University Buys 14.4 Petabyte Bandwidth to Boost ‘Anonymous’ Torrent Client
The Tribler client has been around for well over a decade and during that time it’s developed into the only truly decentralized BitTorrent client out there. Even if all torrent sites were shut down today, Tribler users would still be able to find and add new content. The well-funded project is managed by dozens of academic researchers, which is a guarantee for continued development. One of the challenges in recent years has been...
Court Orders 1337x, LimeTorrents, and More Blocked in Spain
As far as anti-piracy strategies go, website blocking is considered by entertainment industry players to be one of the most effective. Following action by the movie, TV shows, music, sports and publishing industries, thousands of websites are blocked by ISPs in many countries, usually following copyright lawsuits against the providers themselves. In Spain, following action by local music industry players including anti-piracy group...
8 open source music players for Linux
In the first part of this series, I write about the key requirements for an audiophile digital music player and shared the criteria I use to evaluate open source music players. Here in the second part, I’ll use those criteria to help you pick the right software for your needs. read...
What defines a top-tier, open source music player for Linux?
In the two or so years I’ve been writing this music column, the Linux audiophile’s world has evolved. New Linux distros and open source audio players have appeared, old ones have fallen by the wayside, a lot more music is available as high-quality digital downloads, new and high-quality playback hardware has emerged, streaming has taken off, vinyl sales continue to increase, CD and download sales continue to...
How to start and organize a Kubernetes meetup
The rise of microservices and containers have given birth to thousands of different open source projects. Many of them are hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), with Kubernetes probably the best-known. read...
