Features
Close to Your Heart
Build your own pulsemeter
A pulsemeter built with a Raspberry Pi, a digital-to-analog converter, and an optical sensor monitors your heart rate just as well as many far more expensive medical devices.
Using ARP for Network Recon
Network Sleuth
When it comes to network recon, arp-scan allows you to collect device intel quickly and stealthily.
Tutorials – Natron
Four Corners
Tracking is good for stabilizing video clips, and it helps you put stuff in scenes that wasn't there in the first place.
Secure Writer
EncryptPad is a handy text editor with encryption
EncryptPad provides symmetric text encryption directly from the editor. You can also use EncryptPad to encrypt binary data.
Turbocharge Your Network with Zeroshell
Zero to Hero
Turn an old unused computer into a state-of-the-art router.
Focus on Your Work
Plan and perform your daily tasks
Is your to-do list filling up faster and faster? Go For It! helps you work your way through your task list.
New View
Purifying your scanned PDF files
Having trouble reading that scanned PDF? You can add a little more contrast with some help from ImageMagick.
In the Design
Exploring elementary OS
Elementary OS is an elegant Linux with a long-term vision and a focus on good design.
Hardening Linux for Production Use
Security Toolbox
To protect your production server from attacks, employ these common security tools to help safeguard your system.
Tutorials – OpenSCAD
3D Designer
Ah! What a joy your first 3D printer … but once you have printed your first benchy, where do you go from there? To building your own pieces, of course!
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