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Open Hardware/Modding: GNU/Linux Handheld, 3D Printering, Home Assistant 2025.12, and More
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It's FOSS ☛ Reddit Strangers Built an Open Source GNU/Linux Handheld, And They Want Your Help
A fully modular development tool that you can build, modify, and extend yourself.
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Hackaday ☛ 3D Printering: That New Color Printer
Color 3D printing has gone mainstream, and we expect more than one hacker will be unpacking one over the holidays. If you have, say, a color inkjet printer, the process is simple: print. Sure, maybe make sure you tick the “color” box, but that’s about it. However, 3D printers are a bit more complicated.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Enthusiast modder creates the smallest-ever PlayStation using genuine chips for console's 31st anniversary — redesigned PCB is less than a quarter size of the already dinky PS One revision
An enthusiast has managed to shrink an already dinky PS One motherboard down to a quarter of its size. Working prototype uses all original ICs.
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LWN ☛ Home Assistant 2025.12 released
Version
2025.12 of the Home Assistant home-automation system has been released.
This month, we're unveiling Home Assistant Labs, a brand-new space
where you can preview features before they go mainstream. And what
better way to kick it off than with Winter mode? ❄️ Enable it and
watch snowflakes drift across your dashboard. It's completely
unnecessary, utterly delightful, and exactly the kind of thing we
love to build. ❄️