How to get a Unix experience on Windows with Cygwin
This is one question I get rarely, however it is easily answered so I decided to write a short post about it. If you really can’t avoid using Windows, and you have 10 good reasons to...
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Windows 10 might force Secure Boot upon you
If you are an average-level user you probably haven’t heard of Secure Boot and you’re probably reading this page through a Windows-powered PC. Chances are however that you are above average and you know exactly what...
USB 3.1 and USB Type-C, are we on the dawn of a new era?
It had been only five years since the release of the USB 3.0 standard when USB 3.1 was announced. Two years ago, in 2013. This last standard aims to be a great revolution in the field...
Calamares: the distribution-independent Installer
A crucial step for every Operating System is installation. Installation used to be a difficult, tedious and delicate process in the old (dark) days of IT, today that process was really simplified and it is almost...
Ubuntu Next (alias Ubuntu + Touch)
The tablet market is ever extending. Back in the dark days of IT, touch was only a dream of a few people, also even less people could afford touchscreens. Today touchscreens are a reality and everybody...
Ubuntu 15.04 is switching to systemd
Ubuntu 15.04 will be the first release of the 2015 and it is scheduled to be released in April. One of the most bumping changes is the switch from Upstart to systemd (yes it is written...
Linux 4.0 is nigh! Or not?
Linus Torvalds, father of Linux Kernel and benevolent dictator for life of its son, is pondering the new release number for Linux. Will it be 3.20 or 4.0?
Special Permissions: Sticky Bit, SUID and SGID
Sticky Bit, SUID and SGID are special permissions used in Unix-like systems, hence in Linux. Knowing how to use and why one should use them isn’t necessarily fundamental to understand basic permissions in Linux, however they...
A software won’t build your website!
The other day I saw a certain software called Web ******er on sale on Amazon, it promised a full website if you bought it, and it really made me angry.
Desktop Environment, which to choose?
One of the best thing in Linux is probably the customizability of everything. In Linux you get control in your hands if you want to, your Desktop makes no exception. Not only you can change the...
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