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October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Modify program behavior with LD_PRELOAD

A little C code and the LD_PRELOAD variable let you customize library functions to modify program behavior.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Terminal stock price display with Go

Instead of pulling up a browser to check his investments, Mike Schilli tracks stock prices with the help of a Go program to display graphs in the terminal.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Programming the DJI Ryze Tello drone with Python

Drones are more fun if you can program the unmanned aerial vehicle yourself. The DJI Ryze Tello and Python make this possible.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-10-30 12:53:19

In the news: Valve Updates Proton to Greatly Improve Windows Gaming on Linux; New Linux Vulnerability Enables Privilege Escalation; elementary OS 7.1 Available for Download; The GNU Project Celebrates Its 40th Birthday; Linux Kernel Reducing Long-Term …

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

More than just the fun of the work

From the programming itself to sharing your work and forging friendships, there’s true fun to be had in computers.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-10-30 12:53:18

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

A command-line data visualization tool

VisiData lets you easily manage, process, and view tabular data from multiple sources, all from the command line.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Open source container tools

Docker provides the open source tools and resources for compiling, building, and testing containerized applications.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Low-code programming for the Arduino with Snap4Arduino

Snap4Arduino brings the power of low-code programming to the Arduino hardware environment.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Program in the cloud with GitHub Codespaces

Imagine you want to build a program from the source code and discover that your distribution lacks the tool and software package versions you need to do so. Instead of using your own virtual machine, you can now switch to GitHub Codespaces.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Open source healthcare software

GNU Health, a flagship free software project for hospitals, helps ensure affordable healthcare for all, especially in developing countries.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Getting started with Node-RED

Node-RED lets you connect ready-made code building blocks to create event-driven applications with little or no code writing.

October 30, 2023 | by Scott Kilroy

Create an information center with the Raspberry Pi Pico W and Python

You don’t need much to create a smart home information center – just a Raspberry Pi Pico, an ePaper panel, a battery, and some Python.

October 30, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Display Live Earth as Desktop Wallpaper in Ubuntu 22.04

This simple tutorial shows how to display live earth as desktop wallpaper in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.10. Ubuntu has Wallch wallpaper changer in system repository, which has option to show live earth as wallpaper. However, the app is no longer updated and the feature is broken for all current Ubuntu releases. If you’re interested […]

October 30, 2023December 13, 2023 | by Arround The Web

LibreOffice: How To Configure Font Replacements

This tutorial will help you configure font replacements on LibreOffice. This means the computer will automatically replace a font in an opened document with an existing font on your Ubuntu system, for example, replacing Times New Roman with a very iden…

October 30, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Mozilla Makes Firefox Nightly Easier to Install on Ubuntu

Mozilla has announced a new APT repository to make it easier to install Firefox Nightly builds on Debian-based Linux distros, including Ubuntu.
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October 30, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Linux 6.6 Kernel Released with Major New Features

A new Linux kernel is out, and it’s better than ever. Linux kernel 6.6 is a big update that delivers an array of improvements, including a new CPU scheduler that promises to improve performance and reduce latency, a new memory-friendly eventfs su…

October 30, 2023 | by Arround The Web

Televido – Play German-language public TV in Linux

For Linux desktop user who want to access German-language public broadcasting live streams and archives, this can do the job for you. It’s televido (“Television” in Esperanto), a free and open-source tool, allowing to livestream, search, play and download media from German-language public television services. Though, ORF (Austrian TV) & SRF (Swiss TV) are also […]

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 | by Arround The Web

GNU Guix: A build daemon in Guile

When using Guix, you might be aware of the
daemon.
It runs in the background but it’s a key component in Guix. Whenever
you’ve been using Guix to operate on the store,
whether that’s building something or downloading some substitutes,
it’s the daemo…

October 30, 2023 | by Arround The Web

How to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 39/38/37 Linux

The post How to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 39/38/37 Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Do you own an NVIDIA graphics card and want to use NVIDIA drivers instead of the default Nouveau driver in Fedora to enhance yo…