HackadayMar 7

Remotely Unlocking an Encrypted Hard Disk

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/06/remotely-unlocking-an-encrypted-hard-disk/

13Mar 7
Remotely Unlocking an Encrypted Hard Disk https://hackaday.com/2026/03/06/remotely-unlocking-an-encrypted-hard-disk/
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Remotely Unlocking An Encrypted Hard Disk

Can you remotely unlock an encrypted hard disk? [Jyn] needed to unlock their home server after it rebooted even if they weren’t home. Normally, they used Tailscale to remote in, but you can&#…

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13Mar 6
Linux Hotplug Events Explained https://hackaday.com/2026/03/06/linux-hotplug-events-explained/
#LinuxHacks #SoftwareHacks #Hotplug #Linux #Usb
Linux Hotplug Events Explained

There was a time when Linux was much simpler. You’d load a driver, it would find your device at boot up, or it wouldn’t. That was it. Now, though, people plug and unplug USB devices all…

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HackadayMar 4

Linux Fu: The USB WiFi Dongle Exercise

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/linux-fu-the-usb-wifi-dongle-exercise/

13Mar 4
Linux Fu: The USB WiFi Dongle Exercise https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/linux-fu-the-usb-wifi-dongle-exercise/
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Linux Fu: The USB WiFi Dongle Exercise

If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots o…

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13Feb 6
Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in a Bash Script https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/full-blown-cross-assembler-in-a-bash-script/
#LinuxHacks #SoftwareHacks #Assemblylanguage #Bashscript #Bourneshell
Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in A Bash Script

Have you ever dreamed of making a bash script that assembles Intel 8080 machine code? [Chris Smith] did exactly that when he created xa.sh, a cross-assembler written entirely in Bourne shell script…

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HackadayFeb 3

KDE Binds Itself Tightly to Systemd, Drops Support for Non-Systemd Systems

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/

13Feb 3
KDE Binds Itself Tightly to Systemd, Drops Support for Non-Systemd Systems https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/
#LinuxHacks #Kde #Systemd
KDE Binds Itself Tightly To Systemd, Drops Support For Non-Systemd Systems

The KDE desktop’s new login manager (PLM) in the upcoming Plasma 6.6 will mark the first time that KDE requires that the underlying OS uses systemd, if one wishes for the full KDE experience.…

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13Feb 2
CPU Scheduler Divines The Will Of The Heavens https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/cpu-scheduler-divines-the-will-of-the-heavens/
#LinuxHacks #Astrology #CPUscheduler #Linux
CPU Scheduler Divines The Will Of The Heavens

Horoscopes are a great way to pass a boring lunchbreak, and an excellent excuse for ending a ill-considered relationship. They’re also a hilarious way to handle CPU scheduling under Linux, th…

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HackadayJan 31

Surviving the RAM Price Squeeze With Linux In-Kernel Memory Compression

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/31/surviving-the-ram-price-squeeze-with-linux-in-kernel-memory-compression/