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NASA releases core Flight system as open source

Sunday, March 29 2015 @ 21:05 CEST
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NASA releases core Flight System (cFS) application suite as open source: "The cFS application suite is composed of 12 individual Command and Data Handling (C&DH) flight software applications that together create a reusable library of common C&DH functions". Interesting.

MicroPython

Friday, March 20 2015 @ 22:27 CET
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 823

MicroPython is interesting.

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OpenSSH 6.8

Thursday, March 19 2015 @ 14:09 CET
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 677

OpenSSH 6.8 has been released. Announcement.
(via LWN.net)

Prey

Tuesday, March 10 2015 @ 11:55 CET
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 675

The article How to integrate Prey into the security posture of your Linux PC from LinuxBSDos.com says: "Prey is a cross-platform (Android, Linux, iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows desktop) anti-theft tracking software that, when installed and activated on a supported device, makes it possible to remotely locate, lock, wipe and recover it, if it’s stolen or missing."

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Libreboot project

Friday, February 27 2015 @ 20:11 CET
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 661

Libreboot is a free (libre) BIOS/UEFI replacement for your computer. Based on coreboot, the aim is to distribute low-level boot firmware that is 100% free software. The project is aimed at users, attempting to make coreboot as easy to use as possible.

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MediaDrop

Friday, February 27 2015 @ 19:40 CET
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MediaDrop bills itself as "The Web' Open Source Video Platform".

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Bees and people

Monday, February 23 2015 @ 22:58 CET
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 684

Open Source Beehives is interesting, as well as Flow Hive Honey (IndieGogo).

Home Assistant

Monday, February 02 2015 @ 21:12 CET
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Views: 740

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform, running on Python 3.

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Coherent has been open sourced

Tuesday, January 13 2015 @ 22:02 CET
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 661

Coherent, along with other source code from Mark Williams Company has been released under an open source license. MWC Sources.

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IOduino

Sunday, December 28 2014 @ 15:01 CET
Contributed by: tingo
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IOduino is a firmware for the Arduino which enables it's pins to be controlled remotely (over serial RS232). Analog/digital reads and writes are all possible. It comes bundled with a C++ library (IOduino.h) and a Python library (ioduino.py) which allows easy control from a computer running Linux. Interesting.