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First Post - Bit Cannon
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Hi and welcome to Bit Cannon! A software developer and tinkerer from Melbourne, Australia. Here I plan to write informally about hardware and software projects I’m working on. I’ve recently revived my interest in embedded systems and have acquired a Raspberry Pi 3. And have an Arduboy. On the way. I have a few ideas kicking around for what to do with these devices and plan to write about them here. Software wise I’m currently enjoying learning and improving my knowledge of Rust.
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Watering System Parts List - Bit Cannon
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Watering System Parts List. This is a running list of the watering system. Parts, updated as I go.
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GNOME 3 on FreeBSD - Bit Cannon
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GNOME 3 on FreeBSD. As part of my evaluation of macOS alternatives. I set up GNOME 3. Asking about this so I thought I’d expand on it a little further. I’m a FreeBSD fan and (small scale) donor. It was the first open source OS I ran back in 2000 and I continue to use it today. In fact, this very blog is hosted on VPS running FreeBSD. I like it because:. It’s compact and efficient. Built as an integrated, consistent base operating system. Released under a permissive licence. For your graphics hardware....
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Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X — Part 2 Video - Bit Cannon
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Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X Part 2 Video. I gave a short (10 min) talk at work on my adventures with Linux. It covers the same core content as the post, Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X Part 2. Motivation for the experiment. Experience with elementary OS. Linux alternatives to macOS apps. Looks like your browser can't play this video. Perhaps try downloading it. The Alfred like app that I couldn’t think of the name of during the talk is Albert.
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Installing Rust on C.H.I.P. - Bit Cannon
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Installing Rust on C.H.I.P. Yesterday I tweeted that I had successfully installed Rust on my C.H.I.P. Computer. @LeMoussel replied. Asking for a tutorial, so here goes:. Step 1: Connect to C.H.I.P. My CHI.P. is running the Headless v4.4 Debian image. I connected to it using a serial console over USB. As described in the documentation. Device on your computer:. Ls /dev/tty.* /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port /dev/tty.usbmodem1423. Here we can see the. Connect to C.H.I.P. using. User (the password is also.
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Automatic Watering System - Bit Cannon
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The first project that I’m planning is an automatic watering system. I have a bunch of pots on my balcony and keeping them well watered is a challenge, especially in summer. Furthermore, if they are watered too much, swarms of fungus gnats. Appear, which are difficult to get rid of. The goals I have in mind are:. Automatically water plants based on moisture levels in pots. Solar powered running power out to the balcony isn’t really an option. Controlled by C.H.I.P. With software written in Rust.
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Being Productive on Linux - Bit Cannon
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Being Productive on Linux. This is the third in my series on finding an alternative to Mac OS X. Was about my experience with elementary OS. And the switch back to Arch Linux. I received a lot of great responses to the last post. Thanks to all that commented, emailed and shared the post. I’d like to particularly call out the comment that Daniel Foré, the founder of elementary OS left on Reddit. Apt install ./app.deb. Will automatically resolve package dependencies unlike. In part 2 I settled on Budgie.
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