Installing LineageOS 19.1 on OnePlus 5

Do you have an old Android phone laying around which has not received any official updates for a long time? Or you might be concerned about Google tracking your device and collecting tons of data about you and want to try open source android without bloatware and trackers? Or maybe you would like to try privacy oriented OS on your mobile phone? These are just a few examples on why would you want to install Lineage OS on your phone....

November 3, 2022 · 3 min · Evgeni Semenov

Using apt-get in Linux

If you are not new to Linux you probably have heard about apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) before. It is used on Debian -based Linux distributions (such as, for example Ubuntu) and allows you to install, remove and update packages. Here are a few examples on how to use the tool. Updating your system using apt-get On every newly installed Debian based Linux you want to run: sudo apt-get update This will synchronize the index of packages from the sources....

October 24, 2022 · 2 min · Evgeni Semenov

About bitcoin mining

With all the hype around blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs etc, you probably hear a lot about mining - in terms of how profitable this is, or how miners compete with each other to earn bitcoin (or any other crypto where proof-of-work concept is used). But have you ever wondered what is mining process exactly? Further on I will use the example of crypto pioneer - Bitcoin. First allow me to quote a definition of bitcoin mining from www....

October 18, 2022 · 9 min · Evgeni Semenov

Starting my blog and choosing a self-hosted engine

This is a first post of the blog I am starting. I decided to start my own blog where I will share some of my thoughts on privacy, cybersecurity, linux, programming, ethical hacking, cloud computing, you name it. I will post on a random basis share some of the challenges I’ve encountered and (hopefully) useful instructions on how to overcome them. Choosing a static website engine for my blog The first and the hardest choice on staring the blog was to chose the blogging engine....

October 4, 2022 · 2 min · Evgeni Semenov