Apps

Articles about application software.

Brave Browser Guide (2021-07)

Let’s take a dive into the feature offering of Brave Browser. In particular, let’s look at how to use multiple browser profiles to make the modern web a little more pleasant to use.

GNU Screen (2016)

GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer that supports remote attaching and detaching of sessions.

Mozilla Firefox Hardening: uMatrix and Multi-Account Containers (2021-05, obsolete)

In this article, we take a look at Mozilla Firefox and two Firefox extensions: uMatrix and Multi-Account Containers. When configured properly, these tools can block the nasty parts of the web.

Poor Man’s Encryption (2020-10)

Suppose you need to send a file with sensitive information to another person. How hard can it be?

Vim Guide (2016-10)

If you want to be a Linux chad, then keep this under your pillow.

youtube-dl — How to install the latest version (2021-02)

You need to download a video from YouTube for archival purposes. Here is how to install the latest version using pip and PyPI. (The instructions also apply to yt-dlp.)