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Linux Magazine #288 - Digital Issue
NOVEMBER 2024 – Smart Home
If you listen to megavendors like Google and Amazon, the only path to a smart home is through the cloud, but the Linux community has a better way. We'll show you some open source smart home tools with no cost and no spying.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Kernel News
* Supporting Older Tools
* Kernel Bug or Compiler Bug?
Domoticz
The open source Domoticz home automation platform offers a lightweight, efficient, and highly customizable solution for managing smart devices in the home.
openHAB
OpenHAB is an open-source facility-automation platform that lets you network your smart devices independently of vendor or protocol.
Voice Control with Home Assistant
You don't need the cloud for voice-activated control.
Smart Home
Connect a Rotex heat pump with a Raspberry Pi and integrate it into a smart home solution.
Distro Walk – BOSS Linux
Developed with the goal of bridging the digital divide in India, BOSS Linux offers an easy-to-use distribution for all users.
Ubuntu autoinstall with cloud-init
The automatic installation method rolled out with Ubuntu 22.04 borrows some tools from the cloud configuration toolbox. We'll show you how to get started.
Command Line – DebPostInstall
DebPostInstall takes the drudgery out of Debian installations.
Transcoding with CasaOS
Transcoding your video library with CasaOS, HandBrake, FileBrowser, and HAProxy.
Hijacking Browsers
Bits of JavaScript from a malicious website can put your browser in a trance. A tool called BeEF encapsulates that power in a most diabolical way.
Machine Learning Workshop – Raspberry Pi AI Kit
Raspberry Pi enters the artificial intelligence accelerator fray with a low-cost solution.
Programming Snapshot – Go Code on GitHub
Go makes it easy to bundle universal code into a package and share it with the world on GitHub.
Weather Station
A DVB-T stick retrieves information from a professional weather station and stores it in a database for downstream processing.
Raspberry Pi 5 Case
The official Raspberry Pi 5 case is not the perfect solution for all applications, so it makes perfect sense to design and 3D print your own case.
Doghouse – Real Values
A great part of early Linux was the fun – of programming, sharing, meeting others – and it's worth cultivating now.
FOSSPicks
This month Nate looks at COSMIC Epoch 1, Picker, Freeciv21, Flameshot, TextBin, Tuba, Proton VPN, and much more!
Tutorial – Yazi
This fast and flexible file manager offers command-line speed with some GUI-like conveniences.