The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program. How is NASA embracing Linux and open source?
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Three Beginner-Friendly Data Mining Solutions
Data mining is no longer a mythical thing that only a handful of data scientists understand. Everyone leverages data to do their work.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – SNES emulation – Week 11
For this week’s blog, Luke checks out how Snes9x performs on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC. Snes9x is an emulator for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System 16-bit home video game console.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – TeamViewer with Linux – Week 10
TeamViewer offers remote access to a wide variety of operating systems.. Here’s my findings on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Astronomy – Week 9
For this week’s blog, we look at how well the most popular open source astronomy programs run on the AWOW AK41.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – OBS Studio – Week 8
OBS Studio is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. We run OBS Studio on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC and see how it performs.
Read moreContributing to Open Source Projects without Coding Knowledge
A common misconception about contributing to open source is that you need to write code. In fact, it’s often the other parts of a project that are in urgent need of assistance.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Home Computer Emulators – Week 7
For this week’s blog on the AWOW AK41, Luke looks at emulating home computers such as the Amiga, Atari ST, and the ZX Spectrum. Heady days in the early 1980s.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Web Browsing – Week 6
Over the years, I’ve tried almost every web browser available for Linux. For the AWOW AK41, my focus has rested primarily with Chrome and Firefox. I’ve used them extensively on the AK41 for the past 6 weeks browsing hundreds of web sites that are laden to the hilt with JavaScript.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Gaming – Week 5
For this week’s blog, Luke looks at gaming on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC. This tiny computer uses the Intel UHD Graphics 605, an integrated processor graphics unit from the Gemini Lake generation.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Multiple Operating Systems – Week 4
In this week’s blog, I look at some of the ways you can run programs from different operating systems on the AWOW AK41. I examine hardware virtualization, dual booting, as well as using a compatibility layer.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Video and Audio – Week 3
A weekly blog about the AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC. This week examines multimedia on this tiny PC including video, audio, and more.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Running Linux – Benchmarks – Week 2
This article benchmarks the AWOW AK41 Mini PC with three other systems to put the results into context. All the tests use the Phoronix Test Suite unless stated. This is the second article in a series focusing on the AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC.
Read moreAWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Running Linux – Week 1
In the first of a weekly series, Luke puts the AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC under the microscope. This tiny PC sports a Celeron J4115 processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, triple display 4K@60Hz and NVMe SSD. The AWOW Mini PC has its Windows installation wiped and replaced with Linux.
Read moreRaspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Manage your Personal Collections – Week 36
For this week’s blog, Luke looks at a few best-of-breed collection management programs. Free and open source goodness as usual.
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