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App Outlet is a Universal application store inspired on the Linux App Store online service.
On Linux if you’re looking for a Flatpak you search Flathub. A Snap? Snapcraft. An AppImage? Well… there better be one on the release page. There’s various Linux app stores and formats around, and you might have a favorite.
After the Linux app store website died earlier this year, there wasn’t any source that gathers all the apps, in different formats, in a one single UI.
Until now…
Eliminate the barrier between your machines.
You’ve probably heard of Synergy before. If you didn’t, Synergy is a piece of software that allows you to shares one mouse and one keyboard between multiple computers.
A great piece of software that costs $29 for the basic version and $39 for the pro version.
If you’d love to have the capabilities that Synergy provides but don’t want to fork over $29, you should check out Barrier which is free, open-source and cross-platform.
Synergy started as an open source project. So the guys over at Barrier forked that original Synergy project, updated it and kept it’s minimalistic design.
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Alacritty is the fastest terminal emulator in existence.
Alacritty is the fastest terminal emulator in existence. Using the GPU for rendering enables optimizations that simply aren’t possible without it. Alacritty currently supports macOS, Linux, BSD, and Windows.
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Watching online videos can be annoying most of the time. Ads, annotations, not to mention cookies and history that you leave behind.
So here’s a quick and easy way to improve not only your visual experience, but also improve your privacy and ( if you’re using a laptop ) some battery life: mpv player + youtube-dl.
Don’t be fooled by the “youtube” in “youtube-dl”. This nifty little program, or plugin or add-on however you want to call it, supports a shitload of websites.
So let’s get started with this short and sweet tutorial….
a free and open source password manager that puts you in full control
We all need and use password. The passwords we use should be complex and unique. Password re-use is a huge problem with large data breaches becoming more and more common these days, with billions of data records lost or stolen since 2013.
So how are we suppose to remember tens of strong, complex and unique passwords? We don’t! We only need to remember one good password and use a password manager.
There’s a whole bunch of password managers available, and most of them are not free. Some of them even offer subscriptions. I don’t know about you, but I find the idea of renting software retarded.
Some vendors even advertise their password managers as “military grade” or “bank level” secure. But how can you be 100% sure your data is actually stored securely? There certainly was no lack of breaches and vulnerabilities found with most of the popular password managers in the past.
Using the built-in manager of your favorite browser is definitely not a good idea either.
Ideally we would use a password manager that we’re in full control of.
Cryptomator encrypts files on your mobile device before they are uploaded to your cloud. Even if a third party gained unauthorized access to your files (e.g., hacker attack), your files are secure from prying eyes.
These days, pretty much everybody is using a cloud file hosting service. Might be iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive.
Preferably you would ditch all those services and choose a self-hosted cloud server software, but the next best thing is to encrypt your files before uploading them to the cloud.
We’ve talked about VeraCrypt before. Now let’s take a look at Cryptomator – a free and open source client-side encryption app.
The app is available for free ( “pay what you want” option is available if you want to support the development ) for Mac, Linux and Windows and you can get it here. The iOS app is available here ( $4.99 ) and Android app is available here ( $4.99 ).
Check the video below to see how stupidly easy it is to encrypt your files for your cloud services…
Don’t want to use YouTube? Here’s a Hooktube link….
stop cryptocurrency miners
Ads are not only used to advertise products and services, but also to track your activity and behavior on the internet, steal your data and infect you with malware. The worst part? You don’t even have to click on ads to be affected by malware, tracking and ransomeware.
In the past uTorrent quietly installed cryptocurrency miners and The Pirate Bay was discovered to run browser-based miners. YouTube was recently caught displaying ads that covertly leach off visitors’ CPUs and electricity to generate digital currency on behalf of anonymous attackers.
There’s a few things you should take care immediately…
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You can already encrypt files and encrypt folders using macOS, but you might want to consider adopting a tool like VeraCrypt.
It’s a good idea to encrypt your digital life. Especially when you upload it to the cloud. You can already encrypt files and encrypt folders using macOS, but you might want to consider adopting a tool like VeraCrypt.
Continue reading “A Quick Look At VeraCrypt Encryption Tool”
The missing desktop client for Gmail & Google Inbox
If you’re using Gmail and you’re looking for a nice client for OS X or Linux, you might want to give Wmail a try.
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Mozilla has released today Firefox 7. With this release, Mozilla focused on performance improvements, making Firefox the second fastest browser, following Opera.
Mozilla has released today Firefox 7. With this release, Mozilla focused on performance improvements, making Firefox the second fastest browser, following Opera.
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