• Figure 1: Mermaid only needs a few instructions to create a simple diagram for moving your home.

    Mermaid

    Mermaid lets you create diagrams from simple text-based statements.

  • Gadget Talk

    Eclipse IoT is a collection of 26 open source projects with the common goal of building an open development environment for the Internet of Things.

  • Figure 1: A detail of the most crucial, but not difficult, Recoll configuration phase: The detailed definition of which files should be indexed, and how.

    Tutorials – Recoll

    Even in the age of cloud computing, personal computers often hold thousands of files: text files, spreadsheets, word processing docs, configuration files, and HTML files, as well as email and other message formats. If it takes too long to find the file you need, chase it down with the Recoll local search engine.

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    MakerSpace – Circuit Sense

    Throw out the cumbersome pencil and paper; you can design, draw, and test digital circuits with Logisim.

News and Articles

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    open source

    GitLabs is creating more incentives for users to switch from GitHub.

  • KDE Plasma 5.13 Is Here

    KDE

    The desktop environment is designed to be more resource efficient.

  • Open Source Prosthetics

    Hardware

    Open source software and hardware quietly transforms the field of human prosthetics.

  • Command Line – xsetwacom

    With a little extra effort, on-the-fly adjustment of your graphics tablet on Linux is possible with this command-line tool.

  • Tutorials – Minetest

    Games

    Minetest is much more than a clone of a certain popular proprietary game. It offers infinite customization that allows you to create blocks, objects, fun educational exercises, and even games within the game, dishing up features well beyond those of any other closed source alternative.

  • Tutorials – Minetest

    Games

    Minetest is much more than a clone of a certain popular proprietary game. It offers infinite customization that allows you to create blocks, objects, fun educational exercises, and even games within the game, dishing up features well beyond those of any other closed source alternative.

  • Helping Spirits

    The GPS tracking service isn't precise enough to provide positioning information within a home. Home automation expert Gunnar Beutner decided to harness the invisible spirits of Bluetooth for a home-grown indoor positioning system.

  • MakerSpace – Circuit Sense

    Throw out the cumbersome pencil and paper; you can design, draw, and test digital circuits with Logisim.

  • soundKonverter and fre:ac

    Transfer the contents of audio CDs to your PC and convert the contents of music folders with soundKonverter and fre:ac.

  • Charly's Column – systemd-analyze

    In sys admin columnist Charly's case, no fumbled system startup goes undetected. This was already the case with SysVinit and has not changed with systemd. In terms of the his analysis tools, no stopwatch goes unturned.