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Terms

• free software vs freeware in Estonian: EIK server | Pingviin.org Wiki
• proprietary software: EST | ENG | GER | RUS
• free software: EST | ENG | GER | RUS
• freeware: EST | ENG | GER | RUS
• vendor lock-in: EST | ENG | GER | RUS
• FSF translations of different terms
• FLOSS and FOSS by Richard Stallman
  
• FLOSS and FOSS by FSFE

CLI

• Linux
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommandlineHowto
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/20752/how-can-i-search-within-a-manpage
• bash
• GNU Coreutils
• linuxcommand.org
• commands at linuxconfig.org
• some CLI examples
• MS Windows
• cmd
• powershell
• http://ss64.com/ - cmd, PowerShell, Bash, OS X, VB Script, SQL, Oracle, CSS etc

Operating systems

• operating system
• Wikipedia
• list of important publications in operating systems
• Hobbyist operating system development
• operating systems comparison
• Wikipedia
• technical comparison by osdata.com
• list of operating systems
• Wikipedia
• large list of operating systems
• catalog of operating systems
• dmoz.org

Software collections

• https://linuxappfinder.com/ (look also alternatives)
• GNU software
• Free software directory
• Sourceforge (look also alternatives)
• https://schoolforge.net/ - educational software
• http://ostatic.com/
• http://www.findbestopensource.com/
• https://www.fosshub.com/
• https://www.tuxfamily.org/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proprietary_software_for_Linux
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_software
• https://www.softwarecollections.org/

Software alternatives

• http://alternativeto.net/
• https://www.osalt.com/
• http://www.opensourcealternative.org/
• http://www.linuxalt.com/
• in Estonian - https://viki.pingviin.org/Windowsi_programmide_vasted_Linuxis

Ubuntu

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Troubleshooting
• man-pages
• Ask Ubuntu
• Official Ubuntu Documentation - help.ubuntu.com
• Ubuntu LTS Server Guide
• Debian Handbook
• main Ubuntu forum
• Ubuntu philosophy
• Ubuntu operating system
• Ubuntu Guide
• Ubuntu Tutorials
• How to Ubuntu
• Ubuntu Manual Project
• Ubuntu Pocket Guide
• Ubuntu Sharing
• Ubuntu Geek
• YouTube search "ubuntu tutorial"
• YouTube search "ubuntu guide"
• PPA search - software repository search
• Ubuntu site in Estonian

Ubuntu apps

• Ubuntu Apps Directory
• Ubuntu packages | Debian packages
• GetDeb portal (apps, also games - repository)
• http://www.webupd8.org/ (also alternatives)
• http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/

Tutorials, guides Linux in general

• UNIX handbook in Estonian "Tigu lahkamas..." (PDF in EITC server)
• Kuutõrvaja - wiki in Estonian
• Estonian free software community Pingviin: forum | QA | Wiki
• Fostering free software usage in the Baltic States: EST | ENG (a bit outdated)
• Servernoobs.com - beginners guide to Linux server management
• linuxjourney
• howtoforge
• Cyberciti
• Free Technology Academy
• The Linux Documentation Project
• linux.com news, tutorials, materials
• Linux newbie guide
• Land of Linux
• tecmint.com
• Linux Techi
• Server Mom
• linux-tutorial.info
• Guru99
• Linux Foundation free materials
• tutorials at linuxconfig.org
• Resource center for Free Operating Systems
• Tuxradar
• Easy Linux Tips
• How-To Geek (different operating systems)
• linux-tips.org
• linux-tips.net
• it runs on Linux
• linuxhowtos.org
• Linux Library at troubleshooters.com
• maketecheasier.com Linux section
• The Linux Daily
• Everyday Linux User
• linuxpitstop.com
• Linux tips at workaround.org
• Linux tips at helpdeskgeek.com
• linuxbrigade.com
• linoxide.com

History

• operating systems history
• Wikipedia
• timeline of operating systems
• Haigh & College (2002)
  
