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You don't need to be a stream processing expert to create useful custom solutions with Apache StreamPipes. We'll use StreamPipes to build a simple app that calculates when the International Space Station will fly overhead.

ExifTool lets you modify and analyze metadata in multimedia files from the command line, but its comprehensive feature set results in a lengthy learning curve. Luckily, jExiftoolGUI offers an intuitive interface that makes using ExifTool easier, even for less experienced users.

With Ventoy you can conveniently put multiple bootable ISO images on a single USB drive.

A lot of COVID-19 data is available through online REST APIs. With a little ingenuity and some open source tools, you can extract and analyze the data yourself.

The VokoscreenNG screencast tool offers many options but is still surprisingly easy to use.

You can manage your calendars and address books with the CalDAV/CardDAV standards, Nextcloud, and a few open source tools.

With PlantUML, you can quickly create all kinds of diagrams using human-readable text and reuse them anywhere.

The FreeDOS Project turned 25 years old this year. We'll show you why a free version of DOS is still cool in 2020.

A few commands and some simple shell scripts make it easier to manage your printer so that you can access print functions quickly and automate recurring tasks.