In the early 1990s, Don’t Copy That Floppy was an anti-piracy campaign that attempted to connect with computer-savvy youth through the power of hip-hop. While somewhat difficult to imagine given …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/)

The Atari Jaguar Runs Linux
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/the-atari-jaguar-runs-linux/

Among the many forgotten might-have-beens of the games console world, the Atari Jaguar occupies a special place. It was the final gasp of Atari Corporation, the Jack Tramiel-era incarnation of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/the-atari-jaguar-runs-linux/)

ESP32 Keeps Tabs on Your Local Airspace
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/esp32-keeps-tabs-on-your-local-airspace/

We know, we know. Despite being called ESP32-Plane-Radar, this project from [Mateusz Juszczyk] isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round LCD this desktop gadget does a fantastic job …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/esp32-keeps-tabs-on-your-local-airspace/)

This DIY Time Server is More Accurate Than You Need
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/this-diy-time-server-is-more-accurate-than-you-need/

You almost certainly don’t have an application for the sort of accurate timekeeping that’s made possible by this enhanced version of [Cristiano Monteiro]’s satellite-backed time server. By his own admission, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/this-diy-time-server-is-more-accurate-than-you-need/)

Linux Fu: The Local Phonebook
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/linux-fu-the-local-phonebook/

I’ll admit it: I miss the simplicity of /etc/hosts. There was something elegant about it. You wanted laserprinter to mean 192.168.1.40, so you opened a text file and wrote: 192.168.1.40 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/linux-fu-the-local-phonebook/)

Hacking Amazon Echo Show 8 3rd Gen via UART and eMMC
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/hacking-amazon-echo-show-8-3rd-gen-via-uart-and-emmc/

Even with Amazon’s Echo Show devices running Linux in the form of the Android-derived FireOS, using them for non-Amazon approved purposes can be a chore at best. In the case …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/hacking-amazon-echo-show-8-3rd-gen-via-uart-and-emmc/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 874: Really, We Do PDFs
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/floss-weekly-episode-874-really-we-do-pdfs/

This week Jonathan chats with Andrea Gallo about RISC-V! What does it mean for RISC-V to be an Open ISA? Where is RISC-V popping up, and what’s the new frontier? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/floss-weekly-episode-874-really-we-do-pdfs/)