Automate easily your tasks on Ubuntu with Cuttlefish

Automate easily your tasks on Ubuntu with Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish is a tool which can execute various actions when specific events are triggered, and it allows you to create events that only happen under certain circumstances For example, you could set a condition/reaction such as “when the lan network is connected start Transmission”, or “Unmute the audio when I start Banshee and mute it […]

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 […]

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 […]

How to Monitor User Activity on Linux with psacct or acct

On any server it’s important to have the most information as possible on what’s going on in real time with tools as pidstat and glances, but it’s also important to collect all the activity done by all the users and processes that are running, to analyze them at a later time or in case of […]

Steam for Linux: Celebration Sale

Steam for Linux: Celebration Sale

Perhaps this is really the year of gaming on Linux, if you are reading this post probably you are interested in gaming and Linux, and I’ve got a good news for you : there is a big sale of games for Linux on Steam until FEB 21, 10AM PST. They are all closed source games, […]