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How to use multiple photo libraries with DigiKam

DeaDSouL — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:01:35 +0000

I have always liked the multiple libraries feature in Mac OS X Photos app. Which is something that DigiKam lacks, even in DigiKam-7. But not anymore 😉 Updated: 2022.10.17: Add MacOS support. Intro: We are going to write a small BASH script to achieve our goal which makes DigiKam capable of managing multiple photo libraries. […]

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Securely remove files using 4 tools (Paranoid mode)

DeaDSouL — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 21:00:13 +0000

Let’s see how to create a tiny BASH script as a result of combining scrub, wipe, shred and srm to securely remove files on Linux, FreeBSD and MacOSX. Let’s call it the Paranoid mode. 😉 Requirements: We need to have the following packages installed on our system. scrub: how to install scrub. wipe: how to […]

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Securely remove files using scrub tool

DeaDSouL — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:00:20 +0000

scrub is one of the most popular tools that specialized in securely remove files on UNIX, MacOS X and Linux distros. Let’s see how to install and use it to prevent or at least decrease the possibilities of recovering them. As usual, become a root or use sudo whenever is needed with the following commands. Installation: scrub too […]

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Securely remove files using wipe tool

DeaDSouL — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:00:52 +0000

Let’s learn how to install and use the wipe tool on our UNIX, MacOS X and Linux distros to securely remove files to prevent or at least decrease the possibilities of recovering them for the sake of privacy. Wipe is a secure file wiping utility. There are some low level issues that must be taken […]

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Securely remove files using srm tool

DeaDSouL — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 21:00:08 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn how to install and use the srm command line tool to securely remove files on our system. To prevent or at least decrease the possibilities of recovering them. srm (or Secure Remove) is a command line utility for Unix-like computer systems for secure file deletion. Source: Wikipedia As usual, become a root or use sudo whenever is needed […]

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Securely remove files using shred tool

DeaDSouL — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:57:38 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn one of the most popular tools to securely remove files from disks on Linux and UNIX systems. Which called shred. To prevent or decrease the possibilities of recovering them. shred is a Unix command that can be used to securely delete files and devices so that it is extremely difficult to recover them, even […]

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The FreeBSD binary package manager cheatsheet

DeaDSouL — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:50:33 +0000

Let’s find out the essential commands that are needed to manage our binary packages in FreeBSD operating system. By looking into more than 70 practical pkg commands. Keep in mind that a root‘s privileges are needed. To gain those privileges, either login as root with su if you have the root‘s password, or prefix each […]

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HowTo: Manage a service in systemd, SysVinit, Upstart, runit and OpenRC

DeaDSouL — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:00:35 +0000

In this howto, you’ll learn the very minimum needed commands you’d have to know in order to manage your system’s startup processes (services). Whether it was Systemd, SysV init, Upstart, runit or OpenRC. First, please note that: Whenever you see {SERVICE_NAME} it’s a variable and meant to be replaced with actual service name, like sshd, […]

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How to check whether or not a package is installed

DeaDSouL — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:00:32 +0000

Sometimes, we need to know whether or not some packages are being installed on the system. And the command which will let us find out the answer is different from one distro to another. So, we will see how to do it on the most popular distros. Suppose you want to find out package coreutils or shred is […]

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