In this article, we recommend some great open source software for cross-stitching. Create great patterns from image files. Simple to use.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Typeset beautifully with LyX – Week 28
LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG). How does it fare on the Raspberry Pi 4?
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn ABAP
ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a fourth-generation, high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP SE. Here’s our recommended ABAP tutorials.
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Linux Candy: oneko – animal chasing fun
oneko is a silly bit of candy that creates a little cat which chases after your mouse cursor. It serves no useful purpose; but it’s amusing!
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Linux at Home: Keeping in Good Health with Exercise
In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can play its part, making the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged. The change of lifestyle enforced by Covid-19 is an opportunity to expand our horizons, and spend more time on activities we have neglected in the past.
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Is VPN secure for the Linux server?
Even though there are plenty of VPN options for those who use Apple and Windows products, some might be in search of a VPN for Linux.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Learning about Computers for Kids – Week 27
This weekly edition showcases software for the Raspberry Pi 4 that teaches young people how to use a computer. Basic computing skills and beyond.
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn Dart
Dart is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented, class defined, garbage-collected, scripting language using a C-style syntax that can transcompile into JavaScript. Here’s our recommended free tutorials.
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Excellent Utilities: OCRmyPDF – add OCR text layer to scanned PDFs
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched. It’s free and open source software. OCRmyPDF uses Tesseract, GhostScript and other tools.
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Linux at Home: Plan your Ideal Garden with Linux
In this series, we look at a range of home activities where Linux can play its part, making the most of our time at home, keeping active and engaged, safeguarding our physical, mental and emotional health.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Firefox Revisited – Week 26
I’m a big fan of Firefox. But I’ve been disappointed with the performance of this web browser on the Raspberry Pi 4. Does the latest version in the Raspbian repositories change my opinion?
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn Elixir
Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. Here’s our recommended tutorials to master this language.
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Linux Candy: gti – typo-based curio inspired by Steam Locomotive
gti catches accidental typos of ‘gti’ instead of ‘git’. It displays an animation of a car driving by, and then launches git.
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Linux at Home: Cooking with Linux
Home cooking is an activity that’s great for individuals as well as families, where we can teach our children the joy of creating freshly cooked home food.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Taking Notes – Week 25
Turn the Raspberry Pi 4 into a low power writing machine. Capture thoughts, ideas, to-do lists, and lots more with these notes applications.
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Introduction to R and RStudio for Data Science
This is a short introductory training session on the use of R in data science.
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4 Excellent Free Books to Learn Tcl
Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a dynamic programming/scripting language based on concepts of Lisp, C, and Unix shells. Here’s our recommended free Tcl books
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn LaTeX
LaTeX is a professional document preparation system and document markup language written by Leslie Lamport. It’s a very mature system with development starting more than 30 years ago. Here’s our recommended tutorials to learn LaTeX.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Educational Games for Kids – Week 24
With so many young children currently unable to follow their usual routine of going to school, playing with friends, and undertaking many hobbies, it’s vital to keep them happy and learning.
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn CoffeeScript
CoffeeScript is a very succinct programming language that transcompiles into JavaScript, so there is no interpretation at runtime.
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