Category: cool but untested open source software

RUST – most loved programming language ever – C++ with safety – new programming language from Mozilla for Mozilla and Safety – now also with step debugging
17.08.2019

is Rust safer than C/C++? “show me the src” https://github.com/rust-lang https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src DebConf 2019: Why would a python programmer learn rust when there are no jobs in it https://ytpak.net/watch?v=IYLf8lUqR40 “This means no matter what language you use, the only safe way […]

05.01.2019

is when one’s life depends on (especially when closed) source code that one has not written oneself.

Free Web Video Conferencing with firefox
25.07.2017

install firefox app and test it for free here: https://appr.tc/ When Browsers start to talk to each other – Open Source HTML5 based Web Video Audio Conferencing WebCam ScreenSharing – Collaboration over internet WebRTC (“Web Real-Time Communication“) enables applications such […]

02.06.2017

got it installed on debian8 and it starts but seems broken for debian8 + lightdm + MATE Gnome2 Desktop. (at least not in that Hyper-V VM) not highly important but would be fun 😀 https://code.google.com/archive/p/ardesia/downloads (you will need JavaScript to […]

scanning with linux – brother and epson
02.06.2017

interesting but untested app under CentOS MATE Gnome2 it was successfully tested with a Brother 9460 CDN under Debian 8. Brother is shipping it’s own brsane config tool. this should work for Ubuntu as well. https://launchpad.net/simple-scan epson via usb: if […]

Alternative to the Alternative: Mumble (Audio only) vs WebRTC based video conferencing – Howto Setup jitsi debian mate – OpenSource alternative to Skype
24.02.2017

Update: FOSS Alternatives Video Conferencing: https://itsfoss.com/jami/ Google Project Zero security examination of WebRTC: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/12/adventures-in-video-conferencing-part-1.html WebRTC is the “new web browser based video conferencing kid on the block” and it is pretty cool: in theory possible to run one’s own server […]

16.02.2016

Checkout: IceCat Description BlueLightCat is a simple browser whose feature list includes things like “History”, “Bookmarks” and “QuickView”, that is a page to see the most visited hosts. It is small, less then 10,000 lines of code and very fast. […]

09.06.2015

you know blender is that cool tool that i wished it was available 20 years ago on an Atari Falcon with mathematical Co-Processor (this was an costly Addon :-D) I tried to accomplish anything with on an Atari Falcon 030, […]

19.03.2015

the problem: *.rtfd seems to be a “stuck on OSX” problem… but actually TextEdit is a OpenSource (!) software 🙂 textedit.app                          4.0+20061029-3.4+b1               amd64        Text editor for GNUstep you can download debian packages here: https://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/pool/main/t/textedit.app/?C=M;O=A and install it via: wget https://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/pool/main/t/textedit.app/textedit.app_4.0+20061029-3.4+b1_amd64.deb […]