• Spy Patrol

    The Firefox browser is not so private under its default settings, but several add-ons and configuration settings will help you keep the spies in the dark.

  • Doghouse – Linux History

    "maddog" takes us on a brief tour of Linux history.

  • Programming Snapshot – Go

    To find files quickly in the deeply nested subdirectories of his home directory, Mike whips up a Go program to index file metadata in an SQLite database.

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    Sail Away

    With Node-RED, you can create a web dashboard that instructs a Raspberry Pi to set the rudder position on a toy sailboat.

News and Articles

  • Ergonomic Tactics in Linux

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    Many Linux users spend far more time on a computer than is probably healthy. With the addition of aging, it makes double sense to look for ways to reduce physical stress on our bodies. Fortunately, Linux has more ways than most operating systems to work more efficiently and minimize possible injuries.

  • A New Business Model for Open Source Projects

    Storj offers a new program that enables open source projects to monetize from storage.

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 Released

    It’s Linux Mint without any Ubuntu base packages.

  • Bottle It

    Cloud storage services help with data synchronization across multiple computers, but they do not usually provide encryption. Cryptomator adds encryption to the cloud storage environment.

  • Tutorials – Docker

    You might think Docker is a tool reserved for gnarly sys admins, useful only to service companies that run complicated SaaS applications, but that is not true: Docker is useful for everybody.

  • FOSSPicks

    Graham tears himself away from updating Arch Linux to search for the best new free software.

  • Open Hardware – Prosthetic Hand

    In true open hardware spirit, Social Hardware looks to produce a development kit for prosthetic hands to help rural amputees in India.

  • Deflated

    Data compression costs virtually no computing power today. Why not save some space by putting data compression techniques to work on RAM and cache memory?

  • Musical Freedom

    Turn your music player into open hardware with Rockbox's free firmware.

  • Spy Patrol

    The Firefox browser is not so private under its default settings, but several add-ons and configuration settings will help you keep the spies in the dark.

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