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Dendrite - second-generation Matrix homeserver - LinuxLinks
Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver. It is currently in maintenance mode, meaning only security fixes are being applied.
It intends to provide an efficient and reliable alternative to Synapse:
Efficient: A small memory footprint with better baseline performance than an out-of-the-box Synapse. Reliable: Implements the Matrix specification as written, using the same test suites as Synapse.
This is free and open source software.
MPRIS MiniPlayer - small tool - LinuxLinks
MPRIS MiniPlayer is a small program that displays whatever media in a MPRIS compatible player is playing.
It’s recommended to use the tool in conjunction with playerctl.
This is free and open source software.
PicPlanner - plan your next photo locations - LinuxLinks
PicPlanner calculates the position of the sun, moon, and milky way to plan the perfect time to take a picture.
People who love to photograph know, that the biggest problem is being at the right spot at the right time. Therefore, landscape pictures should be planned before visiting the place of choice. To plan the location it is important to know the position of the sun, moon, and sometimes also the milky way. Where to find the sun at which time is most of the time easy to guess but when is the sunset? And for the Milky Way normally nobody knows where to find it in the night sky at which time at a specific location. This small program aims to answer all these questions.
This is free and open source software.
goweb - multi domain/host web server - LinuxLinks
goweb is multi domain/host web server written in Golang.
If you just want to host websites of a bunch of html/js/css files, and you don’t want to be intimidated by the configuration files of Nginx or Apache, this might be for you.
This is free and open source software.
KRDC - connect with RDP or VNC to another computer - LinuxLinks
KRDC is a client application that allows you to view or even control the desktop session on another machine that is running a compatible server. VNC and RDP is supported.
This is free and open source software.
SDRangel - TX & RX Software Defined Radio - LinuxLinks
SDRangel is a Qt5 / OpenGL 3.0+ SDR and signal analyzer frontend to various hardware. It is able to receive and transmit various analog and digital modes, TX/RX from multiple SDRs simultaneously, do noise figure measurement, satellite and star tracking, rotator control, 2D and 3D mapping and much more.
It has native support for Airspy, Airspy HF, Airspy Discovery, FUNcube, HackRF, KiwiSDR, LimeSDR, LimeSDR Mini, LimeRFE, Perseus, PlutoSDR, RTL-SDR, USRP B210, XTRX, and more devices via Soapy and audio interfaces.
This is free and open source software.
Feudal Tactics - medieval strategy game - LinuxLinks
Feudal Tactics medieval strategy game with countless unique and challenging levels. You play on an randomly generated island made of hexagons.
Your goal is to conquer all of it. To do so, you attack the enemy with your units while trying to protect your own kingdoms. Made with libGDX. The game mechanics are heavily inspired by Sean O’Connor’s Slay.
This is free and open source software.
Benchmarking the Radxa Cubie A7A Single Board Computer - LinuxLinks
This is a new series looking at the Radxa Cubie A7A single board computer. It’s billed as an ultra-compact yet feature-rich SBC designed to deliver powerful performance in space-constrained environments.
Powered by the Allwinner A733 SoC, the Cubie A7A features a hybrid octa-core high-performance CPU (dual-core Arm Cortex-A76 and hexa-core Arm Cortex-A55 big.LITTLE architecture, up to 2.0GHz), integrated 3 TOPS NPU, and Imagination BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU, providing robust AI and multimedia processing capabilities.
QasTools - collection of Qt-based mixer and setup tools - LinuxLinks
QasTools is a collection of Qt-based mixer and setup tools for the Linux sound system ALSA. At the moment there are three applications:
QasMixer – A graphical mixer similiar to alsamixer QasHctl – A graphical mixer for ALSA’s “High level Control Interface” QasConfig – A viewer for ALSA’s configuration tree
This is free and open source software.