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Calaos, Open Source Home Automation
Calaos is full solution for home automation. It was first a system developed by a french company of the same name. When the company was closed during 2013, the entire code base was open sourced and released as GPL. A small community started around the project to continue the development.
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Domoticz
Domoticz is a Home Automation System that lets you monitor and configure various devices like: Lights, Switches, various sensors/meters like Temperature, Rain, Wind, UV, Electra, Gas, Water and much more. Notifications/Alerts can be sent to any mobile device.
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MisterHouse
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http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/
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openmotics.com
Anyone building or renovating a home now has the option to combine the strengths of a hardwired system with the quality of open source principles but at a fraction of the cost. We’ve created some of the most power efficient and straightforward modules around.
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EventGhost
EventGhost is an advanced, easy to use and extensible automation tool for MS Windows. It can use different input devices like infrared or wireless remote controls to trigger macros, that on their part control a computer and its attached hardware.
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Jeedom
Legal Notices Website www.jeedom.
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https://www.jeedom.com/site/en
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Home : LinuxMCE home automation
LinuxMCE is a whole home automation suite. It the ‘digital glue’ between your media and all of your electrical appliances. It includes full featured solutions for: Media
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http://www.linuxmce.com/nc.html
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What is smarthomatic?
smarthomatic (SHC) is an open source home automation system providing a framework for building up a bigger network of sensors and actuators that all work together. It consists of several completely developed hardware devices you can build up yourself and the software running on those devices.
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OpenNetHome
NetHomeServer 3.0 is now released! See the release notes for all new features! The NetHomeServer is an open source software/hardware project for home automation.
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6 open source home automation tools
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in March 2016 and has been updated to include additional options and information. The Internet of Things isn’t just a buzzword, it’s a reality that’s expanded rapidly since we last published a review article on home automation tools in 2016.
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https://opensource.com/life/17/12/home-automation-tools
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Visualware’s MCS NetQCheck Pi Appliance Delivers Low Cost Network Testing Solution With Outstanding Results
TURLOCK, CA–(Marketwired – May 10, 2016) – Visualware’s mission is to provide the ultimate online user experience (UX). Poor network connections contribute to degradation of a UX, decline in productivity and business growth.
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fg2it/grafana-on-raspberry
Grafana unofficial packages for arm based raspberry pi (1, 2 and 3). Grafana doesn’t provide packages for arm, so the purpose of this repo is to provide notes on how you can build Grafana yourself and packages I build according to these notes.
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https://github.com/fg2it/grafana-on-raspberry
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Debian-goodies – A Set Of Useful Utilities For Debian And Ubuntu Users
Are you using a Debian-based system? Great! I am here today with a good news for you. Say hello to “Debian-goodies”, a collection of useful utilities for Debian-based systems, like Ubuntu, Linux Mint.
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https://www.ostechnix.com/debian-goodies-a-set-of-useful-utilities-for-debian-and-ubuntu-users/
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NodeRED for beginners: 2. NodeRED Getting started
You have made the right choice! Investing in the NodeRED server will pay off soon! If you, however, are still not sure why would you need a NodeRED server in your life, please check the part one of the series. In this article, you will learn all you need to know to get started with NodeRED.
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http://www.notenoughtech.com/home-automation/nodered-home-automation/nodered-for-beginners-2/
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Parsec | Cloud and Remote PC Gaming
Our technology delivers an ultra-smooth, low latency streaming experience — Any game, any time, no frills. Whether you’re in the next room, at the office, or traveling — Use Parsec to remote control your gaming PC from another device.
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https://parsec.tv/www.parsec.tv
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Samsung and Google’s OP1 Processor: Why It Matters
Since the first hands-on sightings of the Samsung Chromebook Plus, we’ve seen references to its processor listed only as OP1. We knew it was the Rockchip RK3399, but figured Google or Samsung, for whatever reason, just didn’t want to use Rockchip branding. But something much bigger was at play.
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https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-and-googles-op1-processor-why-it-matters/
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Pi-hole Cases Now Available At Pi-supply
You can now purchase just a case with the Pi-hole logo on it. This works great if you already have your Pi-hole setup and just need a case to put it in. Pi-supply does all the work, but we get a small portion of the sales.
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https://pi-hole.net/2018/06/07/pi-hole-cases-now-available-at-pi-supply/
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Walmart’s self-driving shopping cart magic
Despite various short-lived efforts over the years, most retail shopping carts are impressively low-tech. And they almost always have a wheel out of alignment (or are those just the ones I always seem to get?).
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The ODROID Model Comparison Guide: Which One Is Right for You?
You may have heard of ODROID. Maybe you keep seeing it mentioned when Raspberry Pi alternatives Pi Overdose? Here’s 5 Raspberry Pi Alternatives Pi Overdose? Here’s 5 Raspberry Pi Alternatives You’ve mastered the Raspberry Pi – now what? Here’s 5 of the best Pi alternatives to have a go with next.
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https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/odroid-model-comparison/
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Three Add-on Boards for UP Board and UP Squared – UP-AUDIO HAT, UP-CAMERA HAT, UP-POE HAT
The board is supported in Windows 10, Android 6, and Ubuntu 16.04. The camera board works with UP Board, UP Squared and UP Core boards. UP-CAMERA HAT specifications & features:
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Free or Open Source Huginn Alternatives
Put the internet to work for you by creating tasks that fit this simple structure: “if this then that”. Think of all the… Zapier enables you to automate tasks between other online services (services like Salesforce, Basecamp, Gmail, and 249 more). …
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http://alternativeto.net/software/huginn/?license=free
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Soon It Might Be Possible To Finally Have A Nice ARM-Powered Linux Laptop
While it’s now becoming possible to run real Linux apps on Chrome OS, for those that have been dreaming of a real and pleasant GNU/Linux desktop experience on an ARM-powered laptop without much hackery, that soon may finally be a reality. Following the ARM SoC/platform additions for Linux 4.
