Issue #202 / Sep 2017

JavaScript is the stuff of which many interactive web clients is made, but it comes with a fair amount of historical ballast. The creators of four alternative scripting languages seek to ditch the ballast.

Charly did a spot of shopping in a furniture store and came out with a smart lighting system that he has now automated with a Linux PC: Read on for further enlightenment.

A connector plugged into the diagnostic port of Mike Schilli's cars sends current information such as speed, acceleration, and fuel economy via the mobile phone network to a cloud service. An app and a programmable API read out the data and provide stunning visualizations.

The MinnowBoard.org Foundation offers an open source single-board computer that is fast enough for professional use, but accessible for all user levels.

With a few customizations, Googler plus a text-based browser offers faster, more accurate searching than a traditional web browser.

The lean PhotoQt tries to join the ranks of modern image viewers, but it's still not very stable.

This month in Linux Voice.

Data protection laws are not just about keeping personal information safe; they are also about stopping the derivation of personal insights from seemingly harmless information.

Free software isn’t free, and we’ll end up paying. 

Discover what goes on inside executable files, how to reverse-engineer them, and how to make them as small as possible.