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Best Linux file manager: 6 tested

Best Linux file manager: 6 reviewed and rated

By Marco Fioretti last updated

In Depth As hard drive sizes grow, our file collections are ever expanding. If yours is overwhelming, join Marco Fioretti as he looks at six programs that can help

What on earth is Dracut?

What on earth is Dracut?

By Marco Fioretti published

Explained Dracut is a new system to generate, in the same way for all Gnu/Linux distributions, the special programs and files that make Linux boot.

What on earth is browser ID?

BrowserID: what it is and why you should care

By Marco Fioretti published

Explained BrowserID is a method, presented in July 2011, to use email addresses to prove an identity and sign in to a website quickly and safely.

OAuth explained

OAuth: what you need to know

By Marco Fioretti published

Explained OAuth is an authentication and authorisation protocol, originally developed for web applications, born inside Twitter in 2006. Here's what you need to know about it.

5 of the best lightweight window managers for Linux

Best lightweight window managers for Linux

By Marco Fioretti published

In Depth Lightweight alternatives to the command line

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The case for and against Creative Commons

By Marco Fioretti published

The Creative Commons is full of potential for artists everywhere – so why is most of it untapped?

GIS

The future of data is geographically aware

By Marco Fioretti published

How you can get involved with the geotagging revolution

FPGA

What on Earth are FPGAs?

By Marco Fioretti published

Updated Fiddling with apps, operating systems and even assembly language are old news...

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