Back in 2020, I wrote about Open Book: a DIY, open source e-reader project from developer Joey Castillo that you could solder together yourself… at least in theory. It had a 4.2 inch e-paper screen, seven physical buttons for navigation, and the
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Most microcontroller boards on the market today rely on Python, usually in the form of MicroPython or CircuitPython. If you’ve ever wanted something leaner without giving up that no-compile, REPL-driven workflow, Lua is the option worth considering. But then most microcontroller boards
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Among the mainstream Linux distros, Linux Mint has been an outlier, spending many years easing Cinnamon and its users, into Wayland one careful step at a time while other distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora made it the default experience. Now, that patience
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The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is done with Microsoft SharePoint, ditching it for a self-hosted Nextcloud deployment that is already serving around 5,000 employees. Eventually, that number will be scaled up to 50,000 public sector workers, covering agencies ranging from ministries down
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TUXEDO Computers has announced that their Linux distribution is moving away from Ubuntu, with Debian taking over as its new base. TUXEDO OS is the default choice on every TUXEDO machine, but it’s not exclusive to their hardware, and anyone can just
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We are used to hearing about Copilot eating storage space on Windows machines, showing up in applications it has no business in, and generally being a nuisance for anyone who prefers an AI-free computer. Now, we have a Windows log file that
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The Steam Machine’s swappable front panel just got a very useful upgrade that Valve has put out for free under an MIT License. Called the Inkterface, the e-ink faceplate replaces the stock panel with a small Bluetooth-connected display. NaKyle Wright is the
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Canonical is now a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, a non-profit focused on keeping critical infrastructure software memory-safe. The new backing comes with a yearly €40,000 contribution, meant to fund continued work on memory-safe system utilities written in Rust. Trifecta
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Every few months (or years, depending upon how old you are), there is a new “anti-smartphone” device that comes with a physical keyboard and a tiny screen and focuses on doing one thing well. Freewrite did it for writers. PicoCalc did it
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Hannah Montana Linux (HML) has become a conversation starter in the land of FOSS (aka FOSSLand?), and somehow, the year is 2026. The remaster, released by Noah Cagle, a developer/YouTuber, has taken us by surprise. This new avatar of HML is a
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