• UNIX history
• Wikipedia
• by Eric Levenez
• unix.org
• computerhope.com
• early history by Dennis M. Ritchie
• The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix
• MS Windows history
• Wikipedia
• timeline of MS Windows
• Eric Levenez
• Apple OS X
• history of Mac OS
• timeline of Macintosh models
• computer languages history
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia timeline of programming languages
• Eric Levenez
• computer science history
• Wikipedia category
• computing hardware history
• Wikipedia
• computing history
• Wikipedia
• category: computing timelines
• category: history of computing
• category: History of computer science
• timeline of computing
• software history
• category: history of software
• GUI history
• FLOSS history
• history of free and open-source software
• category: history of free and open-source software
• category: free software
• timeline of open-source software
• Linux adoption
• in Estonian
• Arvuti kõigile (4 osa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4tqnLImftc

Webinars

• Black Duck Software webinars https://www.brighttalk.com/channel/13983/black-duck-software
• Other IT-related webinars at brighttalk.com

Computers

• http://explainingcomputers.com/
• list of important publications in computer science
• most cited articles in computer science
• portal computer science
• portal:Information technology

Quantum computing

• timeline of quantum computing
• cateogry: quantum information science
• Quantum asymmetry between time and space
• Scientists May Have Just Figured Out Why Time Moves Forward, Not Backwards
• Bringing time and space together for universal symmetry
• Quantum Theory Proves That Time Does Not Exist
• Google's Quantum Computer
• Scientists Create a 5-atom Quantum Computer That Could Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete
• Quantum leap: D-Wave's next quantum computing chip offers a 1,000x speed-up
• Scientists have developed a device that can guarantee producing an endless sequence of entangled photons.
• First Quantum Photonic Circuit with an Electrically Driven Light Source
• Hacking, Cryptography, and the Countdown to Quantum Computing
• Quantum computing advances with researchers' control of entanglement
• This video game shows why humans are better at quantum physics than supercomputers
• New evidence could break the standard view of quantum mechanics
• Quantum computers: 10-fold boost in stability achieved
• Wits researchers find techniques to improve carbon superlattices for quantum electronic devices
• New 3-D wiring technique brings scalable quantum computers closer to reality
• Precise quantum cloning: possible pathway to secure communication
• A new class of materials could realize quantum computers
• Fujitsu eyes architecture to rival quantum computers
• Quantum computers can talk to each other via a photon translator
• Quantum computers: The world’s first buyers’ guide
• Basic quantum computation achieved with silicon for first time
• Diamond shows promise for a quantum Internet
• Single photon converter – a key component of quantum internet
• How can quantum information be stored as long as possible? An important step forward in the development of quantum memories has been achieved by a research team of TU Wien.
• Fast track control accelerates switching of quantum bits
• UTS opens centre for quantum software development
• Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering
• Further Improvement of Qubit Lifetime for Quantum Computers
• US lead in quantum computing 'under siege,' says white house cyber adviser
• Quantum Keys Transmitted Over Record-Breaking 404 km
• Microsoft is developing its own quantum computer hardware
• Google’s DeepMind AI gives robots the ability to dream
• 
  

