We said many times in the past that personal and home network security is a habit. It’s not the operating system you install, it’s not how careful you are when browsing the Internet, it’s not even about the antivirus choice. You can either trust that your network is not compromised…

You probably have no idea how bad the storage space situation around the nineties was, right when the personal computer became a thing. Back then having an Intel 80386 was a big deal, and a hard drive over 100 MB was unheard of. Typical sizes were half of that. When…

We showed a few MS-DOS applications before, showcasing text-mode file managers, command prompt history, archivers, text editors and banner creators. We even remembered MemMaker, the RAM optimizer saving our souls when we needed a few more kilobytes of memory for that stubborn game. …

We talked before about how open source does not equal privacy, but I feel there is more to be said on the subject. There are many posts, examples, and opinions on the Internet about how Linux is private because it’s open source. …

After reviewing three MS-DOS text-mode file managers, XTree Gold, DOS Navigator and Norton Commander, you may think this chapter is all but fully covered. You may be glad we stepped out of the text-mode dark ages into the Windows light, and that text file management and other similar atrocities have…

This will be a quick and short article because there is not much to it. You know how we all got used to the key up command history available in any terminal? …

We reviewed many features of the NAS: file sharing, file syncing, office-like document authoring, photo management, media streaming, and calendar, contact, notes, and email management. We saw how a typical NAS will try to replicate as close as possible the many features we find and love with the biggest cloud…

We started digging into the typical features of an off-the-shelf NAS. We went through the initial configuration, the file sharing setup, the file sync feature, then we worked our way up to full online office applications and media management and streaming tools. We saw that all features are well thought…

We started to explain how a NAS works and what features it provides, and we first covered basic file sharing. Next, we tried to reach further, and we discovered file synchronization in the well-known style of OneDrive and Google Drive, allowing us to have offline files on loosely connected phones…