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How to easily sideload apps on any iPhone using AltStore - No jailbreaking, but some effort is required

Open source solar power for anyone - A new book teaches how to build your own solar power system at any budget

South African game developers won’t publish in their own country — Due to the frustration and cost involved with applying Film and Publications Board (FPB) age restrictions to their work

More Software-Defined Radio Projects Using DragonOS, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution specifically packaged for software-defined radio functionality

Finally moved from proprietary MoneyDance Finance Manager to free and open-source KMyMoney

Waterfox: A Firefox fork that could teach Mozilla a lesson

10 Interesting and Fun Facts About Linux, including the unintended birth of its name

My Smart City App logs and tracks service issues for Cities of Cape Town, Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni

Turn any website into a Linux, Windows or macOS desktop app with open source tools Nativefier and Electron (may not be lighter on resources though)

How to set up Nextcloud on Docker with NGINX

Linux Kernel 5.15 Released with New NTFS File System, In-Kernel SMB Server, and its a Long-Term Support kernel

Open-Source Nextcloud Announces a New Backup Application for Its Home Users: Ability to backup to a friend or family member, while preserving privacy through encryption

Ethan Zuckerman to Mark Zuckerberg: Hey, Facebook, I Made a Metaverse 27 Years Ago, It was terrible then, and it’s terrible now

Solid State Batteries for EVs are still not here, but Tesla's new tabless 4680 battery offers 5x the energy, 6x more power, and 16% increase in range from 2022

Apple’s app tracking policy reportedly cost social media platforms nearly $10 billion - Shows what just your metadata, not messages, are worth to advertisers