To check the hard disk space (free and used) of your PC’S hard disk. Open the system tray and type Disk Usage Analyzer (for Ubuntu) or any such name in different distro. On the disk usage analyzer in Ubuntu you should be able to see a hard drive with an Ubuntu logo and… Read More »
One thing that many newcomers to Linux discover when installing applications on their systems is that they’d always have to install directly from the internet – – most times. To add to the web of these technicalities, different distributions (distros) support different format for distributing and utilizing their applications (e.g. the .deb for Debian-based systems… Read More »
The main feature that distinguishes free from non-free software is not price, but freedom. So even if you are not paying for a particular software it doesn’t mean that it is free software. To clarify this issue let get some definitions going… Proprietary (Non-Free) Software A proprietary software is… Read More »
With a dwindled international oil price and pipeline vandalism going on in the country, expanding and maximizing the economic benefits of a robust ICT framework would be a step in the right direction for various reasons among which are given below. The world is changing and moving at a very fast pace, and people are… Read More »
FILTERS A filters is a program that takes its input from the standard input file, processes (or filters) it, and sends its output to the standard output file. Linux has a rich set of filters that can be use to work on data in an effective way. Some examples of filters are cat, grep, wc,… Read More »
Connecting Nokia phones to PCs that run windows is mostly achieved using the Nokia PC Suit (NPS) the suit is very versatile in that it could be used to install applications, send SMS, view file content, connect to the internet and share files right from within the PC. And there are some NPS alternatives for… Read More »
I received an email from Web4Africa, yesterday and in it was a news announcement that it has launch the “first FOSS mirror in west Africa at miror.ng”. The happy thing about it is that the project is physically hosted (located) in Nigeria. For those of you who do not know, Web4Africa is a reputable domain… Read More »
Using the command line is a time-honoured tradition in Linux (at least for those that like to get their hands dirty with commands). One of the common acts carried out when using the CLI is that of displaying and manipulating texts, and Linux is so much rich with commands to achieve this. The cat command… Read More »
The OpenVR (short for Open Voter Registration) is a biometric software that was introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into the Nigeria electoral system in the year 2011, to serve as a viable platform to be able to capture as many possible voters. The Software The OpenVR is an open source program that… Read More »
Though I have written severally on the principles behind the free and open source philosophy (which is the entire mission of fossnaija) and how they can help or be applied to Africa as a continent and Nigeria as a developing country. In this article I’m going to examine the aspect of FOSS that can help… Read More »
