How to Copy Text on Sites that Block It

Every now and then I come across sites on the Internet that prevent you from copying the text displayed.

So if you have the same problem and you want to copy things from sites here you go some solutions to overcome this :

Method 1: Turn off JavaScript

Most websites use JavaScript to block mouse functionality. If you turn off JavaScript on the site temporarily or permanently, you will be able to copy the text.

• Firefox users can press F12, there on the Preferences icon to disable JavaScript in the menu that opens.
• Chrome users can disable JavaScript in the Content settings: chrome://settings/content
• Internet Explorer users can turn off JavaScript in Internet Option > Security > Zone > Custom Level > Active Scripting
• Opera users can disable JavaScript under Websites in the Opera settings: opera://settings

      

           

Method 2: The source

You can also display the source code of the website you are on  and copy anything from it without restriction.

Simply press Ctrl + u while you are on the site and the source code will be displayed. This works in most browsers including Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer.

It is still necessary to find the text or content that you are looking for in the source. Use Ctrl + f to jump directly to it.

There you can also find links to images and other contents that you will be able to save or copy now.

Method 3: Extensions and scripts

The third and final option is most suitable if you encounter sites regularly that prohibit right-click use or text copying :

RightToClick for Firefox disables JavaScript annoyances such as forbidding right-clicks or text selection on sites.

RightToCopy for Chrome Enable right clicking, selecting, and copying text on pages that prevent these features. Also, prevent clipboard text injection.

Allow copy Allow Copy will re-enable select, copy, paste and right click in any webpage using any copy protection.

You can find many extensions for these two browsers.

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8 Computer Tricks that will Amaze You

In this article I will share with you some computer tricks that you might not know them and they are pretty useful.

Don’t use Ctrl+Alt+Del

Use control+shift+esc it opens directly the task manager

Disable Facebook’s Auto-play Videos option

If you really hate the video auto-play on facebook and you want to get rid of it you just have to go to Facebook > Settings > Video > Turn off the auto-play videos option.

A website that has right-click disabled?

For some reason you found the site you need most but you can’t do anything except reading because It has the right-click disabled and you can’t copy anything from it?

No problem here you go :

Put the following line into a favorite/shortcut on the toolbar re-enables browser right click.

javascript:void(document.oncontextmenu=null)

Open Notepad in your browser

If you need a notepad in Chrome or Firefox copy and paste this into the address bar and start writing whatever you want. And the amazing thing is that you can save it too.

data:text/HTML,%20<html%20contenteditable>

How to simply clear your cache?

CTRL + SHIFT + R = Clear cache and refresh the page.

How to access Paywall sites?

Some websites only allow you a limited number of free stories, articles… per month. If you don’t agree with this and you want to continue enjoying free stuff, you just have to delete the cookies from the site and your count will be reset.

How to find a website that died?

If you find a website that is offline but you just really need it. Copy the URL to archive.org and if you’re lucky you will find a preserved copy.

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How to Fix Music & Video Files that Don’t Play on Linux

Having troubles with listening to music or watching videos on Linux??

It’s not a big problem it’s just that the distribution of your Linux doesn’t have the necessary codecs.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu doesn’t provide codecs, but it allows you to download the MP3 codec from Fluendo during installation. This is a codec that Fluendo has made available for anyone to install for free legally.

Or there are others available through the Ubuntu Software Center as restricted extras.

Arch Linux

 

Arch Linux doesn’t come with codecs. But the project includes restricted formats in its repositories.

You can get the codecs when you install the libraries needed to play them.

 

OpenSUSE

 

OpenSUSE installs only free codecs only. The project made an list of formats.

You can also buy codecs, but the community suggests an alternative free solution.

 

 

Fedora

 

Fedora doesn’t provide any proprietary codecs, not pre-installed or in repositories.

You can add non-free codecs from the unofficial RPM Fusion repository. 

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How to Edit PDF Documents on Linux

Master PDF Editor

Master PDF Editor contain all the features you can ever need to edit your PDF and here is what you can do with it :

• Edit PDF text, images and pages with full editing features
• Create new PDF or edit existing ones.
• Add and/or edit bookmarks in PDF files.
• Encrypt and/or protect PDF files using 128 bit encryption.
• Convert XPS files into PDF.
• Add PDF controls (like buttons, checkboxes, lists, etc.) into your PDFs.
• Import/export PDF pages into common graphical formats including BMP, JPG, PNG, and TIFF.
• Split and merge PDF files.
• JavaScript support.
• Dynamic XFA form support.
• Validation Forms and Calculate Values.
• Adding a digital signature and Signing PDF Documents.
• Fast and simple PDF forms fill out.
• Changing font attributes (size, family, color etc).

PDF Studio

PDF Studio is one of the best. It contains all the features that you may need. There is no big difference between it and Master PDF Editor, but the only problem in it that it’s not for free.

