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October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Easy entry to microcontroller programming

The Nibble kit by CircuitMess is a freely programmable mobile game console that makes getting started with microcontroller programming a breeze.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Replacing history with McFly

McFly improves on the venerable history command with a customizable interface and contextualized results.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Introducing the Zing zero-packet network utility

Zing is a lightweight, zero-packet network utility similar to ping that provides ping functionality without the payload.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

When Facebook renamed itself Meta in honor of its new vision of a virtual reality metaverse, I knew they were taking their initiative very seriously. I will admit, though, it was a little difficult to figure out what they were talking about.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

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This month in Linux Voice.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

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Manjaro 21.3.7-220816 and Arch Linux 2022.10.01

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

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In the news: TUXEDO OS; Native GPU Driver for Apple Silicon; Linux Kernel 6.0; System76 Skips Pop!_OS 22.10 to Focus on COSMIC Desktop; New Look for System76 Thelio; Ubuntu Software Store Rumored to Replace Gnome Software; and a New Arch-Based Linux Di…

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Running with the Pack

Not just one operating system, Puppy Linux is a diverse collection of lightweight operating systems designed for efficiency.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Language “efficiency”

The efficiency alone of a programming language doesn’t show the full picture.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Representing paint molecules with JChemPaint

Drawings of molecules can be made with a graphics program like Inkscape. But structural formulas turn out even better if you use the JChemPaint professional molecule editor.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Innovative Linux Package Managers

The traditional package management systems on Linux are now somewhat outdated, but AppImage, Flatpak, and Snap see some interesting new management systems enter the fray.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Tracking command history across multiple computers

Atuin adds some handy queries to the shell history function, while letting you synchronize your command history across the network.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Structure your ideas with Heimer mind maps

Mind maps help you organize your thoughts and ideas in a clear-cut tree structure. Heimer can help you draw those trees.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Easy access to third-party software with deb-get

Deb-get gives Debian and Ubuntu users easy access to third-party software.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Qiskit: Practical open source framework for quantum computing

Qiskit is an open source framework that aims to make quantum computing technology both understandable and ready for production.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Optimize battery use for the Raspberry Pi Pico

The Raspberry Pi Pico’s high-performance chip is trimmed for I/O and does not try to save power. However, a few tricks in battery mode can keep it running longer.

October 28, 2022 | by Scott Kilroy

Organizing photos by date with Go

In this issue, Mike conjures up a Go program to copy photos from a cell phone or SD card into a date-based file structure on a Linux box. To avoid wasting time, a cache using UUIDs ensures that only new photos are transferred.

October 28, 2022 | by Arround The Web

How to Restrict Access to Linux Servers Using TCP Wrappers

In this guide, we are going to learn about TCP Wrappers and what is it used for. Then, we’ll show you how to install TCP Wrappers in Linux and how to use it to restrict access to Linux servers.
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October 28, 2022 | by Arround The Web

3 surprising things you can do with the Linux wc command

You can use the wc command to count a file’s word, line, character, or byte count. But those aren’t the only system tasks it can handle.
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October 28, 2022 | by Arround The Web

How to Install and Configure PostgreSQL 15 on Debian 11

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language with many features that safely store and scale the most complicated data workloads. In this article, we are going to learn how to install and…