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Install GitLab Runner
GitLab Runner runs the CI/CD jobs that are defined in GitLab. You can install GitLab Runner on your infrastructure, inside a Docker container, or deployed to a Kubernetes cluster. GitLab Runner is open-source and written in Go. It can run as a single binary and has no language-specific requirements. GitLab Runner can be installed and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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.…
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