10 DIY IoT projects to try using open source tools: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fascinating development in the realm of computing. Connected smart devices, home automation, and related areas of development are producing many interesting projects. Opensource.com’s writers shared their expertise about a variety of Internet of Things projects many times during …
Open source tools for running a small business in 2022: This year, Opensource.com ran several great articles focusing on open source in business. These articles show the power of open source in business as tools, platforms, or integration points. Let’s review some of the top open source business stories from 2021: read more: Opensource.com Jim …
Mass atrocities in Ethiopia expose the limitations of early warning tools: Refugees who fled Ethiopia's Tigray conflict queue for contributions before sunrise in eastern Sudan. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images Since conflict erupted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in November 2020, there have been widespread reports of atrocities in the region. Hundreds of massacres …
South Africa in the news: Design for Planet: Design Council to offer designers tools as part of climate strategy: With the Design Council’s flagship festival dedicated to fighting climate change wrapping up last week, we speak to CEO Minnie Moll about next steps.: “South Africa” – BingNews Owen Farrell could miss start of Six Nations …
Turn any website into a Linux desktop app with open source tools: Mastodon is a great open source, decentralised social network. I use Mastodon every day, and it’s probably most common to use Mastodon through its web interface (although being open source, there are many different ways to interact with it, including terminal-based applications and …
New tools to map flood risk will help bring disaster planning up to date: Forecasts are key to mitigating the worst effects of floods. Vadim Petrakov/Shutterstock About 90% of natural disasters are water-related – most notably cyclones, floods and droughts. Since 2000, over 5,300 water-related disasters have been reported across the world, with over 325,000 …
4 Linux tools to erase your data: One of the best ways to keep your data secure is by only writing data to an encrypted hard drive. On a standard drive, it’s possible to view data just by mounting the drive as if it were a thumb drive, and it’s even possible to display and recover …
6 open source tools for orchestral composers: As an avid amateur musician, I’ve worked with many different software programs to create both simple and complex pieces. As my projects have grown in scope, I’ve used composition software ranging from basic engraving to MIDI-compatible notation to playback of multi-instrument works. Composers have their choice of proprietary …
Essential open source tools for an academic organization: read more: Opensource.com Quinn Foster Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Sailing in Africa ?
South Africa in the news: Innovative tools take aim at antibiotic-resistant microbes: Diagnostics that rely on bacterial movements, genomics and machine learning could help to address a global crisis.: “South Africa” – BingNews Digitalisation of SMMEs is key to their integration in corporate supply chains: If South Africa is to successfully drive job creation and …
South Africa in the news: Innovative tools take aim at antibiotic-resistant microbes: Diagnostics that rely on bacterial movements, genomics and machine learning could help to address a global crisis.: “South Africa” – BingNews Digitalisation of SMMEs is key to their integration in corporate supply chains: If South Africa is to successfully drive job creation and …
5 Rust tools worth trying on the Linux command line: Linux inherited a lot from Unix, which has been around for a half-century. This means most of the tools you use in your Linux terminal probably either have a very long history or were written to emulate those historical commands. It’s a point of pride …
Open source tools and tips for improving your Linux PC's performance: This is the third in a series of articles that explain how to improve your Linux personal computer’s performance. My first article described how to unleash performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks. My second article showed how to improve performance by upgrading your PC’s …
Why you need to use Kubernetes schema validation tools: How do you ensure the stability of your Kubernetes (K8s) clusters? How do you know that your manifests are syntactically valid? Are you sure you don’t have any invalid data types? Are any mandatory fields missing? Most often, we become aware of these misconfigurations only at …
13 open source tools for developers: Modern developers are highly technical, opinionated, passionate, community-focused, driven, polyglot, and most importantly, empowered decision-makers. Today, developers have a say in the products being built and the tools and technologies used to build them. Most importantly, time is precious, and developers and project managers can always benefit from great …
South Africa in the news: Global Nail Care Tools Market 2021 Growth Opportunity, Key Manufacturers and Industry Demand Analysis to 2026: A new report titled Global Nail Care Tools Market Growth 2021-2026 has been added by MRInsightsbiz in its database of research reportspe …: “South Africa” – BingNews G7 summit outlines health pact to stop …
How I monitor my greenhouse with CircuitPython and open source tools: CircuitPython provides a revolutionary way to interact with microcontroller boards. This article explains how to use CircuitPython to measure a greenhouse’s temperature, humidity, and ambient light and publish the results to an MQTT broker using a CircuitPython MQTT client. You can subscribe any number …
Pen testing with Linux security tools: The multitude of well-publicized breaches of large consumer corporations underscores the critical importance of system security management. Fortunately, there are many different applications that help secure computer systems. One is Kali, a Linux distribution developed for security and penetration testing. This article demonstrates how to use Kali Linux to …