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Pre 2019 Articles by Difficulty Ranking

Posts are referenced doubly by difficulty then by chronological release order. Articles with a (+x) notation contain an advanced section that is not necessary reading, but dives into more advanced subject matter as a post-article exploration.

Beginner

Requires no prerequisite knowledge. Frequently these articles are not directly programming related, and address other topical areas.

This ranking is more likely to grow in 2019, but in the mean time I would suggest reading the content that Mehdi has been writing over the past few years.

Ruby Book List

Learning Ruby

You're taking your first steps into Ruby

The Well Grounded Rubyist

A good introduction to programming in general. Easy on newer programmers.

Installing

First start and basic setup

Starting weechat

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Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

Applications

pass - Password Manager
bspwm - Tiling Window Manager
weechat - IRC Client
neovim - Editor and IDE
Geeknote - Evernote Client
wunderline - Wunderlist Client
hangups - Hangouts client
Mopidy - Music Server (Spotify, Google Play, etc)
ncmpcpp - Music Client

The purpose of this document is to make recommendations on how to browse in a privacy and security conscious manner. This information is compiled from a number of sources, which are referenced throughout the document, as well as my own experiences with the described technologies.

I welcome contributions and comments on the information contained. Please see the How to Contribute section for information on contributing your own knowledge.

	Hi All!

	I've recently launched a tool that wraps many of the commands here with a user interface. This desktop application is currently available for macOS. There's a roadmap outlining planned features for the near future.
	Feel free to request any features you'd like to see, and I'll prioritize them accordingly.
	One of the most important aspects of this application is that every command executed behind the scenes is displayed in a special log section. This allows you to see exactly what’s happening and learn from it.

	Here's the link to the repository: https://github.com/Pulimet/ADBugger

	App Description:
	ADBugger is a desktop tool designed for debugging and QA of Android devices and emulators. It simplifies testing, debugging, and performance analysis by offering device management, automated testing, log analysis, and remote control capabilities. This ensures smooth app performance across various setups.

	# Install ARCH Linux with encrypted file-system, for BIOS. Dustin dut n ex 5 a t g ma il
	# The official installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide) contains a more verbose description.

	# Download the archiso image from https://www.archlinux.org/
	# Copy to a usb-drive

	dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdX # on linux

	# Boot from the usb. If the usb fails to boot, make sure that secure boot is disabled in the BIOS configuration.

	phaul - I don't know :) I don't understand you code :)
	baweaver - Ah good
	baweaver - that makes two of us