Category: General

60 Must-Have Free and Open-Source Linux Tools for 2026

The post 60 Must-Have Free and Open-Source Linux Tools for 2026 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides . It’s time once again to...

Repairing Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases

Using UV resin as glue for new case clips. (Credit: More Fun Making It, YouTube) As computers like the venerable breadbox Commodore 64 age, their plastic...

Planetary Alignment

NASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station

NASA officials said Thursday they have decided to bring home four of the seven crew members on the International Space Station after one of them experienced...

Ubuntu’s New ARM Steam Snap is Available for Testing

Canonical’s ARM64 Steam Snap brings x86 gaming to Ubuntu ARM systems via FEX emulation. Early testing shows 200+ FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. You can help test...

Russell Coker: LEAF ZE1 After 6 Months

About 6 months ago I got a Nissan LEAF ZE1 (2019 model) [1]. Generally it’s going well and I’m happy with most things about it. One...

ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, per Testimony

Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by...

The Staggering Complexity and Subtlety of Concurrency

If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write code. And if you write code eventually you’re gonna have to deal with concurrency....

Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX

Canonical is making it easier for ARM64 Ubuntu users like those on the NVIDIA DGX Spark to do a bit of gaming with Steam. Canonical engineers...

Xbox’s Towerborne is switching from a free-to-play game to a paid one

Towerborne, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of...

M8SBC-86 is an FPGA-Based “Kinda PC Compatible” 486

Given the technical specs of the FPGAs available to hobbyists these days, it really shouldn’t be a shock that you can implement a 486 core on...

Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 310 released

The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 310. This version includes the following changes: [ Chris Lamb ] * Reference the...