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Encrypting data on USB flash drives with LUKS

August 25, 2011

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I wanted to explore a different way to encrypt data on portable USB flash drives other than Truecrypt, so I checked what could be done with Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS). LUKS is an encryption method that is implemented on Linux by “cryptsetup” package, and on Windows by FreeOTFE. It encrypts a partition or a file […]

Changing amixer volume with mouse buttons

July 12, 2011

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I have a multi-button mouse (the Trust MI-2950R) with left and right wheel tilt, back and forward thumb buttons and a couple zoom buttons. I want to use them efficiently, and in my case, since I rarely use the horizontal scrolling, I wanted to map on the left-right wheel tilt another function that I use […]

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