Tio is a Serial Terminal For Us
With Linux and the serial port there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that Linux has great support for serial hardware of all sorts …read more Continue reading Tio is a Serial Terminal For Us
Category Archives: linux hacks
Easier Self Hosting with Umbrel
While it is undeniable that cloud-based services are handy, there are people who would rather do it themselves. For many of us, it is because we want what we want …read more Continue reading Easier Self Hosting with Umbrel
Linux Fu: The Browser Emacs Fusion
It is no secret that I have a few things permanently burned into my neurons: the 1802 instruction set, the commands for WordStar, and the commands for emacs. There was …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Browser Emacs Fusion
Linux Fu: The Browser Emacs Fusion
It is no secret that I have a few things permanently burned into my neurons: the 1802 instruction set, the commands for WordStar, and the commands for emacs. There was …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Browser Emacs Fusion
Need a Linux Kernel Module? Scratch That
If you have been for (or against) Rust in the Linux kernel, get ready for a Linux kernel module written in… Scratch. That’s right. Scratch, the MIT-developed language with blocks …read more Continue reading Need a Linux Kernel Module? Scratch That
Linux Fu: Docking Made Easy
Most computer operating systems suffer from some version of “DLL hell” — a decidedly Windows term, but the concept applies across the board. Consider doing embedded development which usually takes …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Docking Made Easy
Breaking Google Nest Hub’s Secure Boot
[frederic] tells a story about their team’s hack of a Google Nest Hub (2nd generation) — running Ubuntu on it, through bypassing Google’s boot image signature checks. As with many …read more Continue reading Breaking Google Nest Hub’s Secure Boot
Linux Fu: Up Your GDB Game!
If you want to buy a car, there are plenty of choices. If you want to buy a jetliner, there are fewer choices. If you want to use the Large …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Up Your GDB Game!
Boot Mainline Linux On Apple A7, A8 and A8X devices
[Konrad Dybcio] tells about his journey booting Linux on A7/8/8X processors, playing around with an old iPhone 5 he’s got in a drawer. It’s been a two-year “revisit every now …read more Continue reading Boot Mainline Linux On Apple A7, A8 and A8X devices
A Linux Distribution for DOOM
If you’ve gone further into the Linux world than the standard desktop distributions like Ubuntu or Fedora, you have undoubtedly come across some more purpose-built distributions. Some examples are Kali …read more Continue reading A Linux Distribution for DOOM