Alternative Audio/Video Programs

Here are some super helpful programs to help you with many of your media related projects. VLC No free software geek should be without this first program. VLC is a free media player that is so much more. It converts audio and video formats. It doesn’t slice and dice but it is an invaluable tool….

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WordPress, .COM or .ORG

WordPress.org is a website that is dedicated to distribution and help with the opensource WordPress content management system which powers millions of websites. My website monyhan.me is powered by the WordPress software which hosted on a server that I control. The responsibility of maintaining the sites front end is all mine. The backend (the hardware)…

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What’s New In WordPress 5.9

WordPress 5.9 is the latest version of the WordPress content management system. It in many ways is the same as the last several versions with the exception the Full Site Editor or FSE. With FSE you can build your entire site using the Gutenburg block editor and all of your great custom blocks, just like…

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WordPress Block Editor

Gutenberg is the reflectively new default editor for WordPress. I guess it came out early last year, or maybe 2020. Since then developers have been all over it, releasing many custom blocks to do operations of all kinds. In the beginning when I first tried Gutenberg it was good but very limiting, but now with…

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Install Chrome OS On Any PC Or Mac

CloudReady, a distribution of Chromium OS designed to be installed on existing computers. Chrome OS Google’s version CloudReady: Home Edition is the free, easy way to transform your old PC or Mac into a high-performing Chrome device. CloudReady is super easy to install. On the free download page go to the “Download USB Maker”. It…

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What is Chrome OS?

Chrome OS is a Gentoo Linux-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the free software Chromium OS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. Unlike Chromium OS, Chrome OS is proprietary software. Google announced the project, based on Ubuntu, in July 2009, conceiving it as an operating…

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Linux Install Detail Instructions

Linux is a Unix-like operating system. The kernal (the base of the OS) was created by Linus Torvalds, a student at the University of Helsinki in 1991. The kernal was adopted for the GNU operating system, so the real name of the OS should be the GNU / Linux Operating System. Since 1991 Linux has…

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Kali Linux and Pen Teasting

Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. It is used security analyst to find vulnerabilities in networks of computers. Because Kali is an free and opensource tool it is also available to anyone including hackers.

One Bootable To Rule Them All

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don’t multiple USB sticks, or UCB creation programs. You just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the Ventoy drive. Go here to download Ventoy. Select the Windows Zip File.

Must Have Bootable Media

As computer geeks we must all have a bunch of CDs/DVDs/USB media in our toolkit. Among these are Windows install media, Linux install media, and Windows utilities. Windows Windows 10 – To install to and repair Windows 10 PCs. To get a Windows 10 ISO you must download the Media Creation Tool. Click ‘Download tool…

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