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The Complicated Firewall

By Kalyani Rajalingham 07/05/2020 Tutorials

Until recently, I was content using the Uncomplicated Firewall that comes built-into Ubuntu. And it's called uncomplicated for a reason: its complicated counterpart – the iptables. It's not to say that iptables are difficult to comprehend or even impossible to use, but is rather massive. In other w…

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Google Kinda Gives Chromium Away Because… Antitrust

From where we sit, Google’s “giveaway” of its open source Chromium assets is basically a ruse to convince the feds that the company isn’t an intentional monopolist… or that it’s changed its ways.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Download Managers

A download manager is a type of software that manages the downloading of files from the Internet. The best download managers help make the process easier and quicker.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Cisco Modeling Labs

Cisco Modeling Labs is an on-premises network simulation tool. In this article, we recommend the best free and open source Linux alternatives.

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ntopng – Web-Based Network Traffic and Security Monitoring Tool

ntopng (short for next-generation ntop) is an open-source network traffic monitoring tool that provides a user-friendly web interface to monitor network activity in real-time. In this post, we’ll walk through how to install and use ntopng to monitor your network in a simple and beginner-friendly way.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Web Hosting Control Panels

A Web hosting control panel is a web-based interface that enables users to manage hosted services in a single location. We recommend the best open source solutions.

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How to Make Debian Automatically Run Security Updates

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the simple steps to set up your Debian system so it takes care of security updates for you, automatically!

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openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offers Wayland Support for the LXQt Desktop

As you may be aware, LXQt 2.1 is the first release of the lightweight desktop environment to introduce an experimental Wayland session through the implementation of a new component called lxqt-wayland-session. The Wayland session supports several compositors, including Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River, and Niri.

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OpenTofu Turns One With OpenTofu 1.9.0

The Terraform fork with the odd name, OpenTofu, is doing well for itself as it reaches its first release anniversary.

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How to: Reduce VLC Subtitle Font Size (Using the 2 Method)

Discover the two methods to reduce or decrease the VLC subtitle font size to just 5 px font size without any external tools (with practical examples).

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DXVK 2.5.3 Brings Back Exclusive Full-Screen on Windows

DXVK 2.5.3 brings back the exclusive full-screen mode for Windows users and fixes issues with variable refresh rate, HDR, and performance.

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