Before I jump into today's #Hackster round-up, it was the second Tuesday of the month yesterday - which means a new El Correo Libre, my monthly newsletter for the FOSSi Foundation, went up.

It's here, if you're at all interested in the happenings in the world of free and open-source silicon and the like. And it's still here even if you're not.

https://fossi-foundation.org/blog/2026-04-14-ecl96

#Technology #News #OpenHardware #OpenSource

El Correo Libre Issue 96

El Correo Libre Newsletter, Issue 96

Over on #Hackster, meanwhile, there's the news that #RasperryPi OS is moving to requiring password authentication for each use of sudo.

Which means a *lot* of tutorials are going to need an extra step adding!

https://www.hackster.io/news/raspberry-pi-os-makes-a-shift-away-from-passwordless-sudo-to-boost-security-da93f085e3e6

#Technology #News #Hackster #Security

Raspberry Pi OS Makes a Shift Away From Passwordless sudo to Boost Security

Elevated privileges will now come with the need to enter your password, Raspberry Pi's Simon Long explains.

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Exciting news from @mntmn next, as the MNT Station prepares for launch: an open-hardware chassis to adapt the open-hardware MNT Reform motherboards from the open-hardware MNT Reform laptop family for use as ultra-slim open-hardware desktops.

Did I mention it's #OpenHardware?

(I really need to get new batteries for my MNT Reform at some point - it ate the last lot...)

https://www.hackster.io/news/mnt-research-brings-the-open-hardware-reform-to-a-whole-new-form-factor-ultra-slim-desktops-684c929502ed

#Technology #News #Hackster #Crowdfunding

MNT Research Brings the Open-Hardware Reform to a Whole New Form Factor: Ultra-Slim Desktops

Upcoming MNT Station puts any 2.0-or-up MNT Reform Motherboard into a slim, CNC-milled housing for desktop use.

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I feel like I've written about a lot of Doom ports, recently, but I couldn't resist this one: Doom... on a toaster.

An actual, literal toaster.

That, for some reason, has a single-board computer and full-colour touchscreen in it. Not a mod, I mean straight from the factory. Yeah.

Oh, and if you take too long to finish a level your toast burns.

https://www.hackster.io/news/aaron-christophel-ports-doom-to-a-toaster-and-you-d-better-play-well-if-you-want-unburnt-toast-0c86450ea80c

#Technology #News #Hackster #Makers #Doom

Aaron Christophel Ports Doom to a Toaster — And You'd Better Play Well if You Want Unburnt Toast

Finish the level quickly, or you'll be able to smell the hellfire — or, rather, your toast going up in smoke.

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Finally, Lime Microsystems - for whom I write the monthly MyriadRF newsletter, for full disclosure - has launched a new entry in the LimeSDR family of software-defined radios: the LimeSDR Micro.

No FPGA on-board, this time, but an NXP baseband processor with neato vector accelerator instead.

https://www.hackster.io/news/lime-microsystems-unveils-the-limesdr-micro-an-m-2-expandable-sdr-with-vector-accelerator-9c1ef3823d9f

#Technology #News #SDR #Radio #Hackster #Crowdfunding

Lime Microsystems Unveils the LimeSDR Micro, an M.2 Expandable SDR with Vector Accelerator

First FPGA-free LimeSDR is crowdfunding now, with an NXP baseband processor offering the ability to accelerate vector DSP work on-device.

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As always, those stories are also available ad- and tracker-free via the #GeminiProtocol.

Raspberry Pi OS sudo changes:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260415-sudo.gmi

The MNT Station open-hardware PC:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260415-mnt.gmi

Doom on a toaster(!):
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260415-toast.gmi

And the LimeSDR Micro M.2 board:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260415-lms.gmi