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Category: Blog

Apple’s Foundation starts out big, lavish, and a little boring

2021-09-24 Danie

I’ve just freshly finished reading the entire Foundation series in anticipation of this series, and so far I’m pretty disappointed with the first episode. As it started, I was wondering if it was the same […]

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The grommunio project is an open source drop-in replacement for Microsoft Exchange

2021-09-24 Danie

The grommunio project functions well as a drop-in replacement for Exchange. The developers connect components to the platform the same way Microsoft does, and they support RPC (Remote Procedure Call) with the HTTP protocol. According […]

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The first Android phone was announced 13 years ago today

2021-09-24 Danie

Pitting the G1 against what would ultimately end up being Android’s main competitor, the iPhone (with the first iPhone launching in 2007), Android offered a customizable home screen, widgets, a proper notification drawer, and copy-and-paste. […]

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Epic Games Officially Announces Easy Anti-Cheat For Linux – Including Wine/Proton

2021-09-23 Danie

Not too surprising given the Steam Deck is inching closer towards release and we’ve known Valve has been working to improve the anti-cheat situation for games on Linux, but today EAC owner Epic Games officially […]

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JingPad Review: A Real Linux ATM based tablet with 11" AMOLED screen, detachable keyboard and stylus running JingOS for about $899 (free international shipping)

2021-09-23 Danie

The JingOS will immediately remind you of iOS or Deepin OS, and it looks like JingOS is using Ubuntu as it’s base OS with KDE Plasma. There is absolutely zero wrong with that as they […]

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Google ARCore: Everything you need to know about the Augmented Reality platform from Android that does not require special hardware sensors

2021-09-23 Danie

Augmented reality, commonly known as AR, when used properly, can potentially be life-changing technology, but no tech company has yet managed to master it. Apple has taken the approach of using dedicated hardware, such as […]

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Some good Backup Tools to consider on Linux

2021-09-23 Danie

Timeshift is intended more for system snapshots, and Clonezilla more for whole disk imaging, but the others are all for general data backup. They don’t cover LuckyBackup, which is almost identical to Grsync, and it’s […]

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FiberSense: Fiber optic cable that can sense it’s about to be dug up and send a warning, or measure earthquakes or even leaky pipes

2021-09-23 Danie

"Vibration and sound all modulate strain in fiber," Englund explained, adding that even deeply buried fibers react to vibrations and sound. FiberSense has figured out how to measure changes in a fiber and deduce what […]

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Bash Scripting – Functions Explained With Examples

2021-09-22 Danie

In Bash shell scripting, functions are ways to group the set of instructions together to get a specific outcome. You can think of functions as a mini script. Functions are also called procedures and methods […]

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You Need to Supercharge Safari by Enabling Extensions for iOS 15 or iPadOS15

2021-09-22 Danie

There’s a new tab bar, a fresh Start Page, and support for Safari extensions. Browser extensions are a huge part of the desktop browsing experience, but these remain much rarer on mobile platforms. The Safari […]

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