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Shufflecake - create multiple hidden volumes - LinuxLinks
Shufflecake is a tool for Linux that allows to create multiple hidden volumes on a storage device in such a way that it is very difficult, even under forensic inspection, to prove the existence of such volumes. This is useful for people whose freedom of expression is threatened by repressive authorities or dangerous criminal organizations, in particular: whistleblowers, investigative journalists, and activists for human rights in oppressive regimes.
You can consider Shufflecake a “spiritual successor” of tools such as TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt. It works natively on Linux, it supports any filesystem of choice, and can concurrently manage multiple nested volumes per device, so to make deniability of the existence of these partitions really plausible.
Bookup - streamline notes with Markdown - LinuxLinks
Bookup is a simple and efficient note-taking application designed as a clone of Notes-up.
Unlike Notes-up, Book-up doesn’t have any Granite dependency, making it ideal for non-Elementary OS users.
This is free and open source software.
Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Linux Desktop Applications - LinuxLinks
This is a series looking at the Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch. The phone sports a powerful Mediatek Dimensity 7050 with 8 cores, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
I’ve already set up shell access via ssh with a SSH key-pair following the ubports guide. This lets me log into the phone from my Linux PC, as I’m a big fan of the shell.
Libertine is a confined sandbox where you can install deb-packaged desktop-based Ubuntu applications. They can be CLI, TUI, or GUI apps. But Libertine is not designed to run server applications.
I first recommend installing Libertine Tweak Tool as I’ll need the lish shell command to complete an installation step. Without using lish, I’m unable to install desktop apps on the phone because of an error processing the dnsmasq-base package.
Twake Drive - alternative to Google Drive - LinuxLinks
Twake Drive offers an encrypted data storage solution.
Protect your files, documents and photos with high level of encryption for maximum security. Easily manage access rights to your files or share them via link, whether publicly or with added protection. Foster collaboration with the “Shared Drive” feature, offering a centralized space for your team’s collective work. Seamlessly create and save shared folders and files to enhance teamwork efficiency
It offers a built-in office suite to create any file directly on your drive. Presentations, text documents and spreadsheets are always at your fingertips, wherever you go.
Save time with a powerful search engine, which quickly finds any file you need. Search by contents, name or sender easily and effortlessly
markdownlint - static analysis tool for Node.js - LinuxLinks
markdownlint is a Node.js style checker and lint tool for Markdown/CommonMark files.
markdownlint is a static analysis tool for Node.js with a library of rules to enforce standards and consistency for Markdown files. markdownlint uses the micromark parser and honors the CommonMark specification for Markdown. It additionally supports popular GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) syntax like autolinks and tables as well as directives, footnotes, and math syntax – all implemented by micromark extensions.
This is free and open source software.
markdownlint - tool to check markdown files and flag style issues - LinuxLinks
markdownlint is a tool to check markdown files and flag style issues. There’s a separate project for Node.js.
This is free and open source software.
Aura - package manager for Arch Linux - LinuxLinks
Aura is a package manager for Arch Linux. Its original purpose was in supplementing Pacman to support the building of AUR packages, but since its creation in 2012 it has evolved to enable a variety of use cases.
Aura helps you install and manage software on your system. It provides all the functionality that pacman does, plus more, including system sanity checks, package analysis, and automated AUR package installation.
This is free and open source software.