Tag: hardware
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Arduino to Remain Open Source
Adafruit: Arduino’s Rules Are ‘Incompatible With Open Source’Arduino has defended the changes, claiming its commitment to open source hardware remains unchanged. Dec 14th, 2025 6:00am by David Cassel The open source hardware community is debating Arduino’s new Terms and Conditions following the company’s acquisition by Qualcomm. Chief microcontroller rival Adafruit has argued that the new…
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New Intel Driver Improves RAM Use
Intel Linux Graphics Driver Will Now Be Less Restrictive Over RAM UseWritten by Michael Larabel A change merged yesterday to the Intel Mesa graphics driver code lessens a restriction around the amount of system memory (RAM) that can be used by processes for the Vulkan system heap. This will allow more games/apps to work with the…
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Lite 7.0 On Old Computers
This lightweight Linux distro is the easiest way to revive your old computer. If you want to breathe life back into a slow or aging computer, Linux Lite 7.0 is a lightweight (and easy to install) distribution I highly recommend. My friend recently wanted to bring an old laptop back to life. Her aging Intel…
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AMD Ryzen beats Intel Lunar Lake
AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Dominates Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake Performance For Linux Developers & Creators! Written by Michael Larabel Earlier this week I delivered initial Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics benchmarks on Linux while today the focus is on Lunar Lake’s CPU performance. The Xe2 graphics performance under Linux was disappointingly slow…
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Checking NVMe SSD Temps
This simple tutorial shows how you can check the temperature of your NVMe SSD on Linux using both terminal and GUI methods. Recently, NVMe, short for Non-Volatile Memory Express drives, has become the go-to storage option for modern desktops. Unlike traditional hard drives, NVMe drives are significantly faster, allowing for quicker boot times, faster file…
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Making a Linux-managed Network Switch
Sometimes the custom 5-port gigabit switch_is_the solution. Network switches are simple devices, packets go in, packets go out. Luckily people have figured out how to make it complicated instead and invented managed switches. Usually this is done by adding a web-interface for configuring the settings and see things like port status. If you have more…
