| by Scott Kilroy

Compiling coreboot firmware

Coreboot lets you build your own custom firmware while learning more about Linux.

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Reverse engineering a BLE clock

What do you do when all your Bluetooth clocks show slightly different times? With some reverse engineering, you can write a Python program to synchronize your clocks.

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Graphical web browsing from the terminal

This Chromium port can run inside any console, with minimal resources, and is a great tool for making old computers really useful – and learning programming along the way.

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Efficiently manage files with nnn

If you’re a Linux lover, you’ll know the command line is the slickest and most efficient way to interact with the system. Free yourself from point-and-click with the nnn command-line file manager.

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Espanso: Text expander and more

Espanso is a cross-platform text expander that can do far more than simply replace text modules.

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Meet Open Data Institute’s Lisa Allen

The Open Data Institute’s Lisa Allen explains why open data matters and what it will take for more widespread adoption.

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Who’s Driving?

I happen to be writing this column on a day when the US Senate is conducting hearings on artificial intelligence (AI) and, specifically, whether a need exists for greater regulation.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-05-22 14:42:27

With the demise of Twitter API access to the beautiful open source client, Harpy, Graham has spent the month on fosstodon.org, hoping Harpy’s developer brings their skills to the Fediverse.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-05-22 14:42:21

Xubuntu 23.04 and Fedora Workstation 38

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Prying the lid off of government data

The open data movement extends the ideals of open source to government data and, ultimately, all the world’s knowledge.

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Creating custom ISO images

If you are looking to customize your Linux distribution, we show you three graphical front ends for creating bootable ISO images.

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Circuit simulation with hardware description languages

Designing field-programmable gate arrays is only half the job: The hardest part is the simulation, but Linux is the best place to tackle certain challenges.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-05-22 14:42:08

In the news: New Release of Br OS Includes ChatGPT Integration, Command-Line Only Peropesis 2.1, TUXEDO Computers Announces InfinityBook Pro 14, Linux Kernel 6.3 Release Includes Interesting Features, Fedora 38 Released with New Features, LXQt 1.3 Rele…

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-05-22 14:42:07

This month in Linux Voice.

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Migrating social media data with the data transfer project

The Data Transfer Project wants to make it easier to move your data between social media sites.

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Build your own Slackware repository

If you deploy software packages to several computers, the standard Slackware tools lack efficiency. We show you how to create a custom repository to automatically install and upgrade software for multiple systems.

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Control your backup NAS from the desktop

To be able to power up and shut down his NAS and check the current status without getting out of his chair, Mike Schilli programs a graphical interface that sends a Magic Packet in this month’s column.

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One-stop solutions for Linux

Linux users can now experience what Windows and macOS users have enjoyed for decades: hardware, software, and services bundled together. We look at six of these one-stop solutions for Linux.

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Considering FOSS Databases

There are many FOSS databases available inexpensively today, and they might serve new projects well.

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Make a camera for lenticular photography

You can take lenticular images with a homemade camera to re-create the "wiggle" pictures of your childhood.

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