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Category: Blog

Give Your GNOME Desktop a Tiling Makeover With Material Shell GNOME Extension

2020-09-21 Danie

Material Shell is a GNOME extension and that’s the best thing about it. This means that you don’t have to log out and log in to another desktop environment or window manager. You can enable […]

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Apart from DuckDuckGo there is also Swisscows (beyond the Boolean search) and SearX (aggregates 70 services) for better search privacy from Big Tech

2020-09-20 Danie

Big companies want our data without leaving us any other choice. Yes, it is almost an extortion, because if we do not agree to the privacy policies of these companies, we do not get any […]

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New way to pay online in South Africa without an app, credit card, or using your data – Ozapp is a progressive web application that carries data cost

2020-09-20 Danie

Mobile payment apps such as Snapscan, Zapper and Masterpass all take up space on your phone and to use them to pay a merchant, you must have data. Ozapp is a progressive web application (PWA), […]

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Highly Processed ‘Simple’ Carbs are the Worst Carb to Eat if You’re Trying to Lose Weight – Eat Complex Carbs Instead

2020-09-20 Danie

If you choose the right ones, carbohydrates can help you banish belly fat, feel satiated, and score energy. After all, carbs are the body’s primary source of fuel. But when it comes to weight loss, […]

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Iranian Hackers Found Way Into Encrypted Apps, Researchers Say – Make Sure You Have 2-Factor Authentication Active On All Your Accounts Now

2020-09-20 Danie

In many (most) cases a proper 2FA thwarts these types of remote logins. If you have a hardware key like a Yubikey that can be best, followed by using a TOTP (Time-based One-time Password) authentication […]

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Linux Jargon Buster: What is a Rolling Release Distribution?

2020-09-20 Danie

In software development, rolling release is a model where updates to a software are continuously rolled out rather than in batches of versions. This way the software always remains up-to-date. A rolling release distribution follows […]

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What Is A Double Edge Safety Razor? And Why Men LOVE Them

2020-09-19 Danie

Safety razors have been around for years – in fact they were first widely adopted when they became part of the standard field kit that were issued to GIs in World War I. Since then, […]

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OpenKeychain is open source software for Android that enables OpenPGP encryption for various e-mail apps and helps manage and find OpenPGP keys

2020-09-19 Danie

OpenKeychain helps you communicate more privately and securely. It uses encryption to ensure that your messages can be read only by the people you send them to, others can send you messages that only you […]

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First Proof from Hiroshima University That a Safer UV Light (222 nm UVC also known as Far-UVC) Effectively Kills COVID-19 Virus

2020-09-19 Danie

An in vitro experiment by HU researchers showed that 99.7% of the SARS-CoV-2 viral culture was killed after a 30-second exposure to 222 nm UVC irradiation at 0.1 mW/cm2. The study is published in the […]

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ASUS is sending the ROG Phone 3 to custom ROM developers from LineageOS, Paranoid Android, Dirty Unicorns, and others… Way to Go ASUS!

2020-09-19 Danie

The Taiwanese OEM has already released an official bootloader unlock tool and continues to publish up-to-date kernel source code for the device, which should be useful in getting the ball rolling on making custom ROMs, […]

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