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EncryptPad: Encrypted Text Editor For Your Secrets

EncryptPad is an application for viewing and editing symmetrically encrypted text. Using a simple and convenient graphical and command line interface, EncryptPad provides a tool for encrypting and decrypting binary files on disk while offe…

Easy To Use Parental Control Software For Ubuntu: Timekpr Revived

www.linuxuprising.com Timekpr Revived is an easy to use parental control application for Linux. While the software uses Gtk, it supports KDE too, along with Gnome of course, as well as Xfce and MATE desktops. Using Timekpr Revived, you can…

New Mastodon Profile For Your Daily Dose Of Linux / Ubuntu / Open Source News, Software Reviews And How-tos

Linux Uprising has a new Mastodon social profile. Mastodon is a social media platform for microblogging, similar to Twitter, but running on a free and open source platform. The aim is to bring the latest Linux (with a bit of focus on Ubunt…

How To Add A Global Menu And HUD To Gnome Shell (Gnome Global AppMenu Extension)

As a continuation of our previous article about making Gnome Shell more like Unity by using the Unite extension, this article includes instructions for adding a global menu and a searchable menu HUD in Gnome Shell, by using the Gnome Globa…

Install Oracle Java 10 In Ubuntu Or Linux Mint From PPA Repository

Oracle Java Development Kit 10 includes new features like: an experimental just-in-time compiler called Graal can be used on the Linux/x64 platform local-variable type inference. application class-data sharing, which allows app classes to …