SouthEast Valley Friends in Tech
The Audacity! How to wreck an open-source project and anger a community – TechRepublic Audacity software has been acquired, and the new verbiage added to the privacy policy has the open-source community up in arms. Views: 0 (more…)
Read moreYour PC Won’t Support Windows 11? Maybe It’s Time to Try Linux Did you check to see if your PC is eligible for an update to Windows 11, only to be let down? One of your few options for continued use of your laptop or desktop beyond Windows 10 is to install Linux. Here’s why that’s not a bad thing. […]
Read moreWhat Is Shareware, and Why Was It So Popular in the 1990s? It’s a crazy idea: Give your software away for free and hope that people like it enough to send you money. That was the idea behind shareware, a popular commercial software model in the 1980s and 1990s. Here’s what made it unique and successful at the time. Views: […]
Read morePSA: You Can Drag Tabs Between Browser Windows Within Chrome (and Other Browsers) Did you know you can drag tabs between browser windows within Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari on Windows, Linux, and Mac? (But not between different browser types.) It seems obvious in retrospect, but many people never notice. Here’s how to do it. Views: 0 (more…)
Read moreHow to debloat your phone (and more) without connecting to a PC LADB is an app that lets you run ADB shell commands from your phone, no root and no PC needed! Use it to debloat your phone and more! Views: 0 (more…)
Read more🆓📄 Best FREE PDF Editor In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how you can edit PDFs using my favorite FREE PDF editor. With LibreOffice Draw, you can edit traditional and scanned PDFs, merge, split, password protect, include watermarks, or even turn your PDF into a form. Views: 1 (more…)
Read moreWhile the pandemic is ongoing. Many people are still working from home, and only seeing friends, family and co-workers through video chat apps and services. While there are many options to choose from, Skype and Zoom are two of the heavy hitters. Here’s how the two video chat and conferencing apps compare. Views: 0 (more…)
Read moreLastPass offers a free version of its password manager, but it’s limited to only one device type at a time. If you’re looking to switch password managers, Bitwarden offers a free, open-source service with no limits. Here’s how to transfer your LastPass passwords to Bitwarden. Views: 1 (more…)
Read moreExtensions in Mozilla Firefox enable you to add all kinds of new features to the browser. But, if you’re not using an extension, removing it can help speed up your browser and protect your privacy. Here’s how to disable or remove an add-on from Firefox. Views: 1 (more…)
Read moreHere’s your beginner-friendly explainer on this privacy and security tool for online browsing, and how it works with VPNs. If you’re new to internet privacy and security, you’ve still probably already read references to something called Tor — a widely hailed piece of internet-connected software with its own internet browser. Tor is embraced by privacy aficionados for its reliable encryption and its history of […]
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