8 Features Unique to Opera Browser
Opera can’t seem to get a break. They get to make all these browser innovations and come up with original ideas and still sits at the bottom of the barrel in browser usage stats. In some ways Opera browser is a lot like Linux; they are really good (some could argue that they are the […]
What It’s Like To Be An Ubuntu User In The Linux world
I really wish tech blogs would stop promoting Ubuntu. How about Debian proper or any other distro that hasn’t bastardized and broken so much of Debian. If you ever write anything positive about Ubuntu or even mention using Ubuntu this is the type of reply you are likely to get. I have used quite a […]
Explain to me like I am 10: What is Linux?
The word “Linux” can be used to explain two things, both meanings are widely used. Its original meaning was used to define Linux as the Brain of an operating system, also known as the kernel, over the years to make things easier to understand people started calling operating system with Linux “brain” as Linux Operating […]
12 Interesting Penetration Testing Linux Distros
Penetration Testing Linux distros are a group of special purpose Linux distros used for analyzing and evaluating security measures of a target. These kinds of distributions are usually live-cd or USB drive-based, but the newer ones have the ability to be installed as a standalone Linux distribution on your computer. The main users of pen-test […]
Unplug From Google
If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. – blue_beetle There are more than a 100 Google products out there. Most of them are free or have a dumbed-down free version of their commercial product. This is an exact opposite business model of how Microsoft (their biggest […]
My First Encounter with a Computer Virus
It was 1999. I just got my first computer from my parents. It was a Compaq Presario. It was a beautiful thing. I couldn’t wait to start doing something with it. Anything. So the first thing I did was download and install anything and everything my more computer-savvy friends asked me to. And it was […]