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How To Install And Setup Utangle Firewall
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How To Install And Setup Utangle Firewall

Firewall! A great online protection tool for us, which protects us during online activity from various kinds of viruses, hacking and other kinds of threats. Untangle firewall is also a similar, lightweight firewall that allows you to browse online without any kind of worry. Untangle firewall comes in basically two editions i.e. Free and Paid. We are gonna review the Free edition as it serves our purpose and all we need for simple home protection.   Untangle Firewall requires you to dedic

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BlackArch Linux A Pentesting Linux Distribution
Arch Linux 5 min read

BlackArch Linux A Pentesting Linux Distribution

When it comes to penetration testing, the best way to go is Linux. Distros like Kali and Parrot are quite popular. Today we’re going to look at another awesome penetration testing distro known as Blackarch. Blackarch Linux is an Arch Linux-based penetration testing distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The Blackarch comes with a tool repository that contains over 1800 tools with new ones being added quite frequently. Let us take a brief look at this Linux distro.

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Can Ubuntu Come Back To Top On Distrowatch After GNOME Desktop Environment?
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Can Ubuntu Come Back To Top On Distrowatch After GNOME Desktop Environment?

For a very long time, Ubuntu was at the heart of the Linux revolution. The leader, the heart, and soul on the quest for Linux to win the desktop operating systems wars. With the then GNOME and GNOME 2 desktop environments, the task was clear, the job was cut out and then in 2017, it has not happened yet. Ubuntu in the search to become the number one choice for desktop users replaced its default desktop from GNOME to Canonical’s very own crafted Unity desktop. The Unity desktop environmen

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Zorin OS 12.2 Released
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Zorin OS 12.2 Released

Zorin Group recently announced the release of Zorin OS 12.2. It’s Ubuntu based operating system for both, beginners and advanced users. This version brings innovations from the Open Source community together with a familiar user interface, requiring nearly no learning curve for PC users.   What is New in Zorin OS 12.2? Zorin OS 12.2 comes with improvements to the desktop and the underlying infrastructure, bringing a more powerful, faster and secure computing experience. Let us

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QOwnNotes A Great Note Taking App For Linux
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QOwnNotes A Great Note Taking App For Linux

There are so many awesome open source apps available on Linux for taking notes and managing a to-do list and amongst them is QOwnNotes. QOwnNotes is a fantastic app for doing both. The app allows you to save your notes in plain text format with Markdown support. It has cross-platform support on Linux, Windows, and macOS and works together with the notes application of ownCloud and Nextcloud. The main strength of QOwnNotes is versatility. It comes with some pretty awesome features that

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Best KDE Linux Distributions For Your Desktop
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Best KDE Linux Distributions For Your Desktop

KDE remains one of the most popular desktop environments available for Linux users. KDE prioritizes aesthetics and modernity with a user-friendly computing experience. It also comes with a host of applications and features that complete the experience. But which distro does KDE best? I certainly do not know the right answer but what I can do is share some of KDE’s best distros in the market now. Some distros certainly do KDE better than others and if you’ve been burnt before, I bet one o

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How To Transform GIMP Into Photoshop
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How To Transform GIMP Into Photoshop

GIMP is a pretty awesome free and open source imaging tool that does a lot right in providing a very remarkable alternative to the hugely popular premium Photoshop. GIMP does a lot right for those who make the switch but then there is always a learning curve in getting used to the interface, the shortcuts, and others. What if we could make a few tweaks and changes to make your GIMP set up the look and work more like Photoshop. This post looks at 6 simple ways of making GIMP look and work a bi

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Bitkey - A Linux Distribution Dedicated For Conducting Bitcoin Transactions
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Bitkey - A Linux Distribution Dedicated For Conducting Bitcoin Transactions

  Are you looking for a dedicated Linux distro for conducting Bitcoin transactions? You got BITKEY (TURNBITKEY). BITKEY is a bootable system image based on Debian containing everything you need to perform highly secure air-gapped Bitcoin transactions. Under the hood, it comes with a swiss army knife of handy Bitcoin tools that support a wide range of usage models, including a few very secure ones which would otherwise be difficult to perform. BITKEY is based on the Turkey GNU/Linux build syst

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'fdisk' Command To Manage Disk Partitions In Linux
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'fdisk' Command To Manage Disk Partitions In Linux

Fdisk(fixed disk or format disk) is a text-based command-line utility for viewing and managing hard disk partitions on Linux. Using fdisk you can view, create, resize, delete, change, copy and move partitions.   Fdisk allows you to create a maximum of four primary partitions as permitted by Linux with each requiring a minimum size of 40mb. You can also have a much larger number of logical partitions by subdividing a primary partition.  In this article, let us review how to use fdisk command

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Chromium Vs. Google Chrome
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Chromium Vs. Google Chrome

Google Chrome is currently the most popular browser on desktop PCs. It has over 54% of desktop users, usually in the Windows world, choose it over the other browsers. In the Linux world, Google Chrome is not the most popular, as most distros prefer to ship to other web browsers. The most popular of these is Firefox, whilst others prefer Chromium. Chromium is identical to Google Chrome for all intents and purposes. They share everything from looks to extensions, engines, and features.

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Getting Started With GitHub
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Getting Started With GitHub

Github is an online platform built to promote code hosting, version control and collaboration among individuals working on a common project.  Projects can be handled from anywhere through the platform. (Hosting and reviewing code, managing projects, and building software with other developers around the world) The GitHub platform offers project handling to both open-source and private projects.   Features offered in regards to team project handling include; GitHub Flow and GitHub Pages.

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A Quick Review Of Antergos Arch Based Linux Distro
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A Quick Review Of Antergos Arch Based Linux Distro

  Antergos is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It is developed with simplicity in mind. It provides a fully configured system with defaults that make it usable right out of the box. Antergos is designed for all users from experts and developers to newbies. It is pretty impressive what the developers of distro have made. Let’s check it out.   Download Antergos The Live Install Image comes in about 1.7GB and allows you to try a fully functio

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