Intangible gift ideas with open source in mind
Intangible gift ideas with open source in mind Phil Shapiro Thu, 12/01/2022 – 03:00 When the holidays roll around each year, you’ll encounter some wonderful gift-giving guides for physical gifts. But how about intangible gifts? Some of the most meaningful gifts are intangible ones. Let me plant some ideas in your head in that regard, and explain how intangible gifts fit in perfectly with the open source way. Growing up, my...
5 reasons I use the Dolphin file manager on Linux
5 reasons I use the Dolphin file manager on Linux Seth Kenlon Thu, 12/01/2022 – 03:00 Computers are basically fancy file cabinets, full of folders and files waiting to be referenced, cross-referenced, edited, updated, saved, copied, moved, renamed, and organized. Of course, the files and folders are only virtual, and so software developers came up with the modern “desktop” user interface. Your screen is the top of...
Is sustainability still a thing in open source?
Is sustainability still a thing in open source? Daniel Curto-Millet Wed, 11/30/2022 – 03:00 Eugen Rochko just reported that the social service Mastodon had “hit 1,028,362 monthly active users […] 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27 and 489,003 new users”. Known mainly by open source developers, Mastodon has suddenly become mainstream, promising to take inclusive, open, and free values to social media. If Mastodon...
Get to know Lua for loops in 4 minutes
Get to know Lua for loops in 4 minutes Seth Kenlon Wed, 11/30/2022 – 03:00 In programming, iteration is an important concept because code often must scan over a set of data several times so that it can process each item individually. Control structures enable you to direct the flow of the program based on conditions that are often established dynamically as the program is running. Different languages provide different controls,...
Build test scripts for your IoT platform
Build test scripts for your IoT platform Chongyuan Yin Wed, 11/30/2022 – 03:00 In my previous article, I introduced the open source test tool JMeter and used a simple HTTP test as an example to demonstrate its capabilities. This article shows you how to build test scripts for complex test scenarios. The user interface displays a JMeter test script in the “tree” format. The saved test script (in the .jmx format) is...
Parse arguments with Lua
Parse arguments with Lua Seth Kenlon Tue, 11/29/2022 – 03:00 Most computer commands consist of two parts: The command and arguments. The command is the program meant to be executed, while the arguments might be command options or user input. Without this structure, a user would have to edit the command’s code just to change the data that the command processes. Imagine rewriting the printf command just to get your computer...
