This is a new feature that looks at the progress made by open source software which appeared highly promising. Have they reached production quality, are they best-of-breed in their field, or only remembered like fingerprints on an abandoned handrail? We look at 3 terminal emulators.
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Cryptonose is a small open source utility that might be helpful if you’re interested in trading cryptocurrency. The tool supports 3 exchanges: Binance, Bitfinex and Poloniex.
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TeamViewer offers remote access to a wide variety of operating systems.. Here’s my findings on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC.
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Linux Candy is a series of articles covering interesting eye candy software. We only feature open source software in this series.
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eDEX-UI is a fullscreen, cross-platform terminal emulator and system monitor that looks and feels like a sci-fi computer interface.
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BpyTOP is a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. It’s a Python port of bashtop. Here’s our review.
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For this week’s blog, we look at how well the most popular open source astronomy programs run on the AWOW AK41.
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TypeScript is a strict syntactical superset of JavaScript and adds optional static typing to the language. Here’s our recommended free tutorials to learn TypeScript.
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Digital Assets is a GUI that lets you monitor movements in the prices of cryptocurrencies. The program is written in Python.
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Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous desktops and wallpaper sources, including local files and online services: Flickr, Wallhaven, Unsplash, and more.
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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.
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ML (“Meta Language”) is a general-purpose functional programming language. It has roots in Lisp. Here’s our recommended free ML books.
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Annie is an open source video downloader. It’s written in the Go programming language. Here’s our verdict on this tool.
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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.
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pipes.sh is a bash script which draws randomly pathed pipes over the terminal. pipes.sh is free and open source software. Harmless fun, and a screensaver.
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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.
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Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Here’s our recommended tutorials to learn Kotlin.
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One of our favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text.
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cointop is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for tracking and monitoring cryptocurrency coin stats in real-time.
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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.
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