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https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ARM-Linux-Laptop-2018-Hopes
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The Humble Book Bundle: Programmable Boards by Make:
All a-board! The Make: train is back with a bundle all about programmable boards. Get ebooks like Getting Started with the Photon, Make: Sensors, Make: Lego and Arduino Projects, Jumpstarting JavaScript, Jumpstarting the Raspberry Pi Zero W, and more.
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https://www.humblebundle.com/books/programmable-boards-books
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MintBox Mini 2 Apollo Lake Linux Mini PC Launched for $300 and Up
Mintbox Mini 2 / Mini 2 Pro (MB2M) Linux mini PC based on Intel Celeron J3455 Apollo Lake processor and running Linux mint 19 was first announced in March of this year. Compulab has now announced availability of both models, as well as some extra add-on boards: PoE Ethernet device FACET card, 2.
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https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/06/28/mintbox-mini-2-apollo-lake-linux-mini-pc/
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Keep it Close: A Private Git Server Crash Course
At this point, everyone has already heard that Microsoft is buying GitHub. Acquisitions of this scale take time, but most expect everything to be official by 2019. The general opinion online seems to be one of unease, and rightfully so.
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https://hackaday.com/2018/06/27/keep-it-close-a-private-git-server-crash-course/
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Magic Leap One coming this summer, will run on Nvidia Tegra X2
After a few years of waiting, Magic Leap says it will finally ship its first hardware this summer. The company has already detailed that the Magic Leap One would be shipping the device in 2018, but after scant follow-up it was a little dubious whether they would actually hit that deadline.
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/11/magic-leap-one-coming-this-summer-will-run-on-nvidia-tegra-x2/
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mr-bt/raspberrypi-timemachine
The following step are the ones that enable Time Machine backups with Raspberry Pi plus a bit of polishing to my taste. StackOverflow thread mounting hfs partition on arch linux didn’t work for me.
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https://github.com/mr-bt/raspberrypi-timemachine
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NanoPC-T4
NanoPC-T4 0 reviews / Write a review Qty: Related Resources WIKI: http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPC-T4 Hardware Spec CPU: Samsung S5P6818 Octa-Core Cortex-A53, 400M Hz – 1.4G Hz DDR3 RAM: 2GB 32bit DDR3 RAM Storage: 16GB Network: Gbit Ethernet(RTL8211E) USB Host: 4 x USB 2.
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http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=225
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NanoPC-T4: A powerful Raspberry Pi alternative without the bottleneck issues
For users and developers looking for a more powerful alternative to the Raspberry Pi, the NanoPC-T4—FriendlyELEC’s newest single-board computer (SBC)—uses the same system-on-a-chip (SoC) as Samsung’s Chromebook Plus, but at a fraction of the price.
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One Mix Yoga 7 inch convertible laptop unboxing and first look
The One Mix Yoga is a laptop computer with a 7 inch touchscreen display. It’s small enough to slide into a pocket… if you have fairly large pockets. But it’s a full-fledged Windows PC with an Intel Atom Cherry Trail processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. Oh, and it’s also a tablet.
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https://liliputing.com/2018/05/one-mix-yoga-7-inch-convertible-laptop-unboxing-and-first-look.html
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Chuwi HiGame mini PC with Kaby Lake-G hits Indiegogo for $899 and up
The Chuwi HiGame mini is a compact gaming desktop with an Intel Kaby Lake-G processor and AMD Radeon Vega M graphics. Measuring just 6.8″ x 6.2″ x 2.
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Beelink X45 Basic/Premium NUC Clone Launched for $220 and Up
Last week, we started to read about Beelink X series mini PCs powered by Gemini Lake processors, and with a design similar to Intel NUC mini PCs.
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https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/06/27/beelink-x45-basic-premium-nuc-clone/
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Jetway NF9VT-2930 Intel Celeron N2930 Quad quad cpu w/4*External RJ45 Serial ports & Built-in PenMount Touchscreen IC & Thin Mini-ITX
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HPE announces world’s largest Arm-based supercomputer
The race to exascale speed is getting a little more interesting with the introduction of HPE’s Astra — what will be the world’s largest Arm-based supercomputer. HPE is building Astra for Sandia National Laboratories and the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/hpe-announces-worlds-largest-arm-based-supercomputer/
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ECS Introduces GLKD-I DC Powered Gemini Lake Motherboard Family
Except for the odd industrial motherboard, most Gemini Lake motherboards launched so far rely on an ATX connector and power supply, but if you prefer a DC powered Gemini Lake motherboard, ECS now provides several options thanks to their GLKD-I series mini-ITX motherboards equipped with Gemini Lak
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https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/06/12/dc-powered-gemini-lake-motherboard/
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ZerxXxes/observium_installscript
GitHub is home to over 20 million developers working together to host and review code, manage projects, and build software together.
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https://github.com/ZerxXxes/observium_installscript
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ODROID-HC1 Unboxing & hardware setup
ODROID-HC1 https://amzn.to/2MTT8AYODROID-HC2 https://amzn.to/2L0s2HZ Power for HC1 https://amzn.to/2KT1lrXLaptop Drive https://www.costco.com/Seagate-Backup…Costco has a 4 TB drive for $94 right now!I loaded DietPi on a micro SD & then set the 4TB Sata drive as the boot.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oWq0BHCoxk
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DCIAD Replacement
How to hide a home datacenter
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9TS5YNA8lQ
