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Two wagons around a campfire against a purple sky

Gameloft's The Oregon Trail is a fun time-suck

David Rutland
David Rutland August 31, 2024
Gaming
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Fallout London may be be the best entry in the series - and it's great on Linux

David Rutland
David Rutland August 2, 2024
Software
A man's arm and wristwatch resting on a laptop keyboard

Markdowndown lets you easily convert web pages to Markdown

David Rutland
David Rutland July 6, 2024
Self-hosted
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Great classic games you can play in your Linux terminal

David Rutland
David Rutland June 22, 2024
Gaming
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MarkText is the beautiful cross-platform Markdown editor you've been looking for

David Rutland
David Rutland June 8, 2024
Software
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Emulate classic Game Boy action in The Linux Terminal  

David Rutland
David Rutland May 18, 2024
Gaming
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Terminal Roulette is a classic casino game in your terminal

David Rutland
David Rutland May 11, 2024
Terminal
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Going, going... gone. How to easily install Golang on Linux 

David Rutland
David Rutland May 4, 2024
Terminal
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Ancestry.com: Helping you trace your roots and share your exact address

David Rutland
David Rutland April 27, 2024
Privacy
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Windy out? How to check the weather, moon phase and more from your Linux terminal

David Rutland
David Rutland April 18, 2024
Terminal
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Banish search spam forever with uBlacklist!

David Rutland
David Rutland April 8, 2024
Browser
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A friendly reminder stay vigilant against scam emails from criminals and ne'er-do-wells

David Rutland
David Rutland April 1, 2024
Security
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LanguageTool is an AI-powered Grammar Checker you can self-host on your own hardware

David Rutland
David Rutland March 30, 2024
Software
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Mirrors? Where we're going we won't need mirrors

David Rutland
David Rutland March 1, 2024
Hardware
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How to install specific npm and node versions on Linux

David Rutland
David Rutland February 14, 2024
Software
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On the Edge of disaster: Microsoft's browser on Linux

David Rutland
David Rutland January 22, 2024
Software
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Keep an eye on your self-hosted services with statping-ng 

David Rutland
David Rutland January 12, 2024
Hosting
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Use GitHub RSS feeds to stay up-to-date with your favourite projects 

David Rutland
David Rutland January 8, 2024
Tips
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Mystic Mog - New predictions for the new year

Mystic Mog
Mystic Mog January 1, 2024
Horoscope
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The Clipboard Project is copy-paste wizardry in your Linux terminal

David Rutland
David Rutland December 18, 2023
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Use Obfuscate to easily censor private information in images.

David Rutland
David Rutland December 16, 2023
Software
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How to set a static ip address for your raspberry pi server

David Rutland
David Rutland December 13, 2023
Raspberry Pi
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QR codes are for suckers - it's time to break them for good

David Rutland
David Rutland December 11, 2023
Security
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tui-mines is classic Minesweeper action in a Linux terminal

David Rutland
David Rutland December 10, 2023
CLI
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How to automatically reject cookies and hide cookie pop-ups on Firefox 

David Rutland
David Rutland December 7, 2023
Tips
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How many services can you self-host on a Raspberry Pi?

David Rutland
David Rutland December 5, 2023
Self-hosted
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Trilium Notes is the self-hosted Evernote alternative you're looking for

David Rutland
David Rutland December 3, 2023
Self-hosted
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Instantly generate configs from running containers with Docker-Autocompose

David Rutland
David Rutland December 1, 2023
CLI
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Mystic Mog's December Divinations

Mystic Mog
Mystic Mog December 1, 2023
Horoscope
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Pyphoon gives you an accurate ASCII moon phase in your terminal

David Rutland
David Rutland November 29, 2023
CLI
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Paranoid and perplexed by Plex privacy pickle? Just Enjoy Jellyfin

David Rutland
David Rutland November 28, 2023
Self-hosted
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Radio-active is an instantly usable internet radio TUI

David Rutland
David Rutland November 27, 2023
Software
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Not by AI: a badge to say you're (mostly) human

David Rutland
David Rutland November 26, 2023
AI
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Bandcamp support is faltering - maybe you should download your music now

David Rutland
David Rutland November 24, 2023
Software
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MacOS on Linux is easier than you think

David Rutland
David Rutland November 24, 2023
Software
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Podman-TUI makes managing containers a breeze

David Rutland
David Rutland November 22, 2023
CLI
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Bypass Paywalls Clean combines all soft paywall hacks into one neat package

David Rutland
David Rutland November 21, 2023
Software
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Create a multi-textured ambient sonic smorgasbord on Linux with Blanket

David Rutland
David Rutland November 21, 2023
Software
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Want to easily create a good-looking website in minutes? This is how.

David Rutland
David Rutland November 17, 2023
Software
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A TechCrunch RSS feed was hijacked in 2021. Nobody noticed.

