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Claudio Cambra: On finishing Season of KDE: improving Kirigami docs
I wrote my first Season of KDE blog-post 3 months ago… and have since forgotten to write any updates. It’s time to address that!
Since January, I’ve been working mainly on improving the documentation for Kirigami. Back then, the Develop wiki had some pages teaching newcomers how to create a Kirigami application, but these were a little disjointed and didn’t really lead readers towards any specific goal.
There were also a lot of aspects and components of Kirigami that weren’t properly documented. Some of the existing materials also needed revising in terms of style, structure, and clarity.
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Getting Started With MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico
The Raspberry Pi Pico is the first microcontroller-based development board from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Instead of the Linux operating system found on other Raspberry Pi boards, the Pico must be attached to another computer to program it.
Microcontroller programming is a difficult subject to learn, but luckily the Raspberry Pi foundation has made it easy to get up and running with the Pico. Today you'll learn how to install all the tools needed to get started with the Raspberry Pi Pico.
These instructions focus on Windows, but Linux and Mac installation are very similar, just make sure to get the tools for your operating system instead.
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Calculating EV battery charge pricing with Perl
Presently I have great interest in “EVs” Electric Vehicles but I haven’t seen any data on how much it would cost to charge an electric vehicle from 0 % to 100 % battery charge at home in NYC ( So I wrote a Perl script to do just that ) but before we dig in into it I explain a few things about Electric Vehicles.
Electric Vehicles will have a battery capacity that is represented by kilowatt-hour units or kWh for short.
An EV’s driving range is represented in miles units ( In the US ) and the average mileage is determined by the EPA battery range rating ( the bigger the battery capacity usually means the more driving range you will have in a car ) after conducting a few tests ( so in reality your mileage will vary ).
Electric vehicles have an onboard charger which determines its charging rate in Kilowatt per Hour and it varies by car makers. Most EV car owners will install a Level 2 charger that is usually capable of charging cars up to 7.2 kWH rate using 220 volt electric circuit with 32 amps of power ( but there are chargers that can go at a higher rate ).
Ok now that I explained a few things lets dig into the data used to make my script.
I checked my electric bill and found that my electricity rate in NYC is $0.13 cents per kWh.
For comparison I phoned a friend in Florida to get electricity rates where he lives which is $ 0.07 cents per kWh. ( Almost half of NY rate )
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How to Install and Use Ruby on Linux Distributions
Ruby is one of the most used and easy to use programming languages. Ruby is an open-source, object-oriented interpreter that can be installed on a Linux system. Many programmers prefer Python over Ruby to start learning basic programming, but Ruby can handle large web-frameworks and web applications. Once you start learning Ruby, you would find it less machine-like and not repetitive. If you’re confused between Ruby and Ruby on Rails, I must mention that they are not the same; Ruby is a programming language; on the other hand, Ruby on Rails is a web framework.
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digiKam 7.7.0 is released
After three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release.
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Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future Tech
The metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world.
Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility.
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