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Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Framework Desktop, and More
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Raspberry Pi ☛ 2025 highlights from the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre
Explore 2025 highlights from the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre’s projects and findings.
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Ruben Schade ☛ Hatsune Miku hanging out on an old CD-ROM
This throwaway post has become the second-most popular thing I’ve ever posted on Mastodon, with hundreds of boosts and favourites. I’m unreasonably happy! No really, this is one of the best Xmas presents I’ve ever received. It’s heartening to know there are retrocomputer weebs out there, not just me.
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Boiling Steam ☛ Framework Desktop: How to Expand your Unified Memory For LLM Use
If you own a Framework Desktop, or think about owning one (check our review!), this post may be useful to help you get the most out of your gear. If you are considering the Framework Desktop to run Large Language Models (LLMs) at home (which is an excellent choice, especially if you use Mixture of Experts models), you want top get the 128 GB RAM model. And after that, you certainly want to maximize the memory available to host such models.
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Arduino ☛ Interacting in 2D and 3D with SpatialMouse
When doing general computing, you probably use a conventional mouse or trackpad. Then if you want to work in 3D, such as when using a VR headset, you need to switch to motion-tracking controllers dedicated to spatial tasks. That switch represents inefficiency and an extra cost. SpatialMouse is a single device that performs both functions.
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Ali Reza Hayati ☛ Using E-Ink tablet as monitor for Linux
Yesterday, I was writing and doing research about software licenses. I read through heaps and walls of legal text and different licenses, taking notes and making sense of them. After about fourteen hours of this, I felt like my eyes were ready to quit. I thought it would be really nice if I could use my old Android E-ink tablet as a display for reading and writing text, with much less strain on the eyes. I got it to work and I'm going to document it here so both the future me remembers, and maybe you find it useful and your eyes thank you.