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DeVeDe NG Review Create Video DVDs and CDs
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DeVeDe NG Review Create Video DVDs and CDs

Devede is an open source program that allows the creation of video CDs and DVDs from an MPEG, AVI and similar formats suitable for home DVD players. Devede uses Mplayer, Mencoder, DVDAuthor, and VCDimager, so you can use any video playable with Mplayer. It is available for multiple platforms including Windows and Linux.   How to install DevedeNG? Devede NG is available in most Linux software stores including the Ubuntu Software app for one-click installation. Alternatively, there a

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A Quick Review Of PCLinuxOS
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A Quick Review Of PCLinuxOS

Sometimes while I review distros I come across some cool distros that many persons don’t know about. PCLinuxOS is one of them. A user-friendly, stable, and quite cool in features and app selection are the things that made me love this distro. PCLinuxOS comes only in a 64-bit version, so the old PC might not be able to run it. I think nowadays 64-bit thing is quite normal as technologies are advancing. Without wasting much time, I would like to proceed to the review of the distro. As

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What Are Bitcoins?
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What Are Bitcoins?

Bitcoin is a digital currency or electronic cash the relies on peer to peer technology for completing transactions. Since peer to peer technology is used as the major network, bitcoins provide a community like a managed economy. This is to mean, bitcoins eliminate the centralized authority way of managing currency and promote community management of currency. Most Also of the software related to bitcoin mining and managing of bitcoin digital cash is open source.   The first Bitcoin software w

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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
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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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