The project is an Android fork that aims to bring the beauty and the power of the phone/tablet system to the modern desktop and laptop PC. The ‘build’ and ‘alpha’ words should suffice to make you understand that it is absolutely not a software ready for everyday use. Better to abstain, especially if you don’t actually intend to develop –[…]
Read moreWhat is your favorite superpower? Maybe, the ability to mirror your Android phone on your Linux desktop and to use it as an integrated application. Scrcpy does exactly that and permits you to completely control any Android device, just by connecting it through a simple USB cable. And no root access or hack is needed! This application provides a way[…]
Read moreThe Mandelbrot set is the set of complex numbers (c) for which repeatedly applying the function fc (z) = z2 + c produces values for which the modulus does not exceed a given value. It this has left you confused, I highly recommend this video which explains all of this is simple terms – there’s no point in me trying[…]
Read morePhoronix.com turns 15 years old. The Linux related website that began with a case review and some peripheral reviews on a system running Knoppix. I started Phoronix for the poor Linux hardware support at the time and it’s been an amazing turnaround since that point. No longer is it a battle of getting network devices or input devices working on[…]
Read moreAt the heart of the Milky Way, there’s a supermassive black hole that sucks up anything that ventures too close to it, even light. We knew it, but we never saw it. Until these days. On Wednesday 10th April, the first photograph of a black hole appeared. A black hole, probably the most mysterious celestial body and the most stimulating[…]
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