Kaos.theory’s Anonym.OS LiveCD is a bootable live cd based on OpenBSD that provides a hardened operating environment whereby all ingress traffic is denied and all egress traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and/or anonymized. The size of the live cd is 575 megabytes which makes it almost only available for broadband users. Still it´s a good way to surf “relatively” anonymous and leave no traces on the computer that you are using.
Anonym.OS LiveCD
LINUX Guide for newbies
I found a sweet little linux guide for newbies. It´s basically a collection of 27 questions and their answers and starts of with general questions about linux, like “what is linux” and “What distribution of Linux should I install?”
After that we come to the helpful stuff, you are told how to add and delete users and change passwords. The biggest part deals with filesystem navigation which gives you answers to questions like “How do I change directories?“, “How do I delete directories?” and “How do I install a program?“. This is a great easy read if you never worked with linux before. If you are already using linux this should be common knowledge already.
fitography – ripped images from p2p networks
The fitography website offers pictures that have been intentionally or unintentionally been shared by their owners through peer to peer networks. I have not seen any nude content at first glance and if thats what you´re looking for you should probably visit whatboyswant.com instead.
For everyone else with a slight voyeuristic touch: Go there, take a look at the pictures and enjoy. Its worth a visit.
Five freeware tools everyone should try out
I´d like to present five freeware tools that everyone should at least take a look at and try out. They are not the “normal” freeware applications that you find in every top ten list like firefox and open office. I write about tools that many users don´t know but would be grateful if they knew they existed. Please be aware that this is my top ten list and that your´s most likely would have different applications in it.
1. Sound Recorder / Editor: Audacity
Audacity is an open source software for editing and recording sounds. It´s available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux and has a great list of features and supported formats. If you ever need an audio editor / recorder you should take a look at audacity.
How to fix a dead pixel on a lcd monitor
I don´t have a lcd monitor yet but this might be useful to some of you who already own one. This is not supposed to be working for every flat screen out there but I think its nevertheless worth a try. Take a look at the following site and decide for yourself if you want to try this method.
You simply apply pressure to the dead pixel and remove it at a certain time. Sounds easy ? well try it out and tell me if it worked.
System Safety Monitor 2
System Safety Monitor (SSM) allows you to track down Microsoft Windows operating system activity in real-time and to prevent undesirable actions from various malware and spyware programs. SSM’s main goal is to discover and block malicious actions of any application.
Picmv Freeware Image Viewer
Picmv is a freeware image viewer that also features image management functions. It was specifically designed to work well with digital cameras but also works great as an image viewer with tumbnail display. It features an advanced search function which is helpful if you have a large image archive, its also able to sort the images using lots of parameters like time, color, ratio, how many times it was viewed, pixel number and more. I suggest you take a look at this beauty if you have lots of images or own a digital camera.
