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Nmap reaches version 6

Nmap, the widely used free and opensource utility for network discovering and security auditing, has released version 6.00 today bringing major improvements in all...

Use Special Characters In Python

Sometimes, we want to add some extra space between two words, like pressing Tab key (which is identical up to 4x space-button length). In Python...

Apple Source Code Reveals Some Interesting Details

Disclaimer: First things first - Apple, Mac OS X and iOS are NOT free and open-source software technology. Before reading ahead, it's important our...

Happy Belated 21st Birthday to Slackware!

On July 17, 1993 Slackware was born. After 21 years Slackware continues to rock. We at unixmen will like to say Happy 21st Anniversary to...

How to Hide from Particular Friends on Facebook Chat

Well, this isn't a Linux or open-source related article, but I hope Unixmen readers don't mind! Some of you may already know this trick....

Audacious Developers Switch From GTK3 to GTK2

Audacious Developers have decided to switch back from GTK3 to GTK2 due to difficulty to write 'traditional' PC / desktop program using the toolkit. John...

Install DownThemAll Download Manager in Firefox Browser

DoownThemAll or DTA is a download manager and accelerator add-on for Mozilla Firefox browser. As the name suggests it Download Them All.  :lol: DownThemAll! was created...

pfSense: Open Source Firewall Distribution

Ok guys, a firewall can be a software or a piece of hardware, but what does it do and why do we need one? Ok...

Protect Your Online Privacy with Tor Browser

Tor (The Onion Router) browser makes things more difficult to trace our Internet activities. Using Tor, we can keep our identity more secure around...

CrashPlan: Multi-platform Onsite, Offsite And Cloud Backup Solution

Introduction CrashPlan is an open source backup software developed by Code42, an American software company. Code42 was founded as an IT consultancy company, but finally...

Turin To Be The First Italian Open Source City

Turin's local authorities have decided to switch to open source and entirely ditch all the Microsoft products, saving alot of money to the local...

Bye Bye Flash for Linux

According to a recent blog post from adobe, google and adobe are working on a single modern API for hosting plugins within the browser,...

Secure and Prevent Files from Accidental Deletion with Chattr Command

There are plenty of tools and methods out there to secure and prevent your files and folders from accidental deletion. chattr is one of them....

0 A.D. Alpha 7 code name Geronium has been released

0 A.D. Alpha 7 code name-Geronium has been released, This is the seventh alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient...

Wunderlist is now on Linux- Great tool to organize your to...

Wunderlist has finally descended on the Linux platform. And though it adorns a minimal looking frame, with its sorting, listing, and managing features, it...

How to Disable/Change Default PDF Viewer in Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox browser comes with a PDF viewer/PDF plugin by default. Here is a simple tip to disable default PDF viewer in your Firefox. Method...

Networking in Python, Sockets

The key to networking in Python is the socket module, which provides a library for making network connections using Python. The socket module is used...

XStreamOS: An Illumos Kernel based Operating System

Being a Technical Writer involves a lot of reading and research of new and emerging technologies. And one project that recently came to my...