Linux shell:lsblk

While installing a new computer (soon a post on my new arch-linux laptop) I’ve re-discovered a command that I don’t use frequently, but that can be really useful : lsblk lsblk lists information about all or the specified block devices. The lsblk command reads the sysfs filesystem to gather information. The command prints all block […]

Linux shell: Introduction to Flock

Recently a colleague of mine should run multiple parallel jobs on a server (around 20 in our specific case), every job does “an elaboration” and this can take a time longer or shorter in respect of the others, once a job finishes its task it must read from a text file the first line that […]

Humble Indie Bundle 8 now available

Humble Indie Bundle (HIB) number eight is been released and this is the list of games that you’ll find this time: Dear Esther, Capsized, Awesomenauts, Thomas Was Alone, and Little Inferno. If you choose to pay over the average, you’ll also receive Hotline Miami and Proteus! What’s is HIB ? in short: The Humble Indie Bundles or […]

BitMessage: Encrypted messaging, BitCoin-style

Today I propose you an interesting topic based on an article by  Jacob Cook first published on https://citizenweb.is/ Over the past few years, a handful of different encrypted messaging systems have cropped up and gained prominence, notably Cryptocat and the OTR specification. Now a newcomer to the scene proposes a different way of thinking about encrypted communication, one […]

Share your files easily on your computers with NitroShare

Some days ago I’ve published an article about copy.com, a service similar to Dropbox where a copy of one of your folders is synchronized on the cloud, this is true for any computer where you install the copy.com/dropbox/ubuntu one applet and so you can easily share your documents among your computers and have a copy […]