So you have decided to check out Linux. Maybe you are fed up with Windows or you are just curious. Regardless of your reasons you are probably overwhelmed with the options and the conflicting information you see online. Today we…
This is not a normal post, but rather an announcement. We are removing our Facebook account. Meta’s Vision of the Future Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has shown that it is objectively evil. Our goals at Tech Tea and…
“Read the Manual!” First answer to your technical question. If you’ve ever asked a technical question online before you’ve probably come across this at least once. You don’t know how to do something so you ask online and only get…
NoiseTorch is a small FOSS Linux app that removes background noise picked up by your microphone. It creates a virtual microphone that isolates vocals. This is great if you are in a noisy environment when on a call or recording…
Linux is the most popular open source operating system today and it has some clear advantages to Windows and Mac in terms of freedom and privacy. Today we will cover our top reasons why we use Linux on our desktops.…
We use passwords everywhere to secure our important accounts, but how secure are your passwords? A password manager does what the name implies: it manages your passwords. Today, we are going to look at how they work and how they…
Mastodon is part of the decentralized social media network known as the Fediverse. It has grown in popularity as social media sites continue to disrespect their users’ privacy, independence, and time. Today, we are going to look at Mastodon and…
You will hear the terms Free and Open Source software (FOSS) and Libre software thrown around everywhere nowadays. Open source is everywhere, from Firefox to Android to even the software that this website uses to function. The philosophy behind free…
Chocolatey is a great application for managing your installed programs on Windows, but it’s not always the easiest to use. Chocolatey GUI gives you an easy graphical interface to update your programs without having to use the command line. Today,…
Many of our devices run Android these days. You would think that it’s open source nature would lead to a vibrant open source ecosystem, but chances are, you’re running a lot of proprietary software. This software does not respect you…
Chocolatey helps solve one of the biggest issues working on a Windows machine: Software Management. It’s easy to maintain and update software on most other operating systems. On Mac you have Homebrew, on your phone you have app stores, and…
RSS is a tool that solves one of our greatest problems in our connected world: information overload. What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a standard protocol for websites to share information with other sites and applications. This is…