The Keyboardio Model 01: Six Months After
One trouble with software and hardware reviews is that they are usually based on a few days of testing. If any long term…
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In Open Hardware, “Free as in Beer” Matters
Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, is famously fond of distinguishing between “free as in freedom” and “free as…
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Nine Plugins for the Keyboardio Programmable Keyboard
Once I reposition a few keys, what else could I want from a re-programmable keyboard? Not much, I used to think. Then I…
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Keyboardio Hits a High Point in Open Hardware
My expectations for Keyboardio’s Model 01 were high. I pre-ordered the keyboard during its 2015 crowdfunding campaign, and waited for over two years with…
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Purism and Its Critics
Purism, the company that has delivered free laptops, is now hoping to do the same for phones. As I write, the fundraising campaign…
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Using Solid State Drives on Linux
If your computer doesn’t already include a solid state drive (SSD), the odds are that it soon will. In less than a decade,…
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Video: Installing Coreboot — HOWTO & WHYTO
That the UEFI firmware should die in a fire and that its instigators for its adoption should hang their collective heads in shame…
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How the Raspberry Pi-based Pi-Top Laptop Computer came to be, as told by its creators
First came the Raspberry Pi, the single board computer the size of a wallet. Now, after a year of anticipation, the do-it-yourself community…
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3 Days of Networking Troubleshooting – Day 1: Hardware, Modules and the Network Subsystem
Most Linux distros today will automatically configure your network as soon as you boot. Indeed, most will set up networking for you as…
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Freedom in a Box: What to look for in a Truly Free Laptop
If you like your computers with an extra dash of Freedom, Libiquity and Ministry of Freedom have something you may be interested in.…
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CLI Quickies (II): Fiddling with Sound
The same way you can use the GNU/Linux command line to troubleshoot the brightness of your laptop backlight, it is also possible to…
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Fixing the Throwaway Society
A new breed of makers – the fixers, is subverting the status quo by doing something that not so long ago was so…
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