Hackaday (unofficial) June 19, 2024 3:00pm Linux Fu: Kernel Modules Have Privileges #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #linux #linuxkernelmodules #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Kernel Modules Have Privileges I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a feature that the default kernel did…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 4, 2024 7:00pm Tunneling TCP By File Server #linuxhacks #networkhacks #securityhacks #firewall #tcpip #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Tunneling TCP By File Server You want to pass TCP traffic from one computer to another, but there’s a doggone firewall in the way. Can they both see a shared file? Turns out, that’s all you need. Well, that and som…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 22, 2024 7:00pm Amber Compiles to Bash #linuxhacks #softwaredevelopment #bash #bashscript #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Amber Compiles To Bash It certainly isn’t a new idea to compile a language into an intermediate language. The original C++ compiler outputs C code, for example. Enhanced versions of Fortran were often just conversi…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 21, 2024 6:00pm Linux Fu: The Root Cause #linuxhacks #linux #sudo #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: The Root Cause There was a time when real system administrators just logged into Unix systems as root. But as we all know — with great power comes great responsibility. It’s too easy to do terrible th…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 5, 2024 9:00pm This Windows Installer Installs Linux #linuxhacks #softwarehacks #linux #osinstall #windows #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 This Windows Installer Installs Linux It may be a very long time since some readers have installed a copy of Windows, but it appears at one point during the installation there’s a step that asks you which OS version you would lik…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 16, 2024 3:00pm Linux Fu: Stupid Systemd Tricks #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #linux #systemd #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Stupid Systemd Tricks Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of systemd. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that now. Otherwise, p…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 11, 2024 3:00pm Linux Fu: Getting Started with Systemd #linuxhacks #linux #systemd #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Getting Started With Systemd I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than the tricks. So this Linu…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 29, 2024 3:00am Is Your Mental Model of Bash Pipelines Wrong? #linuxhacks #softwaredevelopment #bash #executiontime #pipeline #zig #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Is Your Mental Model Of Bash Pipelines Wrong? [Michael Lynch] encountered a strange situation. Why was compiling then running his program nearly 10x faster than just running the program by itself? [Michael] ran into this issue while benchmarki…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 3, 2024 7:00pm Bring Linux To CH32V003 Through, Yes, RISC-V Emulation #linuxhacks #microcontrollers #ch32v003 #embeddedlinux #gnulinux #psram #riscv #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Bring Linux To CH32V003 Through, Yes, RISC-V Emulation Like playing around with Linux on low-power devices? You’d be hard pressed to find a better example than the [tvlad1234]’s linux-ch32v003 project. It’s not just a one-off — …
Hackaday (unofficial) February 25, 2024 10:00am What is x86-64-v3? #computerhacks #linuxhacks #linux #x86_64 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 What Is X86-64-v3? You may have heard Linux pundits discussing x86-64-v3. Can recompiling Linux code to use this bring benefits? To answer that question, you probably need to know what x86-64-v3 is, and [Gary Explain…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 19, 2024 8:00pm Steampipe: All SQL All the Time #linuxhacks #networkhacks #softwarehacks #linux #sql #sqlite #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Steampipe: All SQL All The Time Although modern Linux has slightly shifted, the old Unix mantra was: everything’s a file. With Steampipe, a better saying might be: everything’s a SQL table. The official tagline is …
Hackaday (unofficial) February 19, 2024 6:02pm Linux Fu: Forward to the Past! #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #retrocomputing #altair #cpm #linux #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Forward To The Past! Ok, so the title isn’t as catchy as “Back to the Future,” but my guess is a lot of people who are advanced Linux users have — at least — a slight interest in retrocomp…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 15, 2024 7:00pm Linux Fu: Curling C #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #curl #linuxfu #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Curling C Sometimes, it pays to read the man pages of commands you use often. There might be a gem hidden in there that you don’t know about. Case in point: I’ve used curl (technically, cURL, but…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 17, 2024 7:00pm Linux Fu: Where’s That Darn File? #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #filesearch #indexing #linux #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Where’s That Darn File? Disk storage has exploded in the last 40 years. These days, even a terabyte drive is considered small. There is one downside, though. The more stuff you have, the harder it is to find it. Linux pro…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 11, 2024 7:00pm Linux Fu: Name That Tune #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #musicalhacks #raspberrypi #shazam #songrecognition #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Name That Tune If you aren’t old enough to remember, the title of this post refers to an old game show where contestants would try to name a tune using the fewest possible notes. What can we say? Entertainm…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 31, 2023 7:00pm Welcome To The Year Of The Diagonal Linux Desktop #linuxhacks #linux #xorg #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Welcome To The Year Of The Diagonal Linux Desktop Sometimes you come across one of those ideas that at first appear to have to be some kind of elaborate joke, but as you dig deeper into it, it begins to make a disturbing kind of sense. This is whe…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 29, 2023 10:00pm Gentoo Linux, Now A Bit Less For The 1337 #linuxhacks #news #binary #gentoo #linux #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Gentoo Linux, Now A Bit Less For The 1337 Among users of Linux distributions there’s a curious one-upmanship, depending on how esoteric or hardcore your distro is. Ubuntu users have little shame, while at the other end if you follow…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 28, 2023 7:00pm Linux Fu: Preprocessing Beyond Code #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #linux #m4 #preprocessor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Linux Fu: Preprocessing Beyond Code If you glanced at the title and thought, “I don’t care — I don’t write C code,” then hang on a minute. While it is true that C has a preprocessor and you can notorious…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 27, 2023 10:00pm Modern Control of a Logic Analyzer #linuxhacks #toolhacks #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Modern Control Of A Logic Analyzer When you think of a logic analyzer today, you might think of a little USB probe that can measure a few signals and decoding for various serial buses. But actual logic analyzers were high-speed mult…
Andro Abhi November 22, 2023 7:20pm Linux Fu: Easy Kernel Debugging #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #kernel #linux #hackaday -- Delivered by RssEverything service https://hackaday.com/2023/11/22/linux-fu-easy-kernel-debugging