Etcher, a handy-dandy and open source bootable USB maker

Need to create a bootable USB? Can't decide which tool to use? well, you can try an app called Etcher. It's a USB image writer which have cool user interface and cool features too.

(image source : etcher.io)
This tool offers quite a handy features like, detecting corrupted drives prior to burning the image. Selection of drives are easier and more accurate so that you won't accidentally format your whole hard drive. Of course, the beautiful user interface is cherry on the cake.
So why not just using it for future USB things. It is available for Linux, Windows and Mac. You can easily download this from their official website. This is it for today, keep visiting us for more cool stuffs and things.

Whatsapp now have standalone desktop app

Yo guys,
Many of you may know or don't know, whatsapp now have it's standalone app for your desktops. though ofcource it works like whatsapp web. But having app rather than opening your browser is kinda convenient.

Just head to official whatsapp site and download the app for windows / mac and enjoy using whatsapp on your pc. Though you have to keep your phone connected to data/wi-fi at the same time.

So go on guys have fun using whatsapp from your pc. we will be doing the same. Till then, ciao.

Drawboard PDF - A unique way to play with PDF files

Yo guys,

Have you ever thought of drawing various things in a PDF file? or just highlighting or annotating a important part of PDF file without need of printing it first? well if yes (and no too), then we have a app that can make it possible for you. And the name is Drawboard PDF.

Drawboard PDF and what it does?

You can easily annotate important things in PDF files, draw something in it, highlight what you want. And hell yeah, it a PDF reader!!!!! it supports touch and stylus input. It has various pens and inks to make your work more of a art. Apart from all that it's quite lightweight in size. We have used it in windows 10 pc and it worked like a charm. Did the thing what it said.

Drawboard PDF is the top PDF app to read, annotate and mark up your PDFs. Ideal for replacing pen and paper; avoid printing documents ever again, making annotating your documents a breeze. Open existing PDFs or create a new PDF, annotate using our extensive array of tools, then save your document back as a compatible PDF. Drawboard PDF distinguishes itself by its intuitive user interface/experience, stylus and touch input separation, smooth and natural pen inking, and its impressive array of annotation tools.

This is an essential tool for: - Design industries (engineering, construction, architecture etc.) - Students and teachers - Travellers - Business - Anyone who needs to mark up a PDF!

• Toggle between using an activated stylus/pen and finger touch to perform annotations on the PDF
• Open, Read and Save multiple PDF documents
• Create new blank PDF documents of different size, color, orientation and page count
• Radial menu with the following features:
• Smooth and natural inking pen/stylus inking - change stroke width and colors
• Eraser - also works on the back of the stylus eraser where functional, and right click on mouse
• Edit, write, annotate, ink, draw on PDFs
• Select tool to move annotations around the PDF
• Shapes - cloudy tool, rectangle, ellipse, line, arrow and polygon on PDF
• Text markup - highlighter, underline, strikeout, squiggly on PDF
• All annotations have the option for varying colors, widths, opacities etc on PDF
• PDF Bookmarks, Print PDF, Search PDF functionality and Share PDF using the share charm
• PDF Markup History
• Insert images and webcam snapshots on PDF
• Change the layout and view modes of PDF, including night mode
• Insert, Rotate and Delete PDF Pages
• Flatten PDF Annotations
• Open large PDF sizes
• Insert sticky/popup notes on PDF
• Undo/Redo PDF Actions

(Source - windows store)

Brave Browser-The browser with epic ad blocking

Brave Browser is something new you might have heard of already or may not have.So we used this browser for a while and now I think,I should give an On-hands Review(Ofcourse,will be covering in-depth later on!)

     (source of image:screen-snap from homepage brave.com)

What is It?

So Brave browser is a new Game Changer in the Browsers World.Yah,it's gonna change something(actually many things) real cool.
It'll block all those heavy time capping ads,pop-ups and most of those privacy disturbing third party data trackers.
The Man(with his team) behind this great Browser is Brendan Eich who was Former CEO and Co-founder of Mozila and how can we forget his great dedcation to web world i.e. JAVASCRIPT.

How is it gonna change the World of Browsing?

So the browser is quite amazingly effective in blocking most of the ads and pop-ups as we personally checked it on the Brave 0.7.

It was able to cleanly block all the ads and then without giving any kinda bummers,showing all the pages neat & clean without leaving any kind of foot-prints like blank spaces or left-out(s).

HTTPS is something which will really help the end user very much in both browsing safely over the web and protecting themselves privacy risks for sure.

