Do you work in the dark often? I can’t say I do, though on occasion I have been known to stroke my keyboard in the company of candlelight, purely for the #feels, of course. But if you regularly spend your 1-on-1 computer time in the dark there may be times where even the dimmest of dim still feels too eye-searingly bright. If you feel your laptop display or external monitor … [Read more...] about Desktop Dimmer – an Open-Source Screen Dimmer App
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VidCutter is an Open-Source Video Trimmer app
I’m pretty capture happy with my Nexus 5X because a) the camera is decent and b) live with 6 very comical cats… Sometimes I take videos but only want to use a specific part of it, be it to turn into an animated gif or quickly share it with folks online. This is where video trimming apps come in handy. Whether you want to split video in to smaller sections, trim a stalled … [Read more...] about VidCutter is an Open-Source Video Trimmer app
WuMgr is a free open-source Update Manager for Windows 10
Good were the days when you had full control over what updates you got on your computer. But then Windows 10 decided to take away that control. You can configure many Windows Update options and Defer Updates, but you cannot control them. In this post, we are going to talk about a free tool that gives you the entire control over Windows 10 updates. WuMgr is a free and … [Read more...] about WuMgr is a free open-source Update Manager for Windows 10
Vulkan 1.1 Specification Released: Open-source Tools, SDKs, and Launch Driver Support
Since the release of Vulkan 1.0 in February 2016, the successor to OpenGL slowly but surely made its way into applications and game engines. Today, roughly two years later, the Khronos Group is releasing Vulkan 1.1 and SPIR-V 1.3 specifications, and much like Vulkan 1.0’s ‘hard’ API launch these are accompanied by updated developer tools, open source conformance tests, and … [Read more...] about Vulkan 1.1 Specification Released: Open-source Tools, SDKs, and Launch Driver Support
KeeWeb is an Open-Source Cross-Platform Password Manager software
Password Managers have become very important over the years, and it’s easy to understand why. The web is populated with millions of websites, and a lot of them require a log-in to get the most out of what they have to offer. Because of this, then, many of us are forced to have multiple passwords or a unique password for every website. This is done for security concerns, … [Read more...] about KeeWeb is an Open-Source Cross-Platform Password Manager software
CoolStar to release open-source Chimera13 jailbreak in memory of @s0uthwes
Just over two weeks ago, Electra Team lead developer CoolStar announced that the Chimera13 jailbreak wouldn’t be released to the general public. But due to some rather unfortunate circumstances that transpired this past week, that mindset appears to be changing. From what we can gather, @s0uthwes a respected and talented developer of the jailbreak community and a maintainer of … [Read more...] about CoolStar to release open-source Chimera13 jailbreak in memory of @s0uthwes