Debian xscreensaver very old. What's an alternative?

If you're Debian user you must have noticed that every time you login to the system, xscreensaver shows a warning message informing that xscreensaver is very old. But what is an alternative?

Of course, you can go to xscreensaver official website, download latest version and install it instead of the repository's one. But that solution is not ideal, because you'll lose your repository updates and will need to update your xscreensaver manually.

How to create an encrypted file container with cryptsetup in Linux

Hi all,

In this post I will tell you how to create an encrypted file container of 1 GB using cryptsetup (LUKS), where you can store your sensitive files and nobody else can access it without a password. Of course, you may also create an entire encrypted disk, but that's another story and we will leave it for the next time. All commands from this article were tested in Debian Jessie, but should also work in Ubuntu and in other distros with few modifications. So let's get started.