PDF Studio Standard

Features in PDF Studio Standard

·         Create PDFs

·         Scan-To-PDF

·         Annotate and Markup PDFs

·         Fill In & Save PDF Forms

·         Secure Documents

·         Append / Delete Pages

·         Apply Watermarks, Headers, Footers

·         Create Bookmarks / Table of Contents

·         Loupe, Pan & Zoom, Rulers, etc…

PDF Studio Pro

All Features of PDF Studio Standard, Plus…

·         Interactive Form Designer

·         OCR (Text Recognition)

·         Content Editing

·         Permanent Redaction

·         Compare PDFs

·         Optimize PDFs

·         Digitally Sign PDFs

·         Advanced PDF Splitting & Merging

·         Batch Process Multiple PDFs

·         Precision Measuring Tools

·         PDF/A Validation / Conversion

 Scribus    

 

If your needs are more visual-oriented rather than simple text, then you can use Scribus.

Scribus is open-source, it includes brochures, newsletters, and books. It’s not just a PDF 

based editor, but you can use it also for layout work and can export to PDF.

Scribus can import files that were created in other desktop publishing formats, such as 

Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Publisher, as well as XPS.

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How to Speed Up your Slow Ubuntu PC

Startup Applications

The first thing to do is to manage the startup applications and just to let the most important once to launch when you boot your laptop.

By disabling the unnecessary once you free up some space of the RAM and you allow our laptop to launch faster.

To do so you just need to open the Dash and type “startup”.

This will open up the Startup Applications utility where you can manage all the applications you have. If you can’t find all the applications that’s cause Ubuntu hides most of the system’s default autostart entries. To show them, run this command in your terminal:

Sudo sed –i ‘s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g’/etc/xdg/autostart/*.descktop

Preload

You can also install Preload which is a daemon. This is a background service that keeps track of the most applications you use on your computer and load them into the memory as soon as you boot your laptop without launching them to make it faster for you in case you opened one of them it launches so fast.

To install Preload on your Ubuntu laptop, run this command in your terminal:

Sudo apt-get install preload

Lighter Desktop Environment

You can also change your desktop to a lighter one that the default desktop of Ubuntu. There are many others that much more lighter for exemple ou can use XFCE, LXDE, Openbox, Xmonad.

Swappiness

The SWAP partition is simply extra space that the system can use if the RAM is full, or if something has been sitting in RAM for a long time but isn’t being used. The system also dumps the contents of the RAM into the SWAP partition when you hibernate your system.

The swappiness value is between 0 and 100 which is:

·         0: The kernel will avoid swapping process out of physical memory and onto the swap partition for as long as possible.

·         100: The kernel will aggressively swap processes.

You can change the swappiness to 10 and to do so you need to open the terminal and write this command:

sudo bash -c "echo 'vm.swappiness = 10' >> /etc/sysctl.conf"

This will change the swappiness in the file sysctl.conf

But if you don’t want to change it once for all you can change it temporarily until the next restart of your laptop with this command:

Sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10

Clean unneeded files

Finally, you have to clean up some unneeded files and to do so you can use Ubuntu Tweak. It’s a tool that’s gonna delete only the files not needed without touching any file you may need.

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How to know everything that happens in your computer

Do you want to keep track of the keys struck on the keyboard secretly?

In most of the cases, the user is unaware of the key-logger tracking the key strokes as the main idea behind using a key-logger is to track the key strokes secretively. 

If you are worried about the safety of your computer, your information or you simply just want to keep track of everything that happens in your laptop when someone else is using it. 

Here are some free key-logger software for you:

1.    Free keylogger

Free Key logger intercepts everything that is typed on keyboard, monitors clipboard changes and all internet navigation. It collects this information to secret reports on a hard drive, so you can view it later. This program is invisible for everyone except you. Just press special hot key to unhide it.

Download Free keylogger

2. REFOG Free key-logger

REFOG Free key-logger is software which works like a tape recorder running in hidden mode. It captures all the typed data, username, passwords, emails, chats... once the computer turns on.

Download REFOG Free key-logger

3. Home key-logger

Home key-logger is software intended for recording all the matter entered from the keyboard. The program neatly records every activity or event while working in the hidden mode.

Download Home key-logger

4. Revealer key-logger

Revealer key-logger is a software that records all the matter or activity of the laptop and generates a report for the administrator. This software records information about keyboard inputs, the executed programs, visited pages and opened file. It records the date and time of these actions to know all the details. And this program is completely invisible.

Download Revealer key-logger

5. Kidlogger

Kidlogger is a very simple software designed with an intention of tracking kids activities by parents at home. It records in a log file, all the activity of a user on internet like chat room interactions, all the visited websites…

Download Kidlogger

6. Actual key-logger

Actual key-logger runs in the background and automatically records the keystrokes. Generated log files can be in encrypted form and the interface can also be protected with password. The log file displays everything typed, online money transactions...

Download Actual key-logger

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