The Playstation 2 is arguably the best game console ever made. Its lifespan was legendary, and it played host to some of the best games ever made. In short, the PS2 revolutionized gaming. Now the PS2 is a historical relic of gaming’s past. That doesn’t mean that the hundreds of fantastic games for the console … Read more
If you’re lucky enough that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) gives you a dedicated IP address, you can set up a home server and make it available to the Internet by adding a few port forwarding rules to your router. But if your ISP makes you share that IP with your neighbors, then port forwarding … Read more
While cloud storage options are numerous these days, most of them put your data in someone else’s hands. Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive all require you to trust the company that owns the service to do right by your data. Fortunately, thanks to software like Nextcloud, it doesn’t have to be that way. Nextcloud, which … Read more
As an advocate of Linux, there is a side of me that wishes 2019 will be the “year of the penguin.” The state of Linux has gotten much better over the last few years domestically. I have converted several non tech-savvy family members to Linux from Windows, and the feedback has been positive. It is … Read more
It might seem like DVDs have gone the way of the dinosaur, but they’re still a popular way to share data and videos. You can easily send them, and you don’t need a whole ton of bandwidth or complicated file sharing strategies to get them out to friends and family. On Linux, DevedeNG is a … Read more
You may have noticed that some software in your distribution is not the latest available. Most people are not even aware of this because, often, it’s not an issue. It’s only when you need some very recent features when it becomes an issue. Let’s say your favorite video editor had some code changes that improve … Read more
For all users of Ubuntu, there is one area where it falls short when compared to other operating systems and that is with how it looks. By default, the eye candy of Ubuntu is rather drab: I have never been a fan of the purple and orange colour scheme that greets a fresh installation. Even … Read more
As its name suggests, rsync is a synchronization tool. The first time you use it, it simply copies files and directories from one location to another. Subsequent uses, however, synchronize only the differences between these locations. So, if you add one file to the source directory, rsync will copy only the new file to the … Read more
Linux has a robust and mature file system that allows users to exploit a variety of built-in tools for a range of purposes. Most commonly, users will access files so that they can be copied, altered, opened and deleted. Sometimes this is intentional, on other occasions, especially in the case of servers, it can be … Read more
Handbrake is a powerful open-source tool for encoding and editing video. It includes a graphical control panel to manage your encodes and even preview the result. Part of what makes Handbrake such a favorite in the Linux world is its ability to encode off of a DVD, effectively making it one of the best tools … Read more