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Sometimes, you just want to write a quick letter, but you don't want to pay for Microsoft Word, and LibreOffice is overkill for that task. Try the lightweight Microsoft WordPad! WordPad comes pre-installed with Windows for free since Windows 95 and it's still there in Windows 10! It's lightweight and [...]
It's handy to know, so here they are: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt To restore Pi-hole to the default blocking lists, just delete all the lists but these six five lists. Note: There used to be a sixth list, which is now dead so you can safely delete it: https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt [...]
I used to have huge collection of block-lists for my Pi-hole(s) but I was annoyed about all the false positives, and decided to reset to the default lists that come with it. That way, I had no more issues and it would still block ads. But this also meant tracking [...]
While VPN's are great for virtual private networks (hence the name), it is often overkill if you just want to bypass a firewall or get an encrypted tunnel to protect yourself from snooping (e.g. on public Wi-Fi). More often than not, a VPN is also a paid service unless you [...]
You might want to add special CSS rules for browsers that don't have JavaScript enabled, but how do you do it? I have the simple solution for you! Why you might want this Maybe you are using some JavaScript library that detects browser functionality, so that you can use special [...]
Revoking certain certificates on March 4th - 5th, 2020 UTC Due to a bug related to CAA checking in Let's Encrypt, millions of certificates will be revoked "today". To quickly check if your domains are affected, use this tool: https://checkhost.unboundtest.com/ If your domain is affected, you have to renew your [...]
This is important if you are automatically deploying web-apps using git (for example with a GitHub deploy key). What's this about? If you are deploying your web-apps using git pull, either manually or automatically, chances are you are deploying straight to the web-root, which would then include a hidden ".git" [...]
Yes, that's right! Windows 7 end of life was reached last month, on January 14th, 2020! What does this mean? That you will have to switch from Windows 7 to another OS. ⚠️ No matter what you choose to migrate to, remember to make a backup of your data first! [...]
Today I thought I'd share a few screenshots of my Linux Mint desktop, which I got to look kinda like Windows 7. The advantage of doing this is that you might be able to get some users to use Linux Mint if they have an environment they are comfortable in. [...]
I think this video is nice for people that are way over their head with "tech stuff", as it explains some basic settings that can improve your privacy and security in a few easy taps, and it's easy to follow. This is why I decided to post it here, in [...]