is really not convenient for those who don’t love the command line that much. A graphical client offers a lot more ease and features. For setting up an email client in CentOS 7, you have two options: Set up a GUI-based client such…

When it comes to enterprise-grade network and service monitoring, there are few challengers to OpenNMS. It provides a simple web-based interface to visually monitor different parts of your service, and comes with a REST API that allows quick integration with virtually any system you might have. Installing OpenNMS on Ubuntu takes a bit of work.…

Editing PDF files is a common enough task; but unfortunately, there’s no good solution for it in Ubuntu by default. While a lot can be said for Evince when it comes to reading PDF documents, the editing story is still underdeveloped.   If you scan the Ubuntu forums for some time, you’ll primarily come across…

The default font collection on Ubuntu 16.04 leaves a lot to be desired. In fact, it was the case with much of Web (what with the very aggressively priced fonts and all that) until Google Web Fonts came along. We now have access to hundreds of font families through Google Fonts, fitting work as diverse…

The good thing about Ubuntu 16.04, as far as the Python programming environment is concerned, is that it comes with pre-installed Python3 support. For many years, the Python community has lived in the 2.7 vs. 3.0 divide, with many refusing the migrate. Eventually, however, the community at large came to appreciate the design decisions behind…