Gifcurry is a free and open-source tool to create GIFs from a video file. You simply need to load a video file, trim it, make some edits, and save it as a gif file. It provides both a GUI and command-line options for creating GIFs. It provides a simple editor using which you can perform … Read more
The floor and ceiling functions are used most frequently in maths or computer programming. These functions return the nearest integer value of a fractional number. Today in this article I will discuss the usage of the floor() and ceil() functions in Python programming. Python floor() method Both Python floor() and ceil() methods are the parts … Read more
Byzanz is a command-line tool and GNOME panel applet which can be used to record your current desktop in the form of animated GIFs or videos. It is especially used in web publishing and creating GIFs for other purposes. You can use it on GNOME as well as non GTK desktop environments like KDE. In … Read more
Today in this article you will see what is FFmpeg and how to install it on a Ubuntu system. What is FFmpeg? FFmpeg (Fast Forward Moving Picture Experts Group) is a free and open-source software suite that consists of various libraries and programs for handling audio, video, and other media files and streams. It is … Read more
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is an image format mainly used to create animations. This format holds multiple pictures at once and when loaded in a certain way, it creates a video-like feeling. Nowadays it is a popular way to share funny animations or short clips on the internet and is also used in web publishing. … Read more
A regular expression specifies a set of strings that matches it; The re module in Python provides methods to check if a string matches with a regular expression or not and is used to perform different operations based on this. For example sub() and subn() methods are used to find and replace a string in … Read more
Today in this article, we are going to discuss what is malware, its different types, the symptoms that a system is infected with malware, and how to prevent a system from malware infection. Introduction Malware (OR malicious software) is a computer program that is intentionally designed to disrupt a computer system or network. It can … Read more
Today in this article we are going to discuss what is a rootkit, its types, and the different tools used to remove rootkits from a system. Introduction A rootkit is a set of malicious computer programs that are designed to enable access to a remote computer system while hiding its presence. Having rootkits on a … Read more
Chkrootkit (or check rootkit) is a free and open-source tool lightweight antivirus program that is used especially to detect and remove rootkits from a Linux system. You can use chkrootkit in the command line or GUI. It is similar to rkhunter which is another rootkit detection and removal tool. In this article, I will discuss … Read more
Firetools is a Qt frontend for firejail which is a SUID security sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of the untrusted applications using Linux namespace and seccomp-bpf. Firetools prevent malicious scripts from harming the system. It allows users to run scripts and software in an isolated environment which verifies … Read more
