Linux Games: Monster RPG 2

Linux Games: Monster RPG 2

Disclaimer: If you like fast paced action games, or games with a stunning graphics, move away. Monster RPG 2 is a free/open source console style role playing game (perhaps most accurately, a JRPG) with a lot of depth and old-school character. It is available for iDevices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Android, PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) […]

CPU-G & I-NEX excellent alternative to CPU-Z for linux.

CPU-G & I-NEX excellent alternative to CPU-Z for linux.

Article based on an Italian article published on http://ilblog.openresource.it . CPU-Z is a freeware system profiler (system monitor) application for Microsoft Windows (for all versions from Windows XP on) that detects the central processing unit, RAM, motherboard chipset, and other hardware features of a modern personal computer, and presents the information in one window. But […]

Steganography or how to hide text in image or sound files

Steganography or how to hide text in image or sound files

Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity. The word steganography is of Greek origin and means “concealed writing” from the Greek words steganos (στεγανός) meaning “covered […]

How to keep ssh connections alive on Linux

Many NAT firewalls or VPN server time out idle sessions after a certain period of time to keep their trunks clean. Sometimes the interval between session drops is 24 hours, but on many commodity firewalls, connections are killed after as little as 300 seconds, and this can be a problem if you are working on […]

Installation of Seafile, open source Dropbox alternative for teams

Installation of Seafile, open source Dropbox alternative for teams

In the past I’ve tested ownCloud a good solution for hosting a personal solution of cloud storage for your files, or perhaps your team, but there is also an interesting alternative: Seafile another open source file synchronization tool, it comes with Dropbox-like file syncing, but is designed to be better suited to teamwork with some […]