‘Copyright Troll’ Has Already Filed Over 1,000 Piracy Lawsuits This Year
For more than 15 years, alleged file-sharers around the world have been pressured to pay significant settlement fees. These so-called ‘copyright-trolling’ efforts are pretty straightforward. Copyright holders obtain a list of ‘pirating’ IP-addresses and then request a subpoena from the court, compelling ISPs to hand over the associated customer data. These schemes can be rather lucrative. With minimal effort, rightsholders can rake in...
How I gave my old laptop new life with the Linux Xfce desktop
How I gave my old laptop new life with the Linux Xfce desktop Jim Hall Wed, 06/08/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this A few weeks ago, I needed to give a conference presentation that included a brief demonstration of a small app I’d written for Linux. I needed a Linux laptop to bring to the conference, so I dug out an old laptop and installed Linux on it. I used the Fedora 36 Xfce spin, which worked great....
Using Ansible to automate software installation on my Mac
Using Ansible to automate software installation on my Mac Servesha Dudhgaonkar Wed, 06/08/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like On most systems, there are several ways to install software. Which one you use depends on the source of the application you’re installing. Some software comes as a downloadable wizard to walk you through an install process, while others are files you just download and...
How Garbage Collection works inside a Java Virtual Machine
How Garbage Collection works inside a Java Virtual Machine Jayashree Hutt… Tue, 06/07/2022 – 09:54 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this Automatic Garbage Collection (GC) is one of the most important features that makes Java so popular. This article explains why GC is essential. It includes automatic and generational GC, how the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) divides heap memory, and finally, how GC works inside the JVM. Java...