Pidgin : an amazing instant messenger client

Hello folks,

                  Today we have something good for "the chatters". Well this wont be a new thing for typical Linux users but for windows users this can be something new (thought it's quite old). Not long time ago we used to have an official Facebook messenger for desktop, but sadly it was disconnected by Facebook management. So messenger is now only on mobiles and tablets? Actually no. From the ancient times till now there is a versatile IM client to satisfy all your needs for different websites, It was (and is) named as Pidgin.

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Pidgin is used in Linux from long time. As it is open source, lightweight and easy to operate, it's really a fun experience to use Pidgin. Pidgin supports various websites and chat services in one single client. Which is quite handy as you can use multiple services at once and also multiple accounts of single service.

Dexpot : lightweight virtual workspaces for Windows

Hello buddies,

                  It's been a while we haven't posted about useful stuffs to ease your load while using PC. So today we gonna introduce you to Dexpot, a lightweight, free virtual desktop (workspace) manager.

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Dexpot is really helpful utility so keep your desktop a clean place, especially if you are a multitasker and do a lot of things on PC at same time. In case of Linux this is not a big problem as there is already integration of  'mighty workplaces'. But in case of Windows this is quite a problem (unless you are using Windows 10). This is where Dexpot comes in handy. What does it do? It creates multiple virtual desktops or workplaces. As it is very lightweight, it doesn't require much of memory and resources.

 As you can see in above screenshot. Dexpot takes its place in taskbar and gives easy access to multiple desktops just by hovering your mouse over it.

Q-Dir : easiest way to access your files

Hello buddies,

                    We hope you guys are doing great. today we gonna tell you guys about quick and easy way to access your files in PC. Well we know you have default file explorer but sometimes it becomes a pain when we need to move one file from one drive to another drive. So there's a very lightweight and free solution for that.

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Name of this software is Q-Dir. It's very lightweight and free to use. What this software do? It simply opens file manager with 4 panels so you can easily open up 4 different destinations simultaneously. This simply lessens time consumption plus it enhances transfers from one drive to another by providing quick access.

Linux Deepin - A distro with a unique style

Hello buddies,

          We hope you guys are doing good. So let's see, today we have something interesting for you. Well we are bringing back the "Introduction with Linux Distro" series with some cool new distro out there. Some people would be wondering did we actually post something like this, so for those who don't know this series, check out the recent segments of the same.

Linux Mint-An Introduction

Elementary OS-A brief introduction

What is Fedora? An introduction

What is OpenSUSE? An introduction

What is Debian? A brief introduction

On the sixth segment of this series we have Linux Deepin. Well this distro is very interesting and must mention it's eye candy for sure. There are lot of distros, but lot of them are only making fair market by using what already is available. But the story is very different here, though this distro is based on ubuntu but they provide their own desktop environment. There are very few distros which make a great deal by making something of their own creation. Last time we have seen Elementary OS with thier own Pantheon desktop environment. Let's have a look how it is in case of Linux Deepin. 

SpaceSniffer: a handy and lightweight tool to know about your disks

Hello guys,

                    Well i guess you are all PC users, obviously that's why you are here. Have you ever wondered where the space in your disk gone? Well it happens a lot of time. we think that we have installed so less softwares or games but where all the space gone? Well no worries we have a solution for this problem.

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How to create a bootable DVD easily?

Well this problem can be easily solved by a tool called SpaceSniffer (with the capital S). This tool will show you a complete graph of things that are eating your disk space. This tool is handy, portable and lightweight around 1.5 MB only. But don't go on it's size, it does show a  proper design of every component and the space it is taking in total. It shows unused space, it shows unknown space taken by unknown factors. All in all it gives a systematic representation of your disk. It also show multipartition reports in multiple tabs and even can show detailed space representation of your DVD and usb. More on it its a freeware but donations are always welcomed. For further information and downloads you can visit their Official Site.

Well this seems to be the smallest post i am posting :P anyways we highly recommend you guys to try out this software to know actually what happening with your space on disk. We will be back with some interesting stuff and soon a new segment of  "introduction with Linux distro" is coming so stay tuned. Till then, Ciao.

Everything : highly efficient and fast indexing software

Hello buddies,

                      Have you ever tried to search something in your PC's search box and due to your large amount of data it took ages for your files and folders to get indexed? Well here is a solution for you. We are introducing you to a great software which is amazingly fast in indexing and showing search result in a fraction of second.

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The name of this software is Everything. By means everything it really index everything in a second. You have hundreds of GB of data in your pc, no worries everything will index it all in few seconds. and ofcource it is free to use. The software itself is very lightweight around 400 kb only.  The software  have a nice and simplified user interface which makes it easy to use. moreover it runs without any trouble in background and hotkeys can be set for automatic execution. All you have to do is install the software and type what you want within a second you will have your result.

f.lux : an interesting eyes friendly software

Hi guys,

               Well recently we have been posting about games and softwares mostly. So here is another addition to that. Well we gonna introduce a very useful software with a very lightweight size. Yup that's right. You work late night on PC? or you like to browse the web late night? this software is totally for you.

