| by Scott Kilroy

The Tor Network: Tools for private and secure browsing

The Tor project supports a formidable collection of tools for protecting your privacy on the Internet. We’ll give you some background on Tor and help you get started with the Tor Browser.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2022-06-04 04:45:22

Zack Brown reports on taking a header and the next Spectre vulnerability.

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Sparkling gems and new releases from the world of Free and Open Source Software

Graham looks at TerraForge3D, nheko, Navidrome, ddcutil, and much more!

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Boost your Wordle streak with Go

Wordle, a simple online word game, took the world by storm in February. Mike Schilli has developed a command-line tool to boost his Wordle streak using some unapproved tactics.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Exploring the BlueSpice wiki tool

Keep your team collaborating with BlueSpice, a wiki tool focused on professional customers.

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Locking down the Thunderbolt interface

The Thunderbolt interface supports extremely fast data transfer rates, but be careful about what you plug into your port, because Thunderbolt devices access memory directly. We’ll show you some Linux tools for locking down your Thunderbolt interface.

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The New Boss

As this magazine goes to press, Elon Musk, who is attempting to buy Twitter, has announced that, once he ascends to the helm of the micro-blogging colossus, a certain politician who was previously banned from the platform will be let back in. I’ll pop …

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A download manager for the shell

A few lines of shell code and the Gawk scripting language make downloading files off the web a breeze.

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Your NAS isn’t enough – you still need to back up your data!

Some users trust their data to powerful file servers that advertise enterprise data protection, but your Network Attached Storage system might not be as safe as you think it is.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2022-06-04 04:44:46

Ubuntu 22.04 and Fedora 36

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Creating charts with LibreOffice Calc

Everybody needs charts sooner or later, and LibreOffice Calc is the easiest way to create them with free and open source software.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2022-06-04 04:44:38

This month in Linux Voice.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2022-06-04 04:44:37

In the news: Danielle Foré Has an Update for elementary OS 7; Linux New Media Launches Open Source JobHub; Ubuntu Cinnamon 22.04 Now Available; Pop!_OS 22.04 Has Officially Been Released; Star Labs Unveils a New Small Format Linux PC; and MX Linux v21….

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Change internal logic from relays to an Arduino

An electronic project at a local science center was showing its age, calling for a refresh: in this case, rebuilding it almost from scratch with an Arduino instead of relays.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Transform web pages into EPUB files

Instead of relying on a third-party read-it-later service, you can use this DIY tool to save articles from the Internet in a format that meets your specific needs.

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Local tools for better service

Tools such as community servers and local web traffic caches can help improve community Internet service.

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Manage Internet uploads with Portmaster

Security and anonymization play an increasingly important role on the Internet due to the endless appetite of Internet companies for personal data. Portmaster and the Safing Privacy Network will help you protect your privacy – even if you’re not a secu…

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Tracking school information with AlekSIS

In many classroom settings, paper grade lists and the good old class register are still the rule. The AlekSIS project offers a 21st century solution for small schools that want to go digital.

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A Plex alternative

Dim, a relatively new open source media manager, looks to implement the appearance and feature set of the commercial Plex media center.

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Use fzf and fzy to add fuzzy search tools to the shell

Fuzzy finders retrieve useful results from data streams even if there are no exact matches.

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