Issue #238 / Sep 2020

Armed with just json.tool and jq, Charly preps the JSON data delivered by his Philips Hue bridge so that even humans can read it – an essential step towards improving the usability of his home automation system.

If you are looking for an alternative to commercial videoconferencing platforms, Jitsi offers an open source solution that lets you build and deploy online videoconferences.

The Repology web app provides up-to-date information on software archives, versions, package maintainers, and more. And it goes beyond the boundaries of Linux.

A lunchbox-style portable Raspberry Pi computer provides external control for a steampunk robotic skull.

A Halloween vending machine frightens visitors, but the braver ones receive a chocolate reward.

This month in Linux Voice.

IoT does require electricity and other resources, but is that cause for concern?

Linux keeps getting better, but the improvements never seem to have an effect on desktop market share. If we really want to reach unfamiliar users, maybe we need a different approach?

Asciinema lets you record events at the command line and publish the resulting terminal movie on the web.

This month Graham previews PACE, liquidctl, Celestia, Ardour 6.0, Kotatogram, QElectroTech , Gorched, and more.