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How to convert file format easily on a windows PC?  

How to take screenshots and video captures in games?  

So the name of software is Flux or f.lux whatever you wanna call it. It is useful in modifying the screen light  during night time. PC screen is looking good during day time but during night especially around 1 am or 2 am. it's very annoying to such a sun like screen light. This software exactly do the trick here it modifies the screen light so it won't look too annoying to the eyes. It somehow hugely calm down eyes and mind :P It is available in multi platform i.e. windows, linux, mac, iphone/ipad. You can visit their official site for more information and downloads.

 The software is pretty lightweight around 580 kb and run smoothly in background. it have setting to arrange the light effects. But if you don't wanna play around settings part just set up your location or it will automatically detect your location via network. It will automatically make the screen light turn fluorescent like  which calms eyes of users against the bright blue light wwhich is said to be affecting sleeping. So in some manner f.lux helps you to have better sleep and good health.

We would definitely suggest you to try it out especially if you work late night on pc. So this is it for today. We will be back with more information on useful and lightweight softwares which will make life easier on a PC :P anyways stay tuned with us as we will keep updating you with new and old stuffs. Till then , ciao.

How to create a bootable DVD easily?

Hello guys,

                   We hope you are having fun. Well today we gonna teach you how to create a bootable DVD. This is not a big task but some people can get confused in nero or some people don't even know how to do this. So we gonna explain How this thing works actually.

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In past we explained about how to create a bootable USB with and without dos. So let's start with how to make a bootable DVD. For this purpose all you need is a lightweight software called ImgBurn. It is a very lightweight software and can be used to burn DVD, HD DVD, Blue ray, CD, etc. Furthermore you can visit their official site for downloads and more information. This software can also be used on Linux using Wine.
As you can see in below screenshots it have an interactive user interface for easy use. You can see options like write image to disk, create image from disk, etc.

• By using the Write image to disc option you can make a bootable DVD using an ISO file. It is way too simple to do that. As you click on that option you will be proceeded to next screen where you have to choose image file to burn which you can see in second screen. You have to brows for you desired ISO file and make sure it is of proper size so it can fit in disk. After you selected the iso file all you have to do is click on proceed button. The software automatically detects inserted DVD and starts the burning process. Now you have to wait until the process completed which will take not more than 5 minutes and there you got your bootable DVD.

•  The second option is of creating image file i.e. ISO from the disk. This option is used for ripping data from the disk. It can be anything like OS or media, etc. This option will create a copy of it in an ISO container.

How to convert file format easily on a windows PC?

Hello everyone,

                          Once again we are here with something very important in our day to day life. Well we usually watch videos, listen music, etc on our PC. The PC is very mighty when compared to phones, consoles, etc. We can easily play almost every type of video, audio, image files on PC. But in case of phones or consoles it's not possible to play every file file format and at all bitrate also. So here we gonna help you in solving that problem.

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So it is quite simple to convert files to your desired media formats and to desired bitrates and FPS too. We can do it with a software called Format Factory. It is indeed a lightweight software to start with. Along with it's lightweight characteristic it is very easy to use and very versatile software in converging processes.

 As you can see in above screenshot. There are 5 tabs in the software which are very well categorised for formats and converting specific types. You can convert any of image to any format. All you need to do is select the format you want to convert your desired image to and then choose the files you wanna convert and just click on start.

 It can also convert audio files. So if you ever got audio files in suppose .ogg format and your phone can't play ogg format then no worries, all you need to do is convert those files and transfer them to your phone.

 It also have some unique features like video joiner, Audio joiner, mixing of video and audio, etc. which are very handy. As this software can do it in mass amount too.

How to take screenshots and video captures in games?

Hello buddies,

                        We hope you all are enjoying. Well we are here once again with something great for you. We were doing some maintenance to our site recently so won't be able to interact with you guys much but we are back now. For those who missed few things of our site can take a look at our recent posts.

0 A.D. (Real Time Strategy open-source game)

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Well there are times when you are playing game and want to take a screenshot and there happens the tragedy many screen capture software give a black screen in the screenshot. So we have a solution for this. There's a very good software named FRAPS. It is a very good and interactive software for taking screenshots while playing game. Not only that it also records video of your game in high definition. It is lightweight in size only2.2 mb. You can check their official website for more information and downloads. It is is easy to set up ss you can see in below screenshots.