Artificial intelligence

• http://tallinn.city.ai/
  
• http://www.ituudised.ee/uudised/2016/08/26/kristjan-korjus-metsaulikoolis-tehisintellekt-puudutab-meid-koiki-varsti-ja-voimsalt
• http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/126345_en.html - Why human brains hold the key to smarter artificial intelligence
• http://www.insightproject.eu/
• http://www.robogen.org/
• http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-google-facebook-ibm-and-microsoft-form-ai-non-profit/
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/01/steal_this_brain/
• https://home.google.com/ , http://www.am.ee/node/5595 - talking AI in your home
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-topics/artificial-intelligence
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/static/special-report-artificial-intelligence
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ns/quarterly_issues/tijun16.pdf
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/ibms-braininspired-chip-tested-on-deep-learning
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/why-ai-makes-selfdriving-cars-hard-to-prove-safe
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/software/fujitsu-memory-tech-speeds-up-deep-learning-ai
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/experts-answer-your-questions-about-artificial-intelligence
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-topics/artificial-intelligence/the-next-step-for-artificial-intelligence-is-machines-that-get-smarter-on-their-own
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/resources/products-and-services/three-ebooks-on-artificial-intelligence
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/career-and-education/career-guidance/how-to-land-a-job-in-artificial-intelligence
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/what-jobs-will-humans-have-in-the-future
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-topics/artificial-intelligence/how-artificial-intelligence-has-crept-into-our-everyday-lives
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/special-report-trusting-robots
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/tag/artificial+intelligence
• http://theinstitute.ieee.org/tag/deep+learning
• http://www.nature.com/news/can-we-open-the-black-box-of-ai-1.20731
• https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/neural_computing/
• http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2016/09/stealing-ai-algorithm-and-its-underlying-data-high-school-level-exercise/131757/
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/military-robots/do-we-want-robot-warriors-to-decide-who-lives-or-dies
• https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/12/white-house-reports-on-ai-no-skynet/
• http://www.csail.mit.edu/ - MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
• http://www.computerworld.com/article/3130666/artificial-intelligence/white-house-ai-will-be-critical-driver-of-us-economy.html
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ai-leaders-from-facebook-microsoft-research-and-ibm-outline-challenges-for-ai-detail-their-ai-partnership
• https://www.tehnopol.ee/en/sundmus/health-data-artificial-intelligence/ - IBM Watson Health
• http://phys.org/news/2016-10-british-artificial-intelligence-hub.html
• http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-releases/2016/10/17/does-my-eye-deceive-me-not-these-digital-forensics-tools
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/robotics/artificial-intelligence/pittsburgh-smart-traffic-signals-will-make-driving-less-boring
• http://www.uta.edu/news/releases/2016/10/makedon-children-learning-difficulties.php
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602615/what-happens-when-you-give-an-ai-a-working-memory/
• https://opensource.com/life/16/10/deep-learning-artificial-intelligence
• https://opensource.com/life/16/10/meet-hubot-devops-chat-bot
• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1016/241016-AI-predicts-outcomes-human-rights-trials
• http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/artificial-intelligence-computer-says-yes-but-is-it-right
• http://techspark.co/bath-researcher-shows-machines-can-prejudiced/
• http://www.cccblog.org/2016/10/18/thoughts-from-white-house-frontiers-conference-and-the-national-ai-rd-strategic-plan/
• https://fossbytes.com/scientists-discover-how-to-upload-knowledge-to-your-brain/
• http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/85689218/computer-smarter-than-humans-when-telling-asian-faces-apart
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161024095238.htm Robotic tutors for primary school children
• http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/us/pentagon-artificial-intelligence-terminator.html
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230973-600-robot-learns-to-play-with-lego-by-watching-human-teachers/
• http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/technology/new-research-center-to-explore-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence.html
• http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450402519/Will-computer-vision-help-France-take-a-lead-in-AI
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3919762/Is-no-secret-safe-Lipreading-robot-proves-accurate-human-deciphering-speech.html
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-10/ai-experts-build-neural-network-help-researchers-search-dugongs/8011084
• http://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/new-ai-algorithm-taught-humans-learns-beyond-training/
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602938/worlds-first-photonic-neural-network-unveiled/
• www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-ai-based-search-engines-are-a-ldquo-game-changer-rdquo-for-science-research/
• http://news.mit.edu/2016/artificial-intelligence-system-surfs-web-improve-performance-1110
• http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/november/robovote.html
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602955/neural-network-learns-to-identify-criminals-by-their-faces/ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/technology/artificial-intelligence-pioneer-jurgen-schmidhuber-overlooked.html
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113299-googles-deepmind-ai-can-lip-read-tv-shows-better-than-a-pro/
• http://www.wsj.com/articles/universities-ai-talent-poached-by-tech-giants-1479999601
• http://www.computerworld.com/article/3144509/security/will-ai-usher-in-a-new-era-of-hacking.html
• http://news.mit.edu/2016/meeting-of-the-minds-for-machine-intelligence-1122
• https://fossbytes.com/google-open-sources-training-platform-deepmind-lab/
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603137/deep-learning-machine-listens-to-bach-then-writes-its-own-music-in-the-same-style/
• https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/december/researchers_-discovery-of-new-verbal-working-memory-architecture.html
• http://www.eweek.com/developer/google-open-sources-data-visualization-tool-for-machine-learning.html
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2115684-machine-learning-lets-computer-create-melodies-to-fit-any-lyrics/
• http://www.zdnet.com/article/ieee-publishes-draft-report-on-ethically-aligned-ai-design/
• http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330965& - Cray Sets Deep Learning Milestone
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603107/ai-begins-to-understand-the-3-d-world/
• http://www.vocativ.com/382312/ai-photo-3d-model/
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603046/meet-the-worlds-first-completely-soft-robot/
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-05/google-deepmind-makes-ai-training-platform-publicly-available
• https://deepmind.com
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2114748-google-translate-ai-invents-its-own-language-to-translate-with/
• http://www.darpa.mil/program/2016-11-28 - Designing Agile Human-Machine Teams
• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602958/an-ai-ophthalmologist-shows-how-machine-learning-may-transform-medicine/
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/29/its-no-christmas-no-1-but-ai-generated-song-brings-festive-cheer-to-researchers
• http://news.mit.edu/2016/creating-videos-of-the-future-1129
• https://gcn.com/blogs/emerging-tech/2016/11/runtime-emergent-software.aspx - Self-learning software that builds itself
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231010-400-intelligence-rethought-ais-know-us-but-dont-think-like-us/
• http://www.wired.co.uk/article/deep-tech-europe-hubs - Europe is leading the way in AI and machine learning (and even Silicon Valley wants in)
• http://www.techworm.net/2016/12/sex-robots-can-kill.html
• https://medium.com/@GilFewster/the-mind-blowing-ai-announcement-from-google-that-you-probably-missed-2ffd31334805
• https://codingsec.net/2016/03/get-started-artificial-intelligence/
• http://www.techworm.net/2016/11/ai-powered-google-translate-can-translate-languages-never-trained.html
• http://www.sciencealert.com/google-s-new-ai-has-learned-to-become-highly-aggressive-in-stressful-situations
• 
  

