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' data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LinuxMarketing.jpg?w=800">One of the great things of Linux as an ecosystem is that there is so much choice. Yet this is also its greatest weakness, as unlike on MacOS and Windows …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/12/the-agony-of-packaging-linux-apps/)

Your Laptop Keyboard, On Another Device
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It’s likely many of us have been in the position of first set-up on a machine such as a Raspberry Pi, and had keyboard problems. Either no spare keyboard is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/12/your-laptop-keyboard-on-another-device/)

Have Scientists Stuck the Landing on the Glueball Discovery?
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Exciting discoveries in particle physics are one of those things that it can be easy to get blase about. Some people get caught up in the obvious excitement, while others …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/12/have-scientists-stuck-the-landing-on-the-glueball-discovery/)

Smart Clock Helps With Medication Management
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There are all kinds of smart devices on the market these days, but if you want one to solve a particular personal problem, sometimes it’s easiest to just build your …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/12/smart-clock-helps-with-medication-management/)

The Chernobyl NPP and Forty Years of Robots for High Radiation Environments
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/the-chernobyl-npp-and-forty-years-of-robots-for-high-radiation-environments/

With the massive steam explosion that shredded the #4 RBMK reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 it suddenly made robots that could survive a high ionizing radiation …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/the-chernobyl-npp-and-forty-years-of-robots-for-high-radiation-environments/)

Hacking Fiber To The Home
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When we think about security threats, we generally imagine them coming from far away across the wider internet. But what if the connection between you and your ISP was the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/hacking-fiber-to-the-home/)

Bladerunners and the Mother of Invention
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There are plenty of stories about inventors who see a problem and decide they can do better. But Van Phillips had a little more motivation than most. The problem was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/bladerunners-and-the-mother-of-invention/)