Scanimage is a command-line interface to control image acquisition devices such as flatbed scanners or cameras. The device is controlled via command-line options. After command-line processing, scanimage normally proceeds to acquire an image. The image data is written to standard output in one of the PNM (portable aNyMaP) formats (PBM for black-and-white images, PGM for grayscale images, and PPM for[…]
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How to disable and remove completely Snaps in Ubuntu Linux
Canonical sometimes listens to its user base, while other times simply it goes straight on its way. This has happened for the graphic environment of Unity (regret by many!) and the same is happening for several technological implementations in the latest revisions of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Snap is a magnificent idea with a still immature realization. It is[…]
Read moreStop asking password when mounting another internal hard drive on Linux
Whenever I change the operating system or update, we find that in order to access the additional internal hard drives in our machines, we must necessarily type the administrator password. How boring! Let’s see how to overcome this annoying procedure and how to stop the operating system from asking password when mounting another internal hard drive on Linux. First of[…]
Read moreLibreSpeed. Free and opensource speedtest
Test your Internet connection bandwidth to locations around the world with this interactive broadband speed test completely free and opensource. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit is the LibreSpeed motto. Although Ookla SpeedTest is an undisputed authority, it is also used on third-party websites in a customized version, always with the measurement and quality standard imposed by the[…]
Read moreBatocera.linux. An operating system dedicated to retrogaming
Batocera.linux is an operating system (like Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Mac OS, or Windows 10) specialized in retrogaming. It is available for laptops, desktop PCs and different nano computers like the Raspberry and the Odroids. On PC, it is available on a USB key and can boot without altering your existing hard drive. As stated by DistroWatch, batocera.linux is a minimal[…]
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