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Trusted Computing
Security with the Trusted Platform Module
The Trusted Platform Module on your computer's motherboard could lead to better security for your Linux system.
Janitorial Services
Convenient system clean-up with Stacer
Stacer is a handy graphical tool for cleaning up your Linux system.
Sure-Fire Success
Developing an AI system with Markov chains
Markov chains model systems that jump from state to state with predetermined probabilities, but can they help write new columns like this one after learning from previously written articles?
Too Clever
Smarter with open source
Making the city of Messina, Italy, smarter with open source and IoT.
In the Can
Record screencasts with Peek on Gnome
A screencast shows what happens on the desktop. Peek lets you create screencasts in the blink of an eye and export them to popular formats.
Pi FM Radio
Build an FM radio using an RTL-SDR dongle
Low-cost RTL-SDR dongles can read frequencies between 24 and 1,766MHz. We built a simple FM radio with a Raspberry Pi, a USB dongle based on the RTL2832U chipset, an LCD HAT, and some Python code.
Needlework – Digitize your LPs and cassettes with Audacity
Armed with the Audacity sound editor, you can convert the analog content of LPs, tapes, and cassettes to the digital world.
Small Wonders
Compress image files with Guetzli
The Guetzli image optimizer by Google developers produces smaller images than JPEG while maintaining the same quality, but it requires a powerful computer with a large working memory.
Back to the Future
What's new in Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu is back to the first letter of the alphabet – and back to the Gnome desktop. But you'll also find lots of new stuff in the latest release.
Programming Snapshot – Neural Networks
Car NOT Goat
The well-known Monty Hall game show problem can be a rewarding maiden voyage for prospective statisticians. But is it possible to teach a neural network to choose between goats and cars with a few practice sessions?
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