Operating Systems and Hardware Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 16, 2025

• Audiocasts/Shows

  • GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU World Order 603

    **nethack** from the **y** software set of Slackware Linux.

    Also, this is the final episode of the show. Thanks for a decade of support

    and friendship.

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• Games

  • Forbes ☛ New Steam Deck Update Gives Millions Of Users Improved Battery Life

    3 years in, Valve continues to improve the Steam Deck user experience with meaningful software updates. And the BEST update is one that improves battery life.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Arca Noae ☛ Server status update for February 14, 2025

    Currently, email and our bug tracker are experiencing considerable traffic load. This includes subscription renewal notifications, new ISO download notifications, as well as incoming contact submissions from our contact page. We are working to mitigate the flow of non-legitimate traffic, and will post an update when the matter has been resolved.

  • Debian Family

    • Freexian Collaborators: Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, January 2025 (by Roberto C. Sánchez)

  • Open Hardware/Modding

    • CNX Software ☛ ODROID-H3 and H4 SBCs get NetCard 3 card with four 5Gbps Ethernet ports

      Hardkernl NetCard 3 is an expansion card with four 5Gbps Ethernet ports designed for the ODROID-H3 and ODROID-H4 SBCs and adding to the two 2.5GbE ports on the defective chip maker Intel Jasper Lake and Alder Lake-N single board computers. It follows the H2 Net Card with four 2.5GbE ports introduced in 2021 for the ODROID-H2, and tested by Ian with the ODROID-H3+ SBC in 2023.

    • Hackaday ☛ Octet Of ESP32s Lets You See WiFi Like Never Before

      Most of us see the world in a very narrow band of the EM spectrum. Sure, there are people with a genetic quirk that extends the range a bit into the UV, but it’s a ROYGBIV world for most of us. Unless, of course, you have something like this ESP32 antenna array, which gives you an augmented reality view of the WiFi world.

    • Hackaday ☛ Valentine’s Day…Hacks?

      How do you reconcile your love for hacking projects together with your love for that someone special? By making him or her a DIY masterpiece of blinking red LEDs, but in heart shape. Maybe with some custom animations, and in a nice frame with a capacitive touch sensor to turn it on or off.