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A very nice network emulator for PC.

Common Open Research Emulator is a very good networking emulator for Linux machines. This allows a user to create a network layout with IP addresses and see it working. This is very interesting software. Download the source code from Github. ┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Documents/core] └──╼ $git clone https://github.com/coreemu/core.git┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Documents/core] └──╼ $git clone https://github.com/coreemu/core.git Then begin the installation like this. …

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Best Android apps for 2017.

The best Android apps for 2017 There are some awesome Android apps available now. Here is a selection of the few that I have found useful. Barcode scanner This app can scan barcodes on products and also allow the user to lookup the product online. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en. Works extremely well. It can also scan QR codes …

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How to see free memory on a Linux machine with the free command.

The free command in Linux is used to show the amount of free memory in Linux. The example below shows the default usage of this command. ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-140:~$ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 602736 294680 308056 16928 17632 146320 -/+ buffers/cache: 130728 472008 Swap: 0 0 0ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-140:~$ free total used free shared buffers …

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How to play Minecraft in Ubuntu and Debian 7.0 with Minetest.

To play a free game of Minecraft on Linux; you may use the minetest package. This will install a free game of Minecraft that is exactly the same as the retail Minecraft game. Type sudo apt-get install minetest to install this fun game. You can have a lot of fun in this game tunneling under …

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How to use aliases with the bash shell and some other useful Linux tricks.

Are you wanting to create an alias and you want to see how they are done? Well a Linux distribution should come with some aliases that are already created for you and you can type the alias ls command to see how one is created. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ alias ls alias ls=’ls –color=auto’ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ alias ls alias ls=’ls …

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Department of Homeland security monitoring social media and blogs.

The Department of Homeland Security is using new resources to watch social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as blogs for any postings that show dissent. They really have gone insane, they are always asking for more and more powers to crush dissent and they are invading the privacy of air travellers with …

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