UMix Overview UMix will be very familiar to you if you have used stock Ubuntu before. It is basically the same but with some nice tweaks. The most significant changes is that it runs the Unity desktop by default. One important thing to note about UMix is that it is not free. The author charges a one-time subscription fee of $15 to cover the work of putting the distribution together and testing it....
ls The most common Linux command to list the content of a directory is ls. By default, ls lists the contents of a directory in columns. Different colors are used to display files and directories. Directories created by the user have their names displayed within single quotes. Directories created by the system have their names simply displayed. The colors used to display the names of files, directories and scripts depend on the visual theme used by the terminal....
It offers more storage than any other hosting provider. This should cover an entire gamut of bandwidth-intensive applications: database servers, Windows RDP servers, and of course, websites that can scale to any amount of traffic. In the following review, we examine the major benefits and applications of Clouding.io as a VPS hosting provider. What Is VPS Hosting? A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a cloud-hosted machine that runs its own copy of a Linux or Windows-based operating system and is tasked with creating, releasing, and managing guest “resources....
Unfortunately, Wi-Fi isn’t always practical, as it often suffers from slow speeds and dead spots. Getting around the pitfalls of wireless Internet often involves hard-wiring your devices to the Internet via an Ethernet cable. However, unless you want cables running all over your floors or to spend time running cable through your walls, hard-wiring everything probably isn’t the avenue you want to go down. Luckily, there is another solution that is much more convenient: powerline adapters....
What are hidden files in the home directory for? Most commonly, hidden files and directories in the home directory contain settings or data that’s accessed by that user’s programs. They’re not intended to be edited by the user, only the application. That’s why they’re hidden from the user’s normal view. In general files from your own home directory can be removed and changed without damaging the operating system. The applications that rely on those hidden files, however, might not be as flexible....
This is what’s known as a “beep code,” and it’s a way for your computer to let you know that something has gone wrong. If you find yourself with a computer that does nothing but beep at you, it probably means you need to take some additional steps to get it working again. But how do you decipher what to do from a seemingly random series of beeps? What Happens Under the Hood To understand why the computer is beeping, we first need to understand what a computer does when it boots up....
Control Your TV From Your Android Device This small device which you plug into your TVs HDMI port can be controlled from your Android device. It is even possible to control it from your iOS device or even from your laptop. Any device that runs the Chromecast app can be used as a remote control. Recently, Google also added the ability to control Chromecast on TV via the cloud. Before this update, Chromecast required that the controlling device be connected to the same Wi-Fi....
What the “secure” padlock tells you Chrome/Chromium(), Firefox(), Edge(), and Safari() all have slightly different versions of the “safe” padlock, but they’re all telling you basically the same thing: this site has received an SSL certificate and is encrypting the data it sends you and the data you send back using HTTPS. That means anyone intercepting your traffic won’t be able to see what you’re doing on the site, which is especially important when you’re doing things like entering credit card numbers or personally identifiable information....
In this case, however, you will write to a device file. Whatever you write to “/dev/null” is discarded, forgotten, thrown into the void. To understand why this is useful, you must first have a basic understanding of standard output and standard error in Linux or *nix type operating systems. stdout and stder A command-line utility can generate two types of output. Standard output is sent to stdout. Errors are sent to stderr....
The definitions can get a little fuzzy, but looking in the broad strokes helps us understand what kicked off the transition between Web 1.0 and the next iteration. This will also help us understand how the emergence of Web3 will work. The Arrival of Web 2.0 When the Internet was just starting to enter homes around the world, servers and bandwidth were expensive commodities. Getting a site up and running that could handle large amounts of traffic required a large upfront investment....
What Happened? So, let’s get the obvious out of the way: Something in iOS’ core operating system was leaked to GitHub by an unknown person, which led to a moderate amount of noise and a pretty large amount of panic. Apple’s modus operandi usually involves trying to keep the code for its operating systems as locked down as possible, especially since it depends on a blend of hardware and software that could be reverse-engineered if anyone took a good enough look at it....
What can your ISP see? Unencrypted websites give ISPs (i.e. Internet Service Providers) the most detailed pieces of data about their users. Unencrypted websites use Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) without a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), leaving the connection unencrypted. Encrypted websites use Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) which works with an SSL. Your ISP sees data from unencrypted websites and some data from encrypted websites. Data from unencrypted websites: ISPs see the full URLs (Universal Resource Locators) of all web pages visited by their users on unencrypted websites....
All browsers seem to have extensions in some way or another, but some definitely have better extensions than others. We asked a few of our writers, “Which browser do you feel has the best extensions?” Our Opinion Hands down when we posed this question to our writers, every single one of them called on Firefox as having the best extensions. It doesn’t means they’re all using Firefox. They just know it has the best extensions....
Issues with Newer Laptops If you have a relatively modern laptop that has bit the dust, there may be some parts on the inside that you can salvage. Unfortunately, newer laptops tend to be much more difficult to open. In addition, many manufacturers opt to solder the parts directly onto the motherboard. Unfortunately, this makes retrieving components nearly impossible. Generally, most Macbooks and Ultrabooks are non-upgradeable due to this reason. There are some newer laptops that don’t have all of their components soldered to the motherboard....
1: Complacency Can Numb You Because you are using a system that is purported to be extraordinarily safe, you may have the impression that you do not need to be as careful as, say, Android users when downloading new software. Don’t get me wrong: You still have a reason to believe that you’re relatively safe in comparison to people using other operating systems. What I am saying here is that you should nonetheless maintain an acceptable level of vigilance when using any product, no matter how safe it is....
What is USB–C? USB Type C, or USB–C to its friends, is the newest USB connector standard. It replaces all the USB connectors that came before it, so it supersedes all the Mini and Micro cables of older standards. USB–C also supports the highest data and power transfer rates of the USB 3.1 Gen 2 standard, cranking up as high as 10 Gbps and 100 watts. It’s the most robust, durable, and powerful USB connector type available....
How They Work I can’t just go out and tell you why fiber optic connections are faster than whatever copper can provide without giving you the details of how each one works. Both of them have one important thing in common: They send signals across a particular distance. However, the way they send this signal is different. Optical Fiber Have you ever seen those lamps used at parties that have strands of glossy “hair”?...
Despite this, people are still using Windows 7. While it’s nowhere as high as it was in its prime, and people are adopting Windows 10 more than 7, a considerable chunk of users are still holding on. So, even though the operating system is passed its use-by-date, why are people still using it? How Many People Still Use Windows 7? Fortunately, there is a way to see how many people use Windows 7 without having to ask everyone....
This is a sponsored article and was made possible by Riftcat. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence, even when a post is sponsored. Halberd is a smart Bluetooth key that can be used to lock and unlock your computer based on the proximity between your computer and the device. It is small, just like your key, and comes with a hook for you to hook onto your keychain for portability....
What are pingbacks and trackbacks? Pingbacks and trackbacks are very similar, but other than using different communication technologies (Pingbacks use XML-RPC; Trackbacks use HTTP POST), there are only minor differences. Pingbacks are a way of keeping track of other blogs who have linked to your blog posts within their own blog posts. In order to do this, external blogs have to use your blog post’s hyperlink. Trackbacks work the same, except the blog post’s hyperlink is not placed within an external blog post....
