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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3 Free 3D Printers Compared
If you’re thinking of getting a 3D printer, check out the three machines we look at below. They are all good for end…
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A LED at the End of the Tunnel
What does it take to turn a group of initially indifferent adults into open hardware enthusiasts? Turns out not that much. A blinking…
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A Very Open Xmas! – Part I: Hardware
Yes, ’tis time to drink, dance and go shopping. To satisfy the compulsive Christmas shopper we all carry within ourselves, we’ll be running…
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Age of Makers
The late 70s and early 80s were arguably the golden age of computer nerdiness. This was an age of innovation and invention: the…
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Is Haswell the beginning of PC’s counter-attack?
A bit of bakground Let’s turn back the clock to simpler times, when there were laptops and BlackBerries, most PC OEMs were making a…
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