Linux Mint Website Hacked, ISO compromised!
On the 20th February 2016, the Linux Mint website was hacked and some ISO images were swapped. If you think this affects you continue reading!
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Recovering data painlessly from a friend’s drive
The other day one of my friends was all gloomy saying that he had lost a 4TB drive due to a PSU power failure, so I offered him my help to try to recover his data....
FreeNAS: the ultimate NAS operating system
If you’re an habitual reader of this blog you surely know I mostly speak about Linux, well this article is about FreeNAS which is not based on Linux. FreeNAS is an enterprise-grade operating system based on...
What can Linux do that Windows can’t
This week, while surfing the Internet I encountered an interesting thread with this title. It may be easy for Windows users to see what Windows can and Linux can’t. In this article (mostly for Windows users)...
Linux viruses: are you immune?
Many times you’ve probably heard this: “Linux is secure”, “Linux can’t be infected by viruses” and phrases like that, but are they really true? Are there Linux viruses? Or is it really impenetrable?
Ubuntu 16.04 new features, now with Unity offline!
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS codename “Xenial Xerus” will be the first release of 2016 and is by many considered an “epochal release” that breaks the stasis of the precedent releases. Let’s take a look at the improvements...
Babun: the ultimate Unix-like shell for Windows
In a past article I spoke about how to get a Unix experience on Windows using Cygwin, which is up to day the most complete solution. Today however I’d like to introduce you to Babun (pronounced...
Ubuntu: how to remove older kernels automatically
Today, for the first time I encountered a strange behaviour on a machine with Ubuntu 15.10 . The problem itself was quite strange and rendered the machine unusable with default boot settings.
Linux distributions, which one is perfect for you?
I don’t know where you come from and how you happen to be here, but chances are that you want to make the switch (to Linux) and are here because you don’t know where to start....
Data Corruption what is it, strategies to avoid it
In front of a file damaged, even a system file, you may not be desperate. However, when it comes to personal photo, valuable data or work files, the reaction changes drastically. Let’s discover the world of...
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