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Category: Blog

Disenchanted Windows user? Pop open a fresh can of Linux Lite

2024-06-112024-06-11 Danie
Computer desktop showing a taskbar at the bottom, with the menu at bottom left open. Menu shows various application programs and their icons and a short description. There is also a welcom window open with sections such as start here, support, and contribute.

Linux Lite 7.0 “Galena” is out, the new release of this simplified and Snap-free distro based on Ubuntu 24.04, aka “Noble Numbat.” Linux Lite is deservedly one of the higher-profile third-party Ubuntu remixes. It resolves […]

Bloglinux, technology

6 Really Good Docker Containers to use on your NAS

2024-06-092024-06-09 Danie
Top of a black plastic cover with cut-out letters showing "Synol". Covering the rest of the word is a smartphone resting on top showing a screen with the title My vault. Down the screen is a list of options such as Login, Card, Identity, Secure notes, Business, Education, Email, etc.

Docker containers are a great way to add functionality to your NAS outside the available app store. Whether you’re running a Synology enclosure or a DIY server, it’s possible to download and manage container images. […]

Blogdocker, selfhosting, technology

Space warfare: how the military could be forced to give up GPS and return to navigating by the stars

2024-06-082024-06-08 Danie
Partial view of the curvature of the Earth from space. Orbiting overhead are a number of satellites.

The military relies on space for communications, for position, navigation and timing (PNT) information, meteorology, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Australia now recognises space as an operational domain, alongside air, sea, land and cyber, and has […]

BlogGPS, technology

The Verge tested Aptoide, the first free iPhone app store alternative

2024-06-062024-06-06 Danie
An iPhone being held in a hand. The screen shows the title Aptoide and below that are apps shown in categories such as Top Downloads and Gaming, for downloading and installing.

The popular alternative Android marketplace Aptoide just launched as a challenger to the Apple App Store in Europe. We’ve seen a trickle of stores launch since March when the Digital Markets Act (DMA) forced Apple […]

Blogappstore, ios, technology

South African Military Vehicles in War Thunder

2024-06-022024-06-02 Danie
Teal coloured background with bold white title saying South African Vehicles in War Thunder. Also shown are the images of a Rooivalk Attack Helicopter and a Rooikat Armoured Vehicle.

War Thunder is a highly realistic battle game where players can choose from a number of armoured vehicles, tanks, ships, helicopters and planes represented for different countries. The player chooses a country and vehicle type, […]

Bloggaming, southafrica, technology, warthunder

Take Control Of MS Flight Sim With Your Smartphone And This Open-Source App

2024-06-022024-06-02 Danie
Microsoft Flight Simulator view from behind an aircraft, with it flying towards a bridge in the background and some land on either side covered with trees and greenery. Bottom left, and bottom right are shown some gauges such as airspeed, power, fuel level, altitude, etc. Top right is an insert showing two hands holding a smartphone in landscape position with 7 blue buttons on the screen. To each side of the phone are two game controller attachments fastened to the side of the phone.

Anyone with more than a passing interest in flight simulators will eventually want to upgrade their experience with a HOTAS (Hands On Throttle-And-Stick) setup that has buttons and switches for controlling your virtual aircraft’s assorted […]

Bloggaming, opensource, technology

5 Tips to Secure Your GPG Key in Linux

2024-06-012024-06-01 Danie
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GPG keys are a vital part of verifying your online identity. As such, securing it from bad actors ensures that no one can impersonate you in your communications with other people. Most of us are […]

BlogGPG, security, technology

Turning An ATX PSU Into A Variable Bench Supply

2024-05-312024-05-31 Danie
Black rectangular box with a red power rocker switch in the middle. To the bottom right of it are a number of black twist on covers with the word fuse on them. Below them are red sockets. Top left is a colour display showing 0.00V, 0.00A and 0.00W. It has a round silver twist knob for adjusting. Top right is a USB socket connector showing QC 3.0 and QC 3.0 for the two USB-A sockets. Bottom left is again one fuse cap, and two red and black sockets for accepting banana clip power cables. With them are also two additional red and black connectors for plugging in wires.

Bench power supplies can sometimes be frustratingly expensive and also kind of limited. If you’re enterprising and creative, though, you can create your own bench supply with tons of features, and it doesn’t have to […]

BlogPSU, technology

How to Change Docker’s Default Data Directory

2024-05-292024-05-29 Danie
Pink colour background with the docker logo on it (a wahle with some blocks on top representing containers). Title says Change Docker Data Location.

I’m getting ready to do this on my home server as it’s main boot drive is a 128 GB SSD, and it is always around 80% full. This article will guide you through the steps […]

Blogdocker, selfhosting, technology

LibreOffice has some really excellent getting-started Guides for their open-source Office Suite

2024-05-282024-05-28 Danie
Title page of a training guide with heading LibreOffice Community, and Getting Started Guide with a number 7.6 at the bottom left. In the centre is a number of different application icons arranged as a design. Some are icons for documents, whilst others are spreadsheets, databases, a formula, etc.

There are some good reasons why Microsoft Office gets used widely, and that is often because it comes pre-installed as trialware on Windows PC’s, it is pushed into schools and universities with educational discounts, it […]

Bloglibreoffice, opensource, technology

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