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South Africa: My Telkom ADSL and Copper Line Is Being Discontinued – What Happens To My Phone Number? Answered

2020-08-04 Danie

I’ve been through this voluntarily a while back so can explain the process a bit. Many will just ditch their landline number and use their mobile phone, but what if you want to keep that […]

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How to Clone (Image) or Backup Linux Disk Using Clonezilla

2020-08-03 Danie

Clonezilla is one of the greatest Open Source backup tools for Linux. The absence of a Graphical User Interface combined with a simpler, fast, and intuitive guided command line wizard that runs on top of […]

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Linux Kernel 5.8 Released – Improvements for ARM, AMD, Adreno GPU, exFAT driver, and More – Of course it’s Free

2020-08-03 Danie

Linux 5.8 will be available for testing in Ubuntu 20.10 in the near future. It’s not yet clear which Linux kernel version the final stable release of the Groovy Gorilla will ship with in October […]

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US govt exposes Chinese espionage malware secretly used since 2008

2020-08-03 Danie

The U.S. government today released information on a malware variant used by Chinese government-sponsored hackers in cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. The new malware is a remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed […]

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What Are The Differences In Razor Blades? Spoiler: Sharper Is Not Always Best

2020-08-02 Danie

As you begin your wet shaving journey, one of the first elements to consider is the razor blade. Believe it or not, this thin piece of metal can make or break your experience in classic […]

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Manjaro vs Arch Linux: What’s the Difference? Which one is Better? This article compares the two…

2020-08-01 Danie

Most of the beginner-friendly Linux distributions are based on Ubuntu. As Linux users gains more experience, some try their hands on the more ‘advanced distributions’, mostly in the ‘Arch domain’. This Arch domain dominated by […]

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Raspberry Pi GPIO Emulator Simulates Physical Components – Can help remote students with access to physical Pi components

2020-08-01 Danie

This cool project was developed by a teacher known as Jan K. S. on GitHub. It’s an interactive visual interface built on top of gpiozero using TkInter to simulate wiring and programming Raspberry Pi components. […]

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How long does a freezer stay frozen with no power: experiments – Useful for South Africans with load shedding

2020-08-01 Danie

These are some interesting experiments to show how long food should stay frozen inside a freezer when the power is off. Of course individual mileage will vary (for example my upright freezer has door flaps […]

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Element running on Matrix – This ‘world’s biggest’ messaging and collaboration rollout is based on open source software with 500k users in Germany

2020-07-31 Danie

At the core of Element’s business model is the idea that organizations shouldn’t have to surrender the management of communication technologies to big corporations, such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack or Facebook Workplace. "We want […]

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Sonoff Just Got Smarter – Sonoff Zigbee Bridge connects to WiFi switches, temp/humidity sensors, motion detectors, and window/door sensors

2020-07-31 Danie

What I really like about Sonoff devices is you can flash them with open source Tasmota software and manage them from inside your own home (without the need for its external cloud service). Watch at […]

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