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Winter is already coming with cold, snow or rain and other problems for people. But there's no reason to give up - great things like Black Friday and Christmas are waiting for us! Yes, shopping can't solve all problems and it can even be addictive because
Many years ago, smart homes were common and popular only in science fiction movies or books, but thanks to advances in technology and electronics, it is now available to everyone and won't be a black hole in your pocket anymore. The tech giants like Apple or Samsung started
Networking
The Internet is very important these days and can't be underestimated. Not just for shiny pictures on Instagram, but for work, education, dating, news, daily chats with friends and family, and many other things. So choosing a good and reliable ISP (Internet Service Provider) is also important -
Networking
This device was created in late 2021 by Linksys (a company owned by Taiwanese giant Foxconn - the note about free Taiwan was earned) and Fortinet, a cybersecurity company based in sunny California. This company provides services and sells devices such as firewalls, wireless access points, intrusion detection systems and
As you can see, this blog is mostly dedicated to Linux and FOSS reviews, tips, ticks and hacks, but Apple sowtware can also be called *nix, at least kind of. So we decided to jump in and figure out what really happened at the September event, what's amazing
Networking
The network is a critical point of failure for almost all modern infrastructure. All of them are connected to the Internet, except perhaps military systems. This allows you to easily scale high load by adding more servers and work on tasks in parallel or distribute a portion of it to
Linux
Why terminal is not legacy and command line skills still matter Many new people in tech think that the terminal is something old-fashioned from the 70s or 80s and should be replaced by a UI with a bunch of flashy buttons. Reality is different, as it often happens. Console is
All about *nix without compromises
Introduction COSMIC is a Linux desktop environment developed by System76, a company known for its high-performance laptops and desktops with Linux preinstalled and the Intel® Management Engine disabled. They started by customizing Ubuntu releases and later added many unique features, making the project self-sustaining. COSMIC is a significant update to
In young and old age, in rich and poor parts of our life, on successes and on failures we need compass and guidance what to do next and how to escape the mistakes. The books can provide all this, and more - they have been doing it for centuries. Why
This post idea was born in last several public and personal discussions with highlighting a lof of technical, political, personal and religious aspects. Both programming languages got success in last decade, but released in different times: Go in 2009 and Rust in 2015. Some people think that Go and Rust
When I first switched from Windows to GNU/Linux, I learned about the free software movement and Tor. I wanted to learn a lot from videos of talks and presentations. One fine day I saw a video of Jacob Appelbaum with Roger Dingledine. It was just amazing, as I had
One day I was walking near the bus station and saw several young women. They were of different ages, in their 20s, 30s, and older, but one detail was the same: a bag in one hand and a smartphone in the other. Smartphones - tech upgrade or mental downgrade? Many
Anyone who read the article on blog.damagan.org “MENDAX is Free” knows a bit of what's going on yet those who don’t now let me explain some details for you; after 1901 days in jail and the half decade of forced isolation cypherpunk and journalist Julian
Why to buy digital cameras in XXI century when smarphones have won? The latest smartphones from Apple or Samsung can take an incredible photo or even render the surface of the moon in the background if you point the camera at the sky. But don't take this dominance
SSH, as Secure Shell Protocol, is the cryptographic network protocol designed to connect machines in a secure manner. Since its introduction in 1995, the protocol has survived many years with many improvements, and in the last decade or more is the industry standard. Yes, here some Windows users will probably
If you have a new project or want to migrate from a bad or unstable hosting, you have a lot of options - it's super easy to find a hosting these days. Despite the gigaton of hosters and options, there are only two patterns that can be used
In this blog, NixSanctuary, we try to highlight GNU/Linux and other Free/Libre Software in various cases from a personal and business point of view, but now it's time to look at another angle. Migrating to GNU/Linux is difficult or almost impossible for home users and
Hello Everyone, We, Nix Sanctuary, run Enemy Territory: Legacy server game this Christmas and have planned a book giveaway from No Starch Press or The Pragmatic Bookshelf! To join us, connect to the Discord server using this link. Merry Christmas! Because nobody should be lonely this Christmas!
The Ubuntu Touch project was started by Canonical because Mark Shuttleworth wanted to enter the mobile market with his Ubuntu Erge smartphone and an ambitious $32,000,000 crowdfunding campaign. You probably know what happened next - they failed to raise the money and stopped development. When Ubuntu decided to