David Rutland
David Rutland November 16, 2023
Security
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Sudo command not found? Here's an easy fix

David Rutland
David Rutland November 15, 2023
CLI
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Sail through Ubuntu history with DistroSea

David Rutland
David Rutland November 14, 2023
Distros
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Set up your own XMPP server on a Raspberry Pi in under five minutes

David Rutland
David Rutland November 13, 2023
Self-hosted
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Play the first ever text adventure game in your Linux terminal!

David Rutland
David Rutland November 9, 2023
CLI
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Relive the glory days of CRT monitors with cool-retro-term

David Rutland
David Rutland November 9, 2023
CLI
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How to install the latest version of Docker Compose on Linux (and why you should)

David Rutland
David Rutland November 8, 2023
CLI

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David Rutland
David Rutland November 7, 2023
DIY

Discover your most used Linux commands with MUC

David Rutland
David Rutland November 6, 2023
CLI
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Mystic Mog's Monthly Musings for November

Mystic Mog
Mystic Mog November 1, 2023
Horoscope

Immich is the killer app that will kick-start the self-hosting revolution

David Rutland
David Rutland September 22, 2023
DIY

Mealie - Probably the best self-hosted recipe manager... In the world.

David Rutland
David Rutland September 21, 2023
Linux

Install Immich on a Raspberry Pi and replace Google Photos

David Rutland
David Rutland September 20, 2023
DIY

How to use ChatGPT 3.5 from your terminal without API Keys using tgpt

David Rutland
David Rutland September 1, 2023
CLI

6 Awesome Linux Desktop Environments you should try today

David Rutland
David Rutland August 5, 2023
Linux

Protect your inbox from spam and online threats

David Rutland
David Rutland August 4, 2023
email

Linux vs Windows - which is best for your PC?

David Rutland
David Rutland August 1, 2023
Linux

How to check your Linux kernel version

David Rutland
David Rutland July 20, 2023
Linux
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Deploy Photoprism and host your own Google Photos alternative

David Rutland
David Rutland April 28, 2023
Self-hosted

Quickly Rectify Time-Consuming Terminal Typos on Linux With thefuck

David Rutland
David Rutland March 13, 2023
CLI

You should try these 4 awesome Linux distros which aren't Ubuntu

David Rutland
David Rutland February 27, 2023
Distros
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How to Install and Configure nginx on Ubuntu

David Rutland
David Rutland January 13, 2023
DIY

How to run Wordpress on an old laptop or PC

David Rutland
David Rutland December 7, 2022
DIY
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Forget Net Nanny – PiHole will keep your kids’ late-night activity in check

David Rutland
David Rutland December 6, 2022
DIY

These are the biggest security threats in 2023

David Rutland
David Rutland December 1, 2022
Security

Uninstall Adobe Reader and use your browser PDF reader instead

David Rutland
David Rutland November 8, 2022
Internet
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In wake of EPIC data breach - Samsung forcing users to accept T&Cs or risk their data

David Rutland
David Rutland September 5, 2022
Security

How to choose the best domain name for your next project

David Rutland
David Rutland August 30, 2022
DIY

Turn your old PC or laptop into a server and own your own piece of the internet

David Rutland
David Rutland August 6, 2022
DIY

How to get a free domain name to use with your new web project

David Rutland
David Rutland August 5, 2022
Internet

Self-hosted recipe managers to make cooking a joy

David Rutland
David Rutland July 30, 2022
Linux
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Self-host your own audio library with Audiobookshelf

David Rutland
David Rutland July 27, 2022
Internet

The best Linux System Monitors to help manage resources

David Rutland
David Rutland May 12, 2022
Hardware

You shouldn’t buy a smart TV – here are 5 reasons why not

David Rutland
David Rutland May 8, 2022
Hardware
A blonde woman at night by a lake. Her face is illuminated by the light from her phone

Delta Chat - going old-school with the future of messaging apps

David Rutland
David Rutland January 23, 2022
Privacy
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A Gov.uk site dedicated to porn? Absolutely. Best of British Porn? Not Quite.

David Rutland
David Rutland November 25, 2021
Security
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FreshRSS – Stay safe and never visit another website again 

David Rutland
David Rutland June 26, 2021
RSS
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This item has been flagged as inappropriate - What google reads in your private docs

David Rutland
David Rutland May 16, 2021
Privacy
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The Teeniest Tiniest Laptop In The West

David Rutland
David Rutland January 19, 2021
Hardware
IRSSI IRC Client on a transparent black background overlaying FresRSS

G-lined by Undernet? Welcome to the world of 2020

David Rutland
David Rutland October 15, 2020
Internet
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Freelancing in a time of quarantine – and why RSS is the greatest

David Rutland
David Rutland April 11, 2020
Internet

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