Features
soundKonverter and fre:ac
Refound Sound
Transfer the contents of audio CDs to your PC and convert the contents of music folders with soundKonverter and fre:ac.
Open Source Prosthetics
The Hidden Revolution
Open source software and hardware quietly transforms the field of human prosthetics.
Treasure Chest
Anonymous communication with PirateBox
PirateBox provides an easily accessible server for files, chats, and forum posts for meetings of all kinds. The system works without logins and protocols, so users remain anonymous.
Tutorials – Minetest
Building your own nodes and mods in Minetest
Minetest is much more than a clone of a certain popular proprietary game. It offers infinite customization that allows you to create blocks, objects, fun educational exercises, and even games within the game, dishing up features well beyond those of any other closed source alternative.
Programming Snapshot – Probability
Shared birthdays among party guests
At a party with 23 guests, having two guests with the same birthday in more than 50 percent of cases may sound fairly unlikely to amateur mathematicians. Armed with statistical methods, party animal Mike Schilli sets out to prove this claim.
Three in One
Red Hat's Jim Perrin contrasts the company's three sponsored Linux projects
Swapnil sorts through the complex relationships of CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL with Red Hat's Jim Perrin.
Choosing an Ebook Manager
Buka, Calibre, and Lucidor
When it comes to organizing your online reading materials, the three main contenders on Linux are Buka, Calibre, and Lucidor. Read on to find out which one is right for you.
Command Line – BorgBackup
Your files will be assimilated
In Star Trek, the Borg adds individuals to its collective consciousness, an apt metaphor for any backup application that stores individual files in an archive. BorgBackup creates folder repositories for multiple archives, making it an especially befitting description of assimilation.
Tutorial – gpsd
Location, Location, Location
Even though your computer does not come with its own GPS, you can hack one onto it using a mobile phone. Although, it does take quite a bit of fiddling.
Knight's Tour
A Python solution for a classic chess puzzle
If you're looking for a head start on solving the classic Knight's Tour chess challenge, try this homegrown Python script.
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News
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Microsoft Gets an Open Source Web Browser
The company will use Google Chromium web browser as the foundation for its next browser.
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Canonical Launches MicroK8s
Deploy Kubernetes in a few seconds.
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A New Raspberry Pi Board
The new board packs everything that you get in Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smaller package.
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OpenStack Foundation Changes Name of the OpenStack Summit
New event will be known as the Open Infrastructure Summit
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta
The latest version strikes a balance between past and future.
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System76 Announces a Line of US-Made PCs
Thelio series is available for pre-order and will ship in early December.
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IBM Acquires Red Hat
IBM is acquiring Red Hat, the most successful open source company.
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Fedora 29 and Ubuntu 18.10 Released
New releases focus on boot time, new hardware, and modular design.
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Redis Labs Modules Forked
New Commons Clause license rider causes Debian and Fedora developers to fork Redis Labs modules.
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Microsoft Offers its Patent Portfolio
The company ends its long war; vows to protect Linux.