First Step Before we proceed, let’s make a few things clear. First of all, I am assuming that you have Perl installed on your system. Apart from that, I’ll be using the following directories to install the Perl module: You can create these directories (bin, man, man/man3 and lib) anywhere you want. We will use that path in the Perl configuration. You should replace the path used in the tutorial to your own directory path....

In Windows 10, though, there are new ways to install and manage fonts on your computer. It’s possible to download new ones, view or hide the current ones, and even delete those you never use. Best Places to Get Free or Premium Fonts If you need a font for your creative project – whether it’s a blog, poster or branding project – there are a variety of sources with good fonts....

Nginx vs Apache For those who are not aware, Nginx is an open-source web server that can run faster and use lesser system resources than Apache. Under light load, the differences between Apache and Nginx is negligible. However, on heavy load, Nginx can scale accordingly and run as fast without taking up tons of memory resource. Apache is a beast by itself and can easily take up to several hundreds of RAM for heavy loads....

This tutorial shows how to install it in Ubuntu Linux, how it works, and what you can do with this powerful security auditing tool. What Is Metasploit? Metasploit is a free open-source tool for developing and executing exploit code. It comes with a large database of exploits for a variety of platforms and can be used to test the security of systems and look for vulnerabilities. It is a framework rather than a single tool and includes a wide range of tools for conducting penetration tests and security research....

For those that love to use Git but don’t want to deal with the command line on Linux, there is Qgit Viewer – a Qt-based Git-viewing tool for Linux. With it, users can access Git repos to contribute code, patches and everything that the command line version of Git can do! Let’s discuss how to install it. Preparing Qgit Various Qt4 libraries and components are needed before the program builds....

Do you miss KDE3? The switch to KDE4 caused some problems in the community when it was first released. For those who miss the old style of KDE, the Trinity Desktop Environment project has you covered. To install this retro KDE desktop, take the following steps: Add the following lines to your “/etc/apt/sources.list” file: Note: The latest stable Trinity Desktop supports up to Precise in Ubuntu. To install on Quantal, you’ll need to try the Nightly builds....

Phone Takes Too Long to Turn Off Does your phone take too long to shut down? If so, that could be a sign that someone is tracking your phone. Why? Because a smartphone that is being spied on needs to transmit data to somebody before it turns off. If your phone takes too long to turn off, particularly after sending an email or text message, web browsing or calling someone, that is a sign that someone is tracking your smartphone....

Here is how you can limit certain applications using up all your bandwidth. Limit Bandwidth to Certain Applications in Windows 10 In order to limit bandwidth to select applications in Windows, we are going to use a third party application called Net Balancer. The free or unregistered version of this app is capable of limiting up to three processes at any given point of time, which is good enough for most home users....

I recently discovered that Gmail has a full blown task list function. I did a cursory Google search, and realized that not many people know about this spectacular built-in app. I’ve been playing around with it for the last few weeks and I really like it and think you all will too. In this post I will show you how to use this little-known feature. How to Open the Task Bar The task bar in Gmail has been hiding under your nose this entire time!...

They can also do things such as collect your info, use your system resources and even install adware. If you don’t want a browser extension watching your every move, it’s a good idea to see if the extension is trustworthy before you install it. Investigate the Developer Behind the Extension One way you can make sure that the extension you’re thinking about installing is safe is investigating the developer. You can do this by clicking on the developer’s name next to the words “offered by....

One of these is the venerable echo command. At first glance, this may seem like auseless command. Look under the hood, and you’ll find it to be surprisingly useful. What Does ‘echo’ Do? Look at the manual entry for echo, and you won’t find much help. It reads “displays a line of text.” This you could probably already infer from the name of the command. Basically, what echo does is send arguments to standard outputs along with a handful of basic formatting options....

S3cmd is written in Python, so it is just about supported in all operating systems, as long as Python is installed. Installation S3cmd is found in most Linux repositories. In Debian/Ubuntu, or any other apt-based distro, you can install S3cmd with the command: For Fedora, Centos, or any other yum-based distro: Alternatively, you can download the source code, unzip the package and run the installer: Getting Started To get started, open the terminal and type: It will first prompt you to enter your Access and Secret keys....

Monitoring Your Processes First and foremost, you’ll want to be proactive with your Terminal use to keep applications from going terminal. The best way to do this is to monitor disk activity. To take a look at what’s going on in your Mac at any given time, open up the Terminal and type This will present you with a listing of everything that is happening under the hood of your machine....

Why Do Games Slow Down? (Maybe: What Is a Bottleneck?) Gaming PCs contain several primary components — CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage — and a deficiency in any one of the primary components can affect gameplay in a number of ways due to the roles they play in gaming processes. A deficiency in any one component will hold back the other components in the computer, causing a performance bottleneck. The CPU is in tasked with sending information to the GPU and processing things like game AI and physics calculations....

Mac OS X has the share of multimedia players to choose from, and Apple itself has already provide Mac users (as well as Windows users) with Quicktime – a great general formats multimedia player if I may say so. It should be enough to cater our multimedia need. But there are formats still unsupported by Quicktime making it a little less than perfect. Here are two free add-ons you can use to complete Quicktime....

But what if they don’t need to do any coaxing? What if they distribute their viruses through otherwise legitimate channels by hijacking a software update? This is what happened when hackers took over the distribution of CCleaner’s 5.33 update sometime in September 2017 and Cisco discovered the attack later in the month. A Word on Supply Chain Attacks The kind of incident that CCleaner’s users just suffered is known as a supply chain attack....

Installing Audacity Audacity is available in a wide variety of distros. It’s generally available in the main repositories. For Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu-based distro: For Fedora: For OpenSuse: For Arch Linux: If you prefer Snaps or Flatpaks, those are also both available as well. or Installing PulseAudio Volume Control This is the application you’ll be using to record audio from the system. It’s a great way to snag audio from videos, songs, or other media to use for a later date....

Requirements The biggest thing to note with this is that it doesn’t work on all iPhone models. For one, you need to be on iOS 13 or newer. There are some reports this doesn’t work on “older” iPhone devices, but anyone with an iPhone 11 or 12 series device as well as the iPhone SE (second generation) should have no issues with this workaround. Outside of your iPhone and music, there are no other requirements to make this work – no third-party apps, no shortcuts and definitely no jailbreaks are required....

Thankfully, you can easily remove books from your Kindle device without deleting them completely, giving you the option of downloading and experiencing new books without having to let go of your favourites. If you want to learn how to remove all your books from your Kindle in just a few simple steps, then make sure you keep reading. What you’ll need: The Short Version 

Since these headphones don’t have a Power button, Apple has created a series of actions tied to its existing buttons. We show you in this tutorial how to use them to restart and reset your AirPods Max. Restart vs. Reset: What’s the Difference? There’s a big difference between restarting and resetting your AirPods Max. Let’s take a very small detour to explain what to expect from each of these actions....