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youtube-dl is not dead. you can still install it, here’s how…. linux, macOS and windows
youtube-dl’s GitHub repo was taken down because the RIAA are a bunch of whiny spoiled brats. For some reason, some people are under the impression that just because GitHub complied right away to a absurd request, youtube-dl as a project is dead. At least for now until it finds a new home.
No it’s not, if you already have it installed it is still working. And if you don’t, you can install it just as easy as before.
learn how to background and foreground a process to help you better multitask in the terminal ( Linux & macOS )
Most programs, when invoked from the shell, run in the foreground taking over your terminal and preventing you from doing other work without opening a new terminal window. But there’s a better way: bagrounding and foregrounding processes.
This works on both Linux and macOS, however there are slight differences. Here’s a simple example to help you understand how to background and foreground a process…
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A general purpose mouse inteface for your Linux TTY virtual console
This might be the easiest and shortest article I’ve written in a long time. If you work with the TTY virtual console on your Linux box, you might want a general purpose mouse functionality. Why? I don’t know why YOU might need it but, so far, I’ve use it for copy-pasting.
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Stop clicking on links without examing the URL first….
One of the worst inventions in the last 10 years or so is short URLs. They are being used everywhere. On Twitter, in emails and how many times did you hear “you can find links for all these products in the description”. Just stop clicking on them. Without examing the URL first….
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A more practical way to follow Reddit subs and subscribe to newsletters
Do you still use RSS? If you don’t, you’re missing out. Yes, RSS is still around and it’s (still) awesome. Not only it allows you to subscribe to your favorite websites but you can also use it to follow people on Twitter and Instagram without an account and even subscribe to YouTube channel without an account.
If that’s not enough for you, today we’re going to take it a step further. Let’s see how we can use RSS to follow Reddit subs without an account and even subscribe to newsletters without using an email account. At least not a personal one.
how to install macOS Big Sur on Linux
If you’re running a Linux distro as your daily driver, you can still other distros and OS’. You can even enjoy macOS. You can run Catalina using the clover bootloader and you can even install macOS in a Docker container.
Today we’re going to take a look at how set up a simple macOS Big Sur VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.
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Privacy is a fundamental human right. At Apple, it’s also one of our core values.
Privacy is a fundamental human right. At Apple, it’s also one of our core values.
How many times have you heard that? Apple even has a fancy page and shiny ads to brag about it. While this is definitely true when compared to direct competitors, if you strip it all down, it’s a bunch of bullshit. It’s simply something Apple does really really REALLY well. It’s a religion to them. It’s marketing.
I’m sure that you can do a search for yourself and find all the sneaky ways and techniques ( we know so far ) Apple uses to screw you over. But just in case you don’t want to bother, at least listen to this: “The Creepy Things Apple Knows About You (and Me)”.
However, that’s not the point of today’s discussion. Today we’re talking about why it might be a good idea to stop using Siri and, if you’re convinced, how to disable the virtual assistant.
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See what’s inside a .pkg installers
Not all Mac apps come from the Mac App Store. And many third party Mac apps come as .pkg files. Some .pkg files come from trusted sources ( like Apple ), others don’t.
Which raises the question…. how do I know what will this .pkg file install on my Mac and where it will install the files? Luckily there’s an easy way ( or two ) to investigate what’s inside a .pkg file.
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Make a Bootable USB by Download an .ISO or an Image Directly to Your Thumbdrive
When you want to install a new OS, you usually create a bootable USB flash drive with the .iso of that OS. To do that you can use GUI programs like Etcher or Rufus or the dd command. Or maybe you’ll take the more convinient route and create a multiple-ISO bootable drive.
But, maybe, you just want to create an Ubuntu LTS bootable flash drive and just throw it in your backpack or hang it on your keychain, just in case you’ll ever need it. Maybe, for any reason, you don’t want to download the iso or image to your HDD/SSD. Maybe you’re out of space. But you really need to make a bootable drive.
You can just write the ISO files directly to your USB drive as you download it from the internet.
Make your transition from Photoshop to GIMP as smooth as possible.
GIMP is a replacement for Photoshop. You must’ve heard this before, but let’s be honest, that’s not really true.
If you’ve never used Photoshop before, don’t even think about it. Go for GIMP, it’s fantastic. But if you’ve only worked in Photoshop, moving to GIMP is a steep learning curve that will at least double the time for your project. Not to mention that collaboration and everything that goes with working in Photoshop goes out the window. Sort of…
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