Kevin Boone's repositories
vlc-server
A simple HTTP server that wraps the VLC media player, and provides REST and web interfaces
kevin-gentoo
An overlay for installing my stuff on Gentoo Linux
jalsaselector
Select default ALSA soundcard from a list
kevinboone.github.io
My website
newsman
A simple console utility for Linux, that retrieves news headlines from the BBC in RSS format, and displays them using the manual viewer
javachimes
A wind-chime sound generator written in Java
kcalc
A command-line expression evaluator and math library based on the Lua programming language
bbcweather
A command-line utility for getting 3-day UK weather forecasts from the BBC
linux_background_changer
A simple slideshow background changer for various Linux desktops, including gnome-shell
fbtextdemo
A command-line utility for Linux that uses libfreetype to render text nicely, direct to the framebuffer
wipetest
A simple utility for Linux, for preparing used hard drives for sale
java_docker_test
A utility for understanding Java heap management in a container environment
countdown.sh
A simple Bash script for the Linux console, that displays a running time until some specific event
kafka-streams-test
A trivial application that uses the Kafka Streams extension for Quarkus, suitable for deploying on Kubernetes
androidmusicserver
A web interface to music playback on Android devices
moonphase.sh
A simple bash script to display the moon phase, today or on some specific date
pi_button_to_kbd
Demonstrates how to map GPIO pushbutton events to keyboard keystrokes on Raspberry Pi
MOWF
Minimal OLED Watch Face : an always-on watch face for Garmin OLED watches, with minimized power consumption and risk of burn-in
BAWF
Battery-saving analog watch face for Garmin Vivoactive 3 (and similar)
SimpleOSGrid
A trivially-simple UK OS grid reference app for Android, that does not rely on any Google services