Features
Organize your photo collection with Geeqie Art Sorted
The image viewer Geeqie is used to view and sort image collections. The tool supports numerous formats, reads metadata, and – among other things – displays the location where you took the picture on a map.
Secure Cloud
Store data securely in the cloud with Cryptomator
Cloud services often place little value on data encryption. With Cryptomator, you can easily and transparently encrypt your data locally before uploading to the cloud.
Eye in the Pi
Video surveillance with the Raspberry Pi
Set up a professional video surveillance system armed with motionEyeOS and a Raspberry Pi.
Pocket-Size Programming
Microcontroller programming with BBC micro:bit
Designed for students, the BBC micro:bit, in conjunction with MicroPython and the Mu editor, can help you get started with microcontroller programming.
Double Protection
Workshop: Lock down your Linux system with Firewalld and OpenSnitch
For maximum security, you'd better watch traffic in both directions. This hands-on workshop takes you through the steps of setting up firewalls for outgoing as well as incoming traffic.
Interactive Cheat Sheet
Cheat sheets for the shell
When the history function fails and the manpage is too long, navi comes to the rescue with an interactive cheat sheet for the shell.
Preserve Your Favorite Pages
Making an online archive of all your bookmarked pages
If you have a large collection of bookmarked pages, it's worth protecting! With the right scripts, you can create an archive so you never lose access to all your favorite web pages.
Old School
Using the curses library to view IoT data
When you need some quick graphical output, the old school curses library can save you some time and effort.
Organized Games
GameHub displays all your games in a single interface
If you regularly buy games through Steam, GOG, and Humble Bundle, GameHub can help you keep them organized by bringing them all together into a single library.
Reuse and Recycle
A digital picture frame with weather forecast
A digital picture frame displays photographs and a current weather forecast with just a few hundred lines of Bash and a Raspberry Pi.
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