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Driver hack after Windows BSODs, no reboot needed
Normally, a blue screen of death crash (BSOD) in Windows would cause your PC to automatically restart, but programmer NSG650 (via NTDEV) has created a driver that instead makes your PC boot up a Linux emulator. While this driver is more of a novelty than it is actually useful, it’s an ingenious showcase of how… Read more
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$50 10Gbps Mesh Network Uses USB4
You want to build a cluster of computers, but you need a high-speed network fabric that can connect anything to anything. Big bucks, right? [Fang-Pen] developed a 10 Gbps full-mesh network using USB4 that cost him under $50. The first part of the post is about selecting a low-power mini PC, but if you skip… Read more
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Haiku OS: The Open Source BeOS You Can Daily Drive In 2024
Haiku is one of those open source operating systems that seem to be both exceedingly well-known while flying completely under the radar. Part of this is probably due to it being an open source version and continuation of the Be Operating System (BeOS). Despite its strong feature set in the 1990s, BeOS never got much… Read more
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Linux Mint 21.3 is here – and it’s outstanding
The latest Linux Mint update is an excellent Linux desktop for many reasons. The Linux Mint community has once again released a top-tier Linux desktop: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia. I’ve used more Linux distributions than most people, and Mint is my favorite desktop distro. My bias starts with Mint’s Ubuntu 22.04 Long Term Support (LTS)… Read more
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New AMD & Intel Laptop/Platform Support In Linux 6.8
Merged last week for the Linux 6.8 kernel were the platform driver x86 updates, which include a lot of new AMD Ryzen and Intel Core platform support and new laptop functionality. The Linux platform-drivers-x86 space continues to be quite busy with the multitude of interesting AMD/Intel laptops coming out these days and rather interesting designs.… Read more
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Never-before-seen Worm Attacking Linux Devices
Based on Mirai malware, self-replicating NoaBot installs cryptomining app on infected devices. For the past year, previously unknown self-replicating malware has been compromising Linux devices around the world and installing cryptomining malware that takes unusual steps to conceal its inner workings, researchers said. The worm is a customized version of Mirai, the botnet malware that… Read more
