Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 06, 2025

• Black - code formatter - LinuxLinks

  Blackened code looks the same regardless of the project you’re reading. Formatting becomes transparent after a while and you can focus on the content instead.

  Black is a PEP 8 compliant opinionated formatter. Black reformats entire files in place. Style configuration options are deliberately limited and rarely added. It doesn’t take previous formatting into accoun

  Black makes code review faster by producing the smallest diffs possible.

  This is free and open source software.

• lsfg-vk - Lossless Scaling Frame Generation - LinuxLinks

  Lossless Scaling is a Windows-exclusive program featuring various algorithms for scaling and interpolating windows.

  This project attempts to bring one of its most commonly used features, Lossless Scaling Frame Generation, to Linux users.

  This is free and open source software.

• Noteworthy - Markdown notes app - LinuxLinks

  Noteworthy is billed as a modern, fast, and version-controlled Markdown notes app.

  It’s in an early stage of development.

  This is free and open source software.

• What to cook? - LinuxLinks

  You don’t know what to cook today? This project will suggest you one recipe, adapting to the ingredients that you have available at home.

  This is free and open source software.

• Radxa ROCK 5T Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction - LinuxLinks

  You’ll need more than just the bare board, but some of the accessories you may already have. You need a microSD card (use class 10 card) to boot the machine, and a power charger DC 12V. For the latter I’m using the Radxa Power DC12 36W adapter which supplies 12V 3A. It comes with a UK plug adapter (as well as adapters for AU, EU, and US).

  You’ll also need a least one HDMI cable and an HDMI-enabled monitor with a recommended resolution of 1080P or higher, a USB keyboard and mouse, and a network cable. I also recommend getting a heatsink.

  Getting started is simple. Radxa provide a ROCK 5T System Image (6.1 Kernel): rock-5t_bookworm_kde_b2.

  Download that file and write it to a microSD card with balenaEtcher or similar software. Insert the microSD card into the board and connect the cables up.

• Vulture - find dead code - LinuxLinks

  Vulture finds unused code in Python programs. This is useful for cleaning up and finding errors in large code bases. If you run Vulture on both your library and test suite you can find untested code.

  Due to Python’s dynamic nature, static code analyzers like Vulture are likely to miss some dead code. Also, code that is only called implicitly may be reported as unused. Nonetheless, Vulture can be a very helpful tool for higher code quality.

  This is free and open source software.