Source: feraga.com
Howto use Cryptsetup with LUKS support. (Debian Linux).

This is a short howto to describe the basic usage of Device-Mapper, DM-Crypt, and Cryptsetup to mount and use encrypted partitions and container files.
This is partially in response to the recent articles about the numbers of USB flash thumbdrives that are regularly lost. If we learn [...]

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The 1 page Linux CommandManual
Linux Command Reference
Linux Security Quick Reference
The Gimp Hotkey Reference

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Source: hungry-hackers.com
Gmail Account Hacking Tool:
A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts has been presented at the Defcon hackers’ conference in Las Vegas.
Last week Google introduced a new feature in Gmail that allows users to permanently switch on SSL and use it for every action involving Gmail, and [...]

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The GNOME desktop environment is the default for Debian (and one of it’s more popular distros, Ubuntu), and is one that I use every day. One thing that I always have a hard time remembering is how to setup global keyboard shortcuts, so this quick guide will document the process.
There is a simple applet (reached [...]

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Source: help.ubuntu.com
Preparing for backup

Just a quick note. You are about to back up your entire system. Don’t forget to empty your Wastebasket, remove any unwanted files in your /home directory, and cleanup your desktop.

Depending on why you’re backing up, you might want to:

Delete all your emails
Clear your browser search history
Wipe your saved browser [...]

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Source: Techcrunch (Click for the full article.)
From the article . . .
All of a sudden, Yahoo and Google want to make it easy for you to opt out of their ad targeting on both their sites and across the Web. Yahoo announced a new one-click opt-out policy today, and Google made it possible to opt [...]

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Now, you can virtualize your operating systems without the need for a full-fledged host to run. VMware’s famous ESX platform (a small 32MB footprint which in turn hosts the virtual operating systems) is now available for FREE, where one can them devote most of the system resources for multiple VMs on one machine, without the [...]

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Source: PenguinPetes.com
1. You’ll need to connect the new drive onto the IDE cable. Most IDE cables have two plugs for hard drives. The headache comes with determining which drive is a master and which a slave, so the computer knows which one to boot to. No two hard drive manufacturers have the same standard for [...]

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