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Uninvited Guests

The nightmare of any admin is a user who can't resisting clicking on an unknown attachment labeled Application.exe. This article draws on a real-world example to show how you can use built-in Linux resources to detect unauthorized traffic that might have been invited in by a trigger-happy user.
Supercharger

LibreOffice has hundreds of options and features, but these handy extensions make it even more convenient.
Command Line – EncFS

EncFS is an easy and effective CLI application for encrypting files that also allows for customization.
Herd Animals

The Amazon Web Services command-line interface and the Amazon Greengrass IoT Core services read and merge Raspberry Pi sensor data.

News and Articles

Making PDFs More Secure in LibreOffice Writer

LibreOffice , libreoffice , Security

Depending on your needs, LibreOffice Writer offers varying degrees of security for PDFs.
Chromium-Based Browsers Will Ignore Google’s Ad-Blocking Ban

Brave Opera and Vivaldi will not implement Google’s changes that will cripple ad-blockers.
Zorin OS 15 Released

The new release is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Hardening Linux for Production Use

Administration , Security , Tools

To protect your production server from attacks, employ these common security tools to help safeguard your system.
Tutorials – Bash Functions

Learn how to make your Bash code more readable, robust, and reusable by managing the code within your Bash scripts.
Uninvited Guests

The nightmare of any admin is a user who can't resisting clicking on an unknown attachment labeled Application.exe. This article draws on a real-world example to show how you can use built-in Linux resources to detect unauthorized traffic that might have been invited in by a trigger-happy user.
Hand in Hand

Barrier is a Synergy fork that lets you work with one keyboard and mouse pair on multiple Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows computers.
Charly's Column – Tiger VNC

Sys admin columnist Charly enumerates the computers in his household and makes it clear that commuting between them would be an unreasonable burden on his personal energy balance. Instead he lets a tiger go the distance for him.
On the DVD

Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" Desktop and Fedora 30 Workstation
Tutorials – FreeCAD

Designing simple shapes in OpenSCAD is easy, but if you want to print complex machines with multiple interlocking pieces, you need to bring out the big guns. That's where FreeCAD comes in handy.