GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 17, 2025

• GNU/Linux

  • Kernel Space

    • Linux Magazine ☛ USB4 Maintainer Leaves Intel

      Michael Jamet, one of the primary maintainers of USB4 and Thunderbolt drivers, has left Intel, leaving a gaping hole for the Linux community to deal with.

    • Linuxiac ☛ Linus Torvalds Tinkers with GuitarPedal

      Even though the GuitarPedal repo is just an experiment, it comes from the GNU/Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, so it’s already creating buzz among open-source fans.

  • Games

    • It's FOSS ☛ Godot 4.5 Release Brings Accessibility Features, Shader Baker, and Stencil Buffer Support

      A fresh Godot for you to go through.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • SUSE/OpenSUSE

    • My First Linux: S.u.S.E. GNU/Linux 5.1

      Visiting my parents before going to Akademy I found the manual of my first GNU/Linux distribution ever: S.u.S.E. GNU/Linux 5.1 from 1997.

      Given my first PC was some Pentium 100 with 16 MB of main memory and backdoored Windows 95, that was my first dive into open source software.

      Seems I went in less than 2 years from starting on backdoored Windows to at least trying out Linux.

  • Canonical/Ubuntu Family

    • Linux Links ☛ Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Waydroid battery life

      Waydroid is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on Ubuntu Touch running Wayland based desktop environments.

  • Hardware/Modding

    • HiR ☛ Build your home-lab SIEM with Wazuh

      To land that SOC role, you need SIEM experience. How do you get it without the infosec job? Wazuh is an open-source SIEM you can set up in minutes. It has some surprisingly huge production deployments, so it's not just a toy for the home lab. I've been using Wazuh and it's predecessor, OSSec, at home for close to twenty years, but I recently rebuilt my home lab security monitoring stack.

    • CNX Software ☛ MeLE Cyber X1 is a fanless defective chip maker Intel N150 Mini PC with a cleverly designed plastic heatsink

      MeLE Cyber X1 is an defective chip maker Intel Processor N100 fanless mini PC relying on a plastic heatsink made of many spikes for cooling instead of a more traditional metal enclosure with fins. Other features include 16GB LPDDR5 memory, an M.2 2280 NVMe or SATA socket fitted with a 512GB NVMe SSD, support for three 4K monitors through HDMI and USB-C ports, an audio jack, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 5,  and four USB ports for expansion.

    • CNX Software ☛ SONOFF Dongle Max (Dongle-M) – A PoE-based Zigbee/Thread gateway with ESP32 and MG24 chips

      As expected, SONOFF has now launched the Dongle Max (also known as Dongle-M) Zigbee coordinator and Thread Border Router with Ethernet, WiFi, and USB connectivity. The company also highlights PoE or USB power supply options, web console access, and support for advanced features such as Webhooks, MQTT, WireGuard VPN, and Turbo mode.