Copyright Holders Continue to Report Fewer Piracy Links to Google Search
For most people, search engines such as Google are an essential tool to discover and enjoy the web in all its glory. With help from complicated algorithms, the company offers a gateway to billions of sites, many of which would otherwise remain undiscovered. This also includes many ‘pirate’ sites. While there are plenty of people who don’t mind seeing these show up in search results, their presence is a thorn in the...
Why I switched from Mac to Linux
In 1994, my family bought a Macintosh Performa 475 as a home computer. I had used Macintosh SE computers in school and learned to type with Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, so I’ve been a Mac user for well over 25 years. Back in the mid-1990s, I was attracted to its ease of use. It didn’t start with a DOS command prompt; it opened to a friendly desktop. It was playful. read...
Access control lists and external drives on Linux: What you need to know
While cloud storage offers many advantages, there’s nothing quite like having your data on a physical hard drive. When you save data to a drive, you know exactly where your data is, and it’s always available when you need it. When you save data to an external portable drive like a USB thumb drive, it’s even better—not only do you know where your data is, but you can take your data with you everywhere you go....
3 lightweight text editors for Linux
Anyone can use plain text to work more effectively. The one tool that you need in order to do that is a decent text editor. Unless you’re a coder, a system administrator, or a DevOps person, that editor doesn’t need to be brimming with functions and features. A lightweight text editor is more than enough for most people. When it comes to picking one, choices abound. You can use the editor that’s baked into your Linux...
