Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 26, 2025

• Decker - multimedia sketchpad - LinuxLinks

  Decker is available as a web application (written in vanilla JavaScript) which is distributed as a single freestanding HTML file. It’s also available as a native application, written in C.

  Decker’s scripting language, Lil, is available as a standalone interpreter, with extended IO functionality to make it suitable for general-purpose programming and scripting

  This is free and open source software.

• AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 NPU in Linux: Introduction - LinuxLinks

  My objective is to summarise my experiences and act as an aide-mémoire. The articles will be frequently modified (read corrected) and updated. I include these articles in my Minisforum AI X1 Pro series even though the focus is AMD’s processor. Any plaudits and criticisms about the NPU fall squarely on the shoulders of AMD and Linux.

  I’m testing the AMD CPU/GPU/NPU under Ubuntu 24.04 (and 25.04) and also Manjaro. The first task is to test is whether the NPU is recognised in Linux.

  The AMD XDNA-based NPU is supported via the amdxdna kernel driver, which is included in recent versions of the Linux kernel and enabled automatically in my Ubuntu and Manjaro distributions. For reference, Ubuntu needs to be at least version 22.04. The kernel needs to be v6.10 or above.

• pacbro - package browser for Arch - LinuxLinks

  This program does not have package management capabilities (not yet) and can run as any unprivileged user.

  This program extensively relies upon “tmux” multi-panel layout and “fzf” list management. A small subset of keybindings were redefined, but the rest of tmux keys should work as locally configured; those having experience working in tmux should find themselves in a familiar environment.

• wmmixer - mixer application designed for WindowMaker - LinuxLinks

  It is possible to change between the different channels using two small buttons (previous channel, next channel) and to change the volume of the channel.

  There’s nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the NeXTStep look and the fact that it properly docks. It can be used with other window managers without problems.

  This is free and open source software.