The minimalist nature of the Raspberry Pi Zero makes graphics acceleration a very useful optimization to maintain performance on both the desktop and applications. Yet documentation on the subject is …
Articles by Sébastien Michelland
What free software is and why it matters
The Symbolibre project is all about graphing calculators and free software. But what is free software exactly, and why does it matter so much that we'd make a whole …
A design example: function keys and the catalog
The design of good user interfaces for graphical applications is a science, and in fact also a field of research. While none of us at Symbolibre specialize in that …
Symbolibre's first-year report
The Symbolibre project started as a project course in our theoretical computer science master’s degree at the ENS de Lyon.
Our second semester is now over, and we …
The public presentation
The project’s public presentation took place last Thursday at the ENS de Lyon. We watched the presentation of Avatar ENSignes about the representation and processing of sign language before …
Computer algebra systems
When the Symbolibre project started, it was decided right away that the calculator had to support computer algebra. But this leaves a wide spectrum of tools to choose from …
The software stack
The only software tool that is required by our hardware is Linux. The rest of the system stack is entirely up to us, and we’re going to develop our …