The new Apple Silicon CPU processors have brought a breath of fresh air to the world of computing, but for savvy users, they have also brought with them many limitations. If you used Windows on your Mac, perhaps via BootCamp, upgrading to a Mac equipped with an M1 processor will find you unable to continue doing so. And with this,[…]
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How to install the amazing Ubuntu Fonts on macOS | From X to Big Sur to Beyond
Apple has always been famous for the elegance and quality of its designs. From hardware products to the smallest details of the operating system, Apple’s engineers and designers are recognized as Carthusian blacksmiths of beauty. The fonts also, as from the taste of the Deux ex-Machina Steve Jobs, have always been a driving part of the Macintosh computer operating system,[…]
Read moreLulu. A fully open-source firewall for macOS
LuLu is the free, shared-source macOS firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections unless explicitly approved by the user. Any unknown outgoing connections, until approved by the user, are blocked by default. While it was designed to generically detect malware by flagging unauthorized networking connections, LuLu can also be used to block OS components or 3rd-party applications from transmitting[…]
Read moreM1 Macs maintain a persistent, hardware-serial-number linked TLS connection to Apple
In case you didn’t know, here you can find some very useful information about the new Apple M1 Macintosh and all the privacy related things about it. Big Sur on M1 (and possibly on Intel) maintains a persistent, hardware-serial-number linked TLS connection to Apple (for APNS, just like on iOS) at all times when you are logged in, even if[…]
Read moreHow to turn your Linux desktop into a middle ground between ChromeOS and macOS
Google with ChromeOS and Apple with macOS have shown us how it is possible to create functional graphic interfaces that are also beautiful and elegant. Here then is the question: why not transform our Linux desktop by taking the best of both? With the power of Linux and with the ductility of the KDE desktop environment, the challenge is far[…]
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