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    Leveling the Game

    The small MPU6050 sensor contains a gyroscope and an accelerometer, which means that you can build a digital spirit level with it.

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    Test Drive

    With so many Linux distros to choose from, you can spend a lot of time downloading and installing before you find the right one for your needs. DistroTest.net lets you test a variety of Linux distributions from the browser without the up-front installation work.

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    Command Line – kitty

    Kitty, a terminal emulator by the creator of Calibre, promises customization and graphical acceleration at the command line.

  • Figure 1: fzf --preview 'less {}' tells the program to display a preview via the less pager; however, this is primarily intended for text files.

    Near Miss

    Fuzzy finders retrieve useful results from data streams even if there are no exact matches.

News and Articles

  • Zack's Kernel News

    Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

  • FOSSPicks

    In a previous office job, Graham once wrote a small game that timed how long it took to type a specific sentence. The typing sound of playing the game may or may not have sounded like productive work.

  • Welcome

    A few months ago, I wrote about the strange case of the misbehaving color.js and faker.js open source libraries. These popular tools were sabotaged by their own developer, who had become disillusioned by the way large companies were using his code without contributing or providing compensation.

  • On the DVD

    Linux Mint MATE 20.3 and FreeBSD 13.1

  • Accelerated Fun

    Fast-moving fun and original ideas are what characterize the free SuperTuxKart racing game. This article gives readers some playing tips.

  • Dead End

    Broken links can wreak havoc in directory structures. This article shows you how to use scripts to avoid having your links lead to a dead end.

  • Doghouse – Migration

    Thoughts on migrating to open source – which doesn't have to be overwhelming and might result in significant cost reductions.

  • Twins

    Create Gemini pages to show sensor data or control a Raspberry Pi rover.

  • Retro Gamer

    Play old DOS games on the Dosbian operating system, which turns the Raspberry Pi into an 80486 PC.

  • NEWS

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