Increasing awareness about the way Google collects data from Android phone users has made people think about other solutions. Apple has promised to tighten the privacy and security features of the iPhone iOS software, and is delivering results in the … Read the story...
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Which Linux tablet to choose, Pinetab or CutiePi?
I use tablets a lot. For me, a tablet is the perfect device for reading ebooks, browsing news, viewing social media, in-car navigation, trip planning, and much more. The difficult issue with tablets is that choices are limited. You have … Read the story...
Top 5 Linux podcasts for keeping up to date with technology and learning more
Linux is becoming more important operating system for personal computers, tablets, and mobile phones. A reason must be continuous news on privacy breaches and security problems in mainstream operating systems. Linux has its brilliant features and quirks that new users … Read the story...
WordPress news summary: Solid privacy project progress, OnlyOffice for Nextcloud, WordPress trends 2020
News about WordPress, Nextcloud, Linux and security
Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid, and Bruce Schneier
The father of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee announced an ambitious project known as Solid about 18 months ago. The … Read the story...
How to backup messages from a hosted email service onto your own computer
Just when you badly need that specific email message received three or four years ago, your email service goes down. It may happen to any hosting company, although it shouldn’t be a frequent event. Or perhaps you have decided to … Read the story...
WordPress news summary: how to explain WordPress, essential Linux security tips, maintenance release
News about WordPress software, Linux and security
What Exactly is WordPress, Explained for Beginners
If we think about all those internet users who happily access Facebook and Twitter but don’t know the difference … Read the story...
Upgrade to Nextcloud version 17
Open source cloud server Nextcloud development team has released version 17 of the software. We decided to upgrade our Nextcloud 16 system to version 17, and document the required steps while doing it. Here is a guide you can follow … Read the story...
How to install Nextcloud 17 cloud server software on Debian Linux
This how-to guide covers the manual installation and configuration of Nextcloud 17 software so that you can run its out-of-the-box functionality. You can add more functionality, like cache, extra security, and applications after the basic installation is up and running. … Read the story...
A phone for hardcore Linux fans: Purism Librem 5
Many people who understand the importance of digital security and privacy have been longing for mobile devices that don’t leak their data to large corporations and advertisers. As it happens, during the second half of 2019, two very different privacy-focused … Read the story...
Top 10 most frequently used Linux commands for beginners
Whatever the first command I typed into the Linux command prompt was, it was like going back to the era of mainframe computers or MS-DOS. Well, my guess is that it was either ls (list directory) or cd (change directory), … Read the story...