Finally migrated away from UEVENT_HELPER to netlink-based solution on my #Linux boards.

"... should not be used today, because usual systems create many events at bootup or device discovery in a very short time frame. One forked process per event can create so many processes that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup."

That text was from 2010 but it took till 2025 until my 32 MB #ARM systems failed.

#LowEnd #Computing

@cleantext Speaking of #Netbooks, I do have an #EeePC701-4G in my possession and I'm working on an #minimalist , #TUI / #CLI-only #Linux distro ( @OS1337 ) for it and other, #LowEnd / #LowSpec / #legacy / #vintage hardware like the original #RaspberryPi & #Pi0W...

Personally I wished for like a #LowPower #minimalist #laptop woth like a #Pi0W2 or similar #LowEnd #SBC in it, and just basic expansion and I/O (HDMI splitter, Ethernet with PoE (for charging), USB-C PD for charging, USB 2.0, Webcam, Keyboard with Trackpoint, SSD and a case chug-full with two toolfree-swappable battery units at a price point of the original @pine64 / #Pine64 #Pinebook...

  • Like a chubgus that has a #SolarPanel at the top lid as option and can run like 3 days nonstop on full blast...

a kind internet friend i've just made recently have made this smol website for me, a typosquatted to my main domain name and i love it.

https://nigalee.dev as my domain is nghialele.dev 😆 i had a good laugh at it, and bro just hand over the sourcecode & domain so now i host on my vm.

fun things, cool people, lovely community!

#lowendtalk #let #matrix #fediverse #lowend

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✅ Success! Fell asleep during install… woke up to BashCore Injector fully deployed on:
💻 Acer Aspire One D160 (2009) – #Atom 450, 2GB RAM

Everything works, no errors.
If it runs here, it runs anywhere 👌
Tested earlier on #VirtualBox, but this was the real #proofofconcept 🔥

#bashcore #ubuntu #lowend #pentesting #cli #linux #bashcoreinjector #opensource #oldhardware

Testing #BashCore #Injector on the worst laptop alive:
💻 Acer Aspire One D160 (2009) – Atom 450, 2GB RAM.

Ubuntu Server + Injector = full CLI pentesting kit:
🔎 #nmap #amass #dirb
💥 #hydra #sqlmap #metasploit
🕸️ #tshark #proxychains4 #tor
🛠️ #vim #curl #python3 #R + more.

Let’s see if this relic can still hack it 🤟🤞

#bashcore #ubuntu #lowend #pentesting #linux #cli #bashcoreinjector

#USB flash sticks have been around maybe 3 decades. Why they are still so poor technology?

I made a 3 day random access write test with a brand new Kingston/Phison stick.

Good news: it worked reliably on USB 2 port.

Bad news: average throughput was maybe 100 KB/s. USB 3 would be faster but it cannot sustain random I/O very long, instead the device disconnects almost immediately for whatever reason. Reading or sequential write works OK.

What a piece of crap.

#Computing #LowEnd

#Linux annoyances: #LightDM hardcodes spammy .xsession-errors log file location into user's $HOME and there is no way to workaround it other than patching the program itself. Very annoying on a #lowend #Pi.

Multiple bug reports and patches proposing a trivial fix proposed since over a decade:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1001035
https://github.com/canonical/lightdm/issues/95
https://github.com/canonical/lightdm/pull/287
https://github.com/canonical/lightdm/pull/335

etc.

Developers, please don't mess with my $HOME.

#GUI #Usability #Rant

Bug #1001035 “lightdm uses a hardcoded path to .xsession-errors,...” : Bugs : lightdm package : Ubuntu

LightDM uses always $HOME/.xsession-errors as the log file because is harcoded in xsession.c. But sometimes you want to use a logfile outside your $HOME, suposse your $HOME is in an SSD and you want to minimize writes, so you want to put it in /tmp/${USER}_xsession-errors for example. If you try to make a $HOME/.xsession_errors -> /tmp/{$USER}_xsession-errors symlink to cheat LightDM, then LightDM will recreate the $HOME/.xsession_errors file and the hack will not work. LightDM _always_ rec...

Launchpad

You’ve heard it here before Harvard Business Review noticed:

@asymco & Judd diving deep into iPhone disrupting surgery navigation. With Dr. John Dorman and his Boltnav. On #asymetric, using #jtbd #Clay, #lowend and much more from the #disruption theory playbook. Next: Apple Vision Pro.

Delightful and inspiring! https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/asymetric/id1565557473?i=1000701232530

Dr. John Dorman

Podcast Episode · Asymetric · 28/03/2025 · Asymco U Only · 44m

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