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GadgeteerZA

Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!

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    My Massive list of FREE and Open Source Software...
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    My Tech blog about daily items I find interesting...
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  • Home
  • Gadgets
    • On my Radar
    • Android
    • Nokia E90
    • Apple iPhone
    • Computers
  • Other Interests
    • My Alternatives to Big Tech
    • Alternatives to Big Tech Social Media
    • Solar Tips
    • Traditional Shaving
    • Pinelands
    • Home Automation
      • Google Assistant Commands
      • Home Assistant
      • Configuring Acurite Weather Station with Weewx
      • Configuring the Ambient Weather WS-2902C weather station
    • Ham Radio
      • OpenWebRx Web-Based Radio Receiver
      • VarAC P2P Digital Mode Chatting Application
        • VarAC EmComm Use South Africa
        • VarAC Wednesday Check-Ins
      • FreeDV HF Digital Voice for Amateur Radio
      • Ham Radio Digital Modes on iPhone and Desktop Computers
      • Hardware devices for Digital Ham Radio Modes
      • How to configure APRS Reporting in South Africa
      • PC Based Messaging with Outpost
      • Winlink 2000 E-Mail via Radio
        • Winlink Wednesday Check-Ins
      • Meshtastic in South Africa
      • MeshCore in Soutrh Africa
        • Elecrow ThinkNode M9
      • JS8Call Digital Mode
        • JS8Call Messages for Exercises or Emergencies
      • Tips on using an Anytone 878 with an Openspot
    • Starting a WordPress site
    • GadgeteerZA Public Photos
      • Places of Interest Photo Albums
      • Hiking photos
    • Photography
    • Reading
    • Various Vehicles
      • Suzuki Jimny
      • My Bike
        • Tips for Operating the BMW R1200GS
    • Family Stories
      • Recollections of my Childhood by Billie Fourie
      • Memories and Recollections of Parow
  • FOSS
    • FOSS Maturity
    • BEE and SMME Vendors
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Office
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This site highlights some of my interests (hover over the menu above to see some of them) and also my large collection of featured free and open source (FOSS) software which is ready for use in small businesses and enterprises.

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You can view my personal weather station live stats at Weather Underground and my home solar system stats online at Victron

Privacy Notice: I've removed Google Analytics and StatCounter, and am using my own local instance of open source Matomo (Piwik) to just see what pages and blog entries are most popular, and what sort of search terms are being used to find my pages. This helps me focus on what people find most interesting. This site does automatically honour "Do Not Track" settings for browsers and IP addresses are anonymised (to 2 bytes). There is also no advertising on this site or 3rd party cookie collection. No data is being given or sold to any 3rd parties.

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