Monday, April 1, 2024

WayDroid

WayDroid is a container-based tool that allows for launching a complete Android system within the Linux desktop.

https://waydro.id/

https://www.howtogeek.com/waydroid-android-apps-on-linux/

Dr. Parted Live

Dr.Parted Live is a bootable GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian testing.  It contains Apart GUI that is a front end to the Partclone command line utility and is capable of bare-metal backup and recovery of disk partitions.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dr-parted-live/

https://dr-parted-live.sourceforge.io/

Site with Windows investigation scripts

The site below includes various PowerShell scripts for an investigation with a Windows client.

https://github.com/secure-cake

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Projectivy Launcher

Projectivy Launcher is an alternative interface for Android TV or Google TV.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.projengmenu&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1

This launcher can also be used with Amazon Firesticks as well.  But it cannot be set as the default.

https://firetvsticks.com/projectivy-launcher/

https://firestickhacks.com/install-projectivy-launcher-on-firestick/

https://www.androidpolice.com/i-replaced-my-samsung-home-screen-with-a-tv-launcher/


Adskipper browser extension

 Adskipper is an extension that skips ads instead of blocking.

https://www.adskipper.me/

Verge.IO

Verge.IO is a virtualization platform based on QEMU/KVM hypervisor that supports both Linux and Windows guests.

https://www.verge.io/

https://www.vladan.fr/another-vmware-alternative-verge-io/

SpeedyTest

SpeedyTest is a command-line utility for measuring Internet speed.

https://www.kitploit.com/2024/02/speedytest-command-line-tool-for.html

https://github.com/HalilDeniz/SpeedyTest


JSONedit

JSONedit is an utility to edit JSON files.

https://tomeko.net/software/JSONedit/

Use PowerShell to check for memory upgrades

Use the following PowerShell command to check for the maximum memory supported by the motherboard 

Get-CimInstance Win32_PhysicalMemoryArray




The command below will display information on the current memory being used such as the speed.

Get-CimInstance CIM_PhysicalMemory



https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-check-if-you-can-upgrade-your-ram-on-windows/

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Proxmox

Proxmox Virtual Environment is a hyper-converged infrastructure open-source software. It is a hosted hypervisor that can run operating systems including Linux and Windows on x64 hardware.

https://www.proxmox.com/en/