Collaborate Disseminate
A popular expression in the Linux forums nowadays is noting that someone “uses Arch btw”, signifying that they have the technical chops to install and use Arch Linux, a distribution …read more Continue reading I Installed Gentoo So You Don’t Havtoo
When the PlayStation 3 first launched, one of its most lauded features was its ability to officially run full Linux distributions. This was of course famously and permanently borked by …read more Continue reading Turning the PS4 into a Useful Linux Machine
The idea of having software translation programs around to do things like emulate a Super Nintendo on your $3000 gaming computer or, more practically, run x86 software on a new …read more Continue reading Yo Dawg, We Heard You Like Retrocomputers
Linux has come a long way from its roots, where users had to compile the kernel and all of the other source code from scratch, often without any internet connection …read more Continue reading Lightweight OS For Any Platform
When I began programming microcontrollers in 2003, I had picked up the Atmel STK-500 and learned assembler for their ATtiny and ATmega lines. At the time I thought it was great – the emulator and development boards were good, and I could add a microcontroller permanently to a project for a dollar. Then the ESP8266 came out.
I was pretty blown away by its features, switched platforms, except for timing-sensitive applications, and it’s been my chip of choice for a few years. A short while ago, a friend gave me an ESP32, the much faster, dual core version of the …read more
Continue reading Compiling NodeMCU for the ESP32 With Support for Public-Private Key Encryption