Features
Packet Timer
Host-INT brings network packet telemetry
Inband Network Telemetry and Host-INT can provide valuable insights on network performance – including information on latency and packet drops.
LibreOffice vs OpenOffice
Comparing LibreOffice and OpenOffice
While LibreOffice and OpenOffice have a shared past, LibreOffice outstrips OpenOffice in contributors, code commits, and features.
Sentry
Detect attacks on your network with Maltrail
Maltrail is a lightweight analysis tool that examines network traffic and raises the alarm if it detects suspicious access or dubious name resolution.
Isolationist
A security-oriented OS
Andrew David Wong discusses the Qubes OS project's security-by-compartmentalization approach, including an endorsement from Edward Snowden.
Integrity Check
Avoiding data corruption in backups
A backup policy can protect your data from malware attacks and system crashes, but first you need to ensure that you are backing up uncorrupted data.
AltSearch
An alternative search tool for LibreOffice Writer
AltSearch offers extended functionality to LibreOffice Write's default find and replace tools, making it ideal for editing and formatting longer documents.
Desktop Design with GTK4
And … Action!
The Clapper media player showcases new desktop design features in GTK4.
No Code, No Problem
Building apps with NocoDB
NocoDB lets you build useful applications without writing a single line of code.
Trust Tools
Using browser extensions to uncover disinformation
Fake information is experiencing a boom, but given the right tools, you can reliably separate the wheat from the chaff.
Network Tattletale
Monitoring application data traffic
OpenSnitch, an application-based firewall, protects you from unwanted data leaks by letting you set customized rules for all your applications.
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