Open source software

GNU at 40

GNU project turned 40 years old few days ago. GNU turns 40: Stallman’s baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there’s cake It turned the software industry upside down regardless https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/20/gnu_turns_40/ Happy birthday to GNU. On September 27, there will be events in both the US and Switzerland to celebrate the 40th anniversary

Arduino’s Open Source Report

Arduino’s Latest Open Source Report Highlights Major Growth, Community Contributions https://www.hackster.io/news/arduino-s-latest-open-source-report-highlights-major-growth-community-contributions-08945cdbf400 New boards, new software, and a 25 percent boost in community-provided libraries among the highlights from Arduino’s 2021. The full report is now available for download from the Arduino website at https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/01/13/the-2021-arduino-open-source-report-is-out/

GIMP

I have long time used GIMP as my main image manipulation tool when making images for ePanorama.net. It can do all the normal image manipulation needed well. GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its

The 2 Problems Facing Linux (and Open Source) in 2020 | Bryan Lunduke on Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/posts/32306856 1) Influence (and control) over Open Source institutions by organizations and companies who are, in most areas of their business, opposed to Open Source. 2) Influence (and control) of Open Source projects, institutions, and communities by those seeking to harm others. What comes next? If I had to make a prediction for 2020, based

The NSA’s Software Defined Radio application “RedHawk” is now open source

https://swling.com/blog/2019/01/the-nsas-software-defined-radio-application-redhawk-is-now-open-source/ page says that NSA released a bunch of software to open source at https://code.nsa.gov/ There is an interesting looking project called “RedHawk” which is described as: “A software-defined radio (SDR) framework designed to support the development, deployment, and management of real-time software radio applications.” github link: https://github.com/redhawksdr Here’s the documentation: https://redhawksdr.github.io/Documentation/index.html

Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibly-alive-because-it-exists-why-sleep-apnea-patients-rely-on-a-cpap-machine-hacker?utm_campaign=sharebutton An Australian hacker has spent thousands of hours hacking the DRM that medical device manufacturers put on CPAP machines to create a free tool that lets patients modify their treatment.