Beyond quantum - and supercomputers

• Stanford researchers create new special-purpose computer that may someday save us billions
• Computer scientists find ‘inexact computing’ can improve answers

FLOSS

• https://opensource.com/education/16/8/5-reasons-student-involvement-open-source

Academic search engines

• Google Scholar
• CiteSeer
• Microsoft Academic
• Odysci
• ISI Web of Science
• List of academic databases and search engines

Tips for MS Windows switchers

• switching to Ubuntu
• 25 tips for Windows switchers
• in Estonian: Windows corresponding programs in Linux
• migrating from MS Windows 7 to Ubuntu

Data restore

NTFS

• https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux/ntfs-partition-repair-and-recovery-in-linux/
• http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fix-corrupted-windows-ntfs-filesystem-ubuntu/
• search "linux restore ntfs"

EXT4

• http://extundelete.sourceforge.net/ - EXT3, EXT4
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/217606/undelete-files-on-ext4
• https://www.maketecheasier.com/recover-files-ext3-ext4-linux/
• search "linux restore ext4"

Antivirus, malware removal

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus
• https://www.maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-antivirus-programs/
• http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/
• http://www.howtogeek.com/135392/htg-explains-why-you-dont-need-an-antivirus-on-linux-and-when-you-do/
• search:
• linux antivirus
• linux malware removal
• ubuntu antivirus
• ubuntu malware removal

