📌 5 de Outubro, 2023

Linux Desktop: A Collective Delusion

Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

📌 14 de Fevereiro, 2023

Windows: Quickly Disable Lock Screen Password

Today I will show you how to shortcut on Windows that will quickly disables/enables the password prompt on lock screen – the one that shows when, after few minutes of inactivity, we wake up the screen. Such shortcut especially useful if you use a machine that is sometimes exposed to the public.

📌 24 de Novembro, 2022

DD-WRT: Proper DNS With SmartDNS

In this article I’ll show you how to properly setup SmartDNS in DD-WRT. You’ll get advanced DNS caching, faster DNS using multiple resolvers and most importantly encrypted DNS with DoT (DNS over TLS) and DoH (DNS over HTTPS).

📌 18 de Junho, 2022

Raspberry Pi: Stream a Webcam to VLC

In this post you’ll learn how to turn a webcam and a cheap Raspberry Pi into a powerful CCTV setup that allows you to stream video into any VLC compatible device. For this guide I picked a C920 HD camera and a Raspberry Pi 4.

📌 17 de Maio, 2022

Criptomoedas: Invenção do Século

As criptomoedas são a invenção deste século porque trazem um novo modelo de economia mais justa e um sistema financeiro mais eficaz do que alguma vez tivemos. Estamos perto de uma revolução económica e social facilmente comparável à industrial ou à massificação da Internet.

📌 20 de Março, 2022

Os VPN Tomaram a Internet

É uma loucura como os serviços de VPN tomaram a Internet. Se não confiam a vossa informação a um ISP como podem confia-la a um VPN?

📌 20 de Março, 2022

VPN Services Took Over the Internet

It’s insane how VPN services have taken over the internet nowadays. If you don’t trust your ISP with your data, why would you trust a VPN provider?

📌 1 de Novembro, 2021

NanoPi M4: BMP280 Temperature Sensor

BMP280 is a digital temperate and pressure sensor manufactured by Bosch Sensortec. At the end of this post you’ll be able to read values from it in Python.

📌 26 de Setembro, 2021

NanoPi M4: Python GPIO Tutorial

Recently I published an article explaining how to read and write to your NanoPi M4 or M4V2 digital pins from bash, now I’ll be doing the same from Python with the help of a few libraries.

📌 25 de Setembro, 2021

NanoPi M4: GPIO Tutorial

In this guide you’ll find out how to read and write values to your NanoPi M4 or M4V2 digital pins also known as GPIO. This low level interface allows you to control digital electronic circuits directly from Linux.