 There are 4 tabs in software for setting it up. In general tab you can enable/disable automatic startup, monitor aero desktop, minimize to system tray, etc etc.

 On the next tab you can setup the benchmarking. You can setup FPS, frametimes, etc. You can easily view FPS while playing game. You can set on which corner FPS count should be shown or you can select to hide it also.

0 A.D. (Real Time Strategy open-source game)

Hello guys,

                  Well it's been quite time, but once again we are back with something interesting for you guys. Well for those who are new to our blog, we hope you will enjoy your stay here. Make sure to check out our recent topics as it can contain a good information that you may be seeking.

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So today we are here for gamers. Yup, it's the second segment of open-source gaming. missed the first segment? no problem you can easily check our first segment named M.A.R.S. - A Ridiculous Shooter (open-source game)

So today we are here to tell you about Real Time Strategy (RTS) game. Sounds interesting? well as we know in Windows there is Age of Empires, which is very famous RTS game.Somewhat similar to that we have 0 A.D. in Linux, windows and mac. Well 0 A.D. is still in alpha mode but considering the development and the features of game is worth trying.

 The main screen of game which is quite well categorized and players can play this game on single player and multiplayer mode. The game is roughly around 550 mb in size, which is a lightweight for hardcore gamers.

M.A.R.S. - A Ridiculous Shooter (open-source game)

Hello buddies,

                          Finally we are back, well this time we are here for fun loving people. When we say fun loving, we especially counted the gamers. Yeah Yeah, we know gaming is not always a fun factor, for some people (like mean) it's a tug of war :P Anyways i hope you guys are enjoying our little site so we gonna make it more enjoyable for you.

Check out our recent activities :

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BleachBIt - a junk cleaner for Ubuntu and other Linux distros

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Elementary OS-A brief introduction

So let's get back to the topic. Today we gonna introduce you to a lightweight open-source game named M.A.R.S. - A Ridiculous Shooter. now you must be thinking what's so special in this game?? So the answer is, it's not about something special, it's about the fun while playing (Joker effect from Batman movie :P)

Well it's a single player as well as multiplayer game. Two players can play on same machine. There's also an option of network game but it's not yet implemented in the game.

M.A.R.S. main screen

BleachBIt - a junk cleaner for Ubuntu and other Linux distros

Hello Guys,

                    We hope that you enjoyed your stay at TechPhylum.com. So here we are again to show you something interesting Linux world. This time we gonna explain about a app called BleachBit.

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So today we will learn about BleachBit. It is a versatile cleaning app available in windows as well as Linux. It does a good job when it comes to cleaning junk files, Internet cache, temporary files and those annoying thumb.db files, etc, etc.

It can be used to clean up the space in HDD as well as it can increase performance of Firefox without deleting anything by creating some vacuum thing. So let's see how it works.

Bleachbit available in Software Center

How to take screenshot in Ubuntu or any linux distro?

Hey friends,
whats going on?
I hope you are doing well and enjoying your stay here on TECHPHYLUM.COM
So recently a user asked me about taking screenshots in ubuntu or any linux distro with few better features and freedom.
So we are here to not only cover a screenshot program with basics but also with some versetile features which takes screenshotting to an another level.

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We have little list of programs available.We all know the Ctrl+Print Screen works for instant screenshot but we are here to cover little more.

Screenshot(In Ubuntu):

So on ubuntu ( we are on 14.04 trusty tahr) its preinstalled and can be used for both basic and advance screenshotting.

How to install windows programs in linux?

Hey pals,
whats going on?
so today we are going to show you How to install windows Softwares/Games in linux.
It is really a important tool that every linux user should use,as we all know windows has a large variety of programs availability.
And sometime we dont have the required program available in our linux Distro,at this time we need a software called 'WINE'.

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• What is 'WINE' ?

Wine is a windows program loader,which can allow you to use any software or game of windows.It doesnt need cpu emulation and it runs applications at full speed.

AcetoneISO- Complete package to manage image files & cd/dvd in linux easily

Hey guys
whats going on?

So many users were asking me to cover topics related to cd/dvd and managing image files(like .iso),so i am trying to cover this part completely.
As you must have read my previous post about How to make a bootable Usb drive in Ubuntu using Unetbootin ? .
So now its time to cover something which will cover your most of need related to Image files & cd/dvd in Linux ofcours! :)

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You must be thinking
How to Mount image files in ubuntu?
How to Burn cd/dvd?
And much more related to either image files(like .iso,.nrg,.mfd,.img etc.)
But this Awesome powerpack AcetoneISO doesnt ends its features just at this limit.
I would say it has replaced many softwares.
It has alot!
so without any further wastage of time,lets start!
so Here we go!