Opensource
Smartwatches with Open Source OS And Where To Find Them
In context of fresh Chinese smartphones' telemetry leaks - OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo and Realme, the **data privacy concerns are rising again**.
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Microsoft
Microsoft: occupy PC? Secure Boot, TPM and Pluton
When a general user enables his laptop or desktop, there's often happens a question - is the current OS secure? Or maybe some core files were replaced by hackers and after load your device will open a backdoor to bad people or even _be transformed in part of botnet_?
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How to share VPN connection using Ethernet and Wi-Fi on Linux
This setup can be helpful _if_: - part of your or your friend network equipment is broken or badly configured - for developer purposes like debug or microservices development - your VPN plan supports only one connection to server - share wired connection to your smartphone over Wi-Fi
Linux
How to use VPN for only one application on Linux
The default approach with routing all traffic over VPN can hit user experience sometimes. If user need to do some tasks with application which requires low traffic or speed - it can be done with cheap VPN, but _comfortable web browsing will be definitely broken_.
Free Disposable Linux Shell/VPS/Cloud Services
Sometimes we need to test something on another machine. It can be an application, script, service, whatever. Of course, for a professional a QA testing case it is better to buy hardware or cloud resources. Small tasks aren't always worth a developer's time to register and
Privacy
Maximizing Privacy & Security Settings for Brave and partially Chrome-based Browsers
Why Brave Despite scandals with affiliate links and leaked Tor domains to public DNS, Brave still develop very cool security features not available in Chrome and Edge, owned by corporate giants with radically different financing. Brave earn money in the crypto business, but all this stuff can be disabled or
Linux
Win The Race: Clear Linux Architecture & Performance Optimizations Review
Many Linux distributions have really minimal differences between and trying to reach a customer with nice wallpapers, themes and UI decorations in general. Clear Linux is the unique software product backed by Intel, not based on any distribution and provides a lot of interested solutions under and above the hood:
FFmpeg
Best FFmpeg Advanced Commands For Video, Audio and Images Encoding
Why FFmpeg worth to learn FFmpeg is ... well, there's no sense in a classical introduction. This is the Swiss knife for multimedia. Big, solid and popular project without real competitors, also used in many applications. Of course, a lot of applications available to work with multimedia, from free
Shell
CD and more - save time with powerful terminal navigation on Linux & macOS
Why time matters Have you thought how many times you use your file manager? Yeah, it's very comfortable when you need to work with photos, videos or any content suitable for visualization. Some people are scared to use console 'cause it's "too hard"
Privacy
Wiping Traces: Best Open Source Tools For Deleting Metadata
So why? Files often contain personal information. It can be timestamps, GPS location, owner, organization, specific hardware info and more. Removing it will increase user privacy. You maybe don't need it now, but will need it later: the future isn't always predictable. Is metadata bad? Metadata
Linux
Best Linux Commands For Advanced Hardware and System Info
Sometimes you need info about hardware, and you probably lost your invoice, spec list or a password to a store website. Maybe you did an upgrade and this info isn't accurate anymore. It's an easy case for home users, but what to do is you have
Zip
Boycott 7-zip: "Limited" Open Source & Security Issues
"Limited" Open Source 7-zip developed by Igor Pavlov, first release happened in far 1999. Licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later, but one detail: you can't find the actual sources on Github, Gitlab, nor any public code hosting, only src.7z on official Sourceforge page. No history, no committers,