Twin-panel file managers

• Sunflower FM
• Double Commander: homepage | article
• Krusader
• GNOME Commander
• CLI - Midnight Commander
• search "linux dual panel file manager"
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_managers
• Norton Commander inspired software
• http://xmodulo.com/good-file-manager-linux.html
• https://www.slant.co/topics/1955/~twin-panel-file-managers-for-linux
• https://www.slant.co/topics/4449/~linux-twin-panel-file-managers-for-developers

Screencast

• Simple Screen Recorder
• Screenkey (show keystrokes on screen while typing)
• PPA
• homepage
• slop - for fine tuning
• settings: ~/.config/screenkey.json
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software

Security

• hacked websites
• Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach (includes also automatic e-mail reminder if needed)
• how secure is my password? Security depends more on length and not complexity
• US-CERT password tips
• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
• Wikipedia article
• CVE database
• National Vulnerability Database
• MITRE categories
• MITRE cybersecurity
• http://www.security-database.com/
• vulnerabilities black market
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_zero-day_exploits
• Vulnerability Black Markets: Empirical Evidence and Scenario Simulation
• original source
• copy
• https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=vulnerabilities+black+market
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hacking_(computer_security)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cybercrime
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_security_exploits
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_network_security
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_security
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cyberwarfare
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Darknet_markets
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mass_surveillance
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Denial-of-service_attacks
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cyberattacks
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Malware
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Malware_by_type
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Botnets
• Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
• Wikipedia article
• https://www.owasp.org/
• cybersecurity in Estonia - RIA cybersecurity (in Estonian)
• 21th October 2016 massive cyber attack
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Dyn_cyberattack
• http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/21/technology/ddos-attack-popular-sites/
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/21/ddos-attack-dyn-internet-denial-service
• Cybersecurity and VPN Statistics and Trends in 2019

Secure OS

• Security focused operating system (Wikipedia)
• Subgraph OS
• http://thehackernews.com/2016/03/subgraph-secure-operating-system.html
• https://subgraph.com/sgos/
• Qubes OS
• http://thehackernews.com/2015/10/secure-operating-system.html
• https://www.qubes-os.org/
• Tails
• https://tails.boum.org/
• UPR (Ubuntu Privacy Remix)
• https://www.privacy-cd.org/

Mobile management

• Wammu
• Nokuntu - Ubuntu Nokia Connection Suite (Nokia PC Suite replacement)
• BitPim
• GNOME Phone Manager
• AirDroid
• QtADB
• more reading

Windows Subsystem for Linux

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide
• http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/08/howdy-windows-six-part-series.html
• http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/wsl-distribution-switcher
• MS Windows 10 Home/Pro ISO free and legal download: et-EE | en-US | ru-ru

CLI tricks

• http://tuxdiary.com/tag/record-terminal-linux/ - record CLI activities

MS Windows ISO-file tweaking

• Win7 - http://lifehacker.com/5894838/customize-your-windows-installation-to-create-the-os-of-your-dreams
• NT Lite - https://www.ntlite.com/
• nLite - http://www.nliteos.com/
• vLite - http://www.vlite.com
• http://www.howtogeek.com/124368/how-to-create-a-customized-windows-7-installation-disc-with-integrated-updates/
• http://www.intowindows.com/5-free-tools-to-customize-tweak-windows-7-installation-setup/

Linux image, photo editing, management

• http://www.darktable.org - Lightroom alternative, see also other alternatives for Linux

Movies

Some former recordings.

Free Software related movies

The Code (2001)

• Wikipedia article
• The Code in YouTube (with optional subtitles)
  
• IMDB information

Revolution OS (2001)

• movie homepage
• Wikipedia article
• Revolution OS search results in YouTube
• IMDB information

Other movies about free software in Wikipedia.

• ALGORITHM: The Hacker Movie

Security related movies, video clips

• documentary "Web warriors" (2008)
• IMDB information
• movie in YouTube: search from youtube | variant 1 | variant 2
• campaign "Assapauk" by Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

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