Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software. # Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
Compression tool similar to gzip and bzip2, with better compression and speed than bzip2 at the cost of higher memory consumption (mostly for compression). From a GNU coreutils announcement.
A lot of the downloadable Linux or Unix files found on the internet are compressed using a tar or tar.gz compression format. So, knowing how to open or untar these compressed files becomes very important. In the following examples, we will explain how to untar both popular formats and how to extract the contents to [...]