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Circuit simulation with hardware description languages - Test Run
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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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
MakerSpace
Make a camera for lenticular photography Wiggle Time You can take lenticular images with a homemade camera to re-create the “wiggle” pictures of your childhood.
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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
Reverse engineering a BLE clock - Perfect Time
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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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
Creating custom ISO images - DIY Imager
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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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
One-stop solutions for Linux - Coming of Age
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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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
Unlocking the Benefits
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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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
Fast Track
CKAN, a versatile data management system, lets you build a portal to share your open data.
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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
New Address
The Data Transfer Project wants to make it easier to move your data between social media sites.
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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
Open Up
The open data movement extends the ideals of open source to government data and, ultimately, all the world’s knowledge.
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#272/July 2023: Open Data
Linux Magazine
System Alert
The unhide forensics tool scans your system for inconsistencies to uncover hidden processes
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Guzzler Check
Want to bring down your electric bill? Investigate your favorite household appliances with a consumption meter and a Raspberry Pi
7 min |
#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
A Classic Revival
A look at the user-friendly, vertically integrated community distro
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Flexible First Aider
No other operating system offers as many free tools for system maintenance and data recovery as Linux. Snal Linux combines these tools to create a compact Live distribution
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Mass Conversion
If you have an extensive collection of photos, you will hardly want to edit each photo individually. Converseen lets you rotate, scale, and convert a large number of images in a single run
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
MADDOG'S DOGHOUSE: Linux Club Organization
Fostering an after-school Linux Club by encouraging participation
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Designing field-programmable gate arrays-Planting Trees
Learn what FPGAs are, how they work, and how to desig FPGA integrated circuits on Linux
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Simpler Content Management
Not everyone needs a conventional database content management system. For beginners and smaller websites, a flat-file content management system offers ease of use, while eliminating attack vectors
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Cave Painter
While searching for a method to draw geodata right into the terminal, Mike Schilli discovers the wondrous world of map projections.
8 min |
#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Good Dog
A Raspberry Pi, a Pi-compatible camera, and a mesh VPN are all you need to watch your pets from afar
5 min |
#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Scrape and Show
You can use one line of Bash code to scrape a web page and show the data you're tracking in Home Assistant or Node-RED
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
Home Manager
The RaspBee Il module turns your Raspberry Pi into a smart control center for Zigbee devices
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#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
En Guarde!
Many loT devices are so poorly protected against attacks that it is easy for an intruder to slip inside. With the right tools and best practices, you can bar the door
10 min |
#271/June 2023: Smart Home
Linux Magazine
MADDOG'S DOGHOUSE
A new effort to record the history of open source is underway.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
Viewing wildlife with a Pi Zero photo trap Garden Safari
Armed with no more than a Raspberry Pi photo trap, you can discover who pays a visit to your garden at night.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
Let an Al chatbot do the work Machine Language
The electronic brain behind ChatGPT from OpenAl is amazingly capable when it comes to chatting with human partners. Mike Schilli picked up an API token and has set about coding some small practical applications.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
A Deep Dive into the ELF File Format Elf Quest
Linux and other Unix-based systems use the ELF file format for executables, object code, and shared libraries. Take a peek inside to learn how an ELF file is organized.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
A command-line dictionary tool Wordsmith
With the dict client, you can quickly search dozens of natural language dictionary databases for the perfect word.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
The disaster of MIPI cameras on Linux Tinker Time
Linux users have long gotten used to the standard hardware in their systems working perfectly. Recently, however, things have gotten dicey for webcams supporting the MIPI specification. We'll tell you why and what to do about it.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
Analyze network traffic with Sniffnet Traffic Monitor
Network traffic remains a closed book for many users. Sniffnet lets less experienced users monitor their network traffic with ease.
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#270/May 2023: Green Coding
Linux Magazine
Booting up the coreboot firmware alternative Core Strength
Coreboot is an open source firmware alternative with an emphasis on speed and simplicity.
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