Linux
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13Making USB devices - end to end guide to your first gadget
Modern Linux tools
up - the Ultimate Plumber (a tool for writing Linux pipes in a terminal-based UI interactively, with instant live preview of command results)
Debian 13 is out: https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250809
I've been using Debian as my main OS both on servers and desktops for over 20 years now. It's one of the very rare things in this world that has stayed consistently good throughout all those years.
I'm using this shell shortcut a lot - you can use Alt+. to insert the last argument from your previous command into the command you're currently typing.
"It is the opinion of the Board that Large Language Models (LLMs), herein referred to as Slop Generators, are unsuitable for use as software engineering tools, particularly in the Free and Open Source Software movement."
dwl - dwm for Wayland
A hackable (~3200 line single .c file implementation) compositor for Wayland based on wlroots.
What to expect from Debian/trixie
Debian v13 with codename trixie is scheduled to be published as new stable release on 9th of August 2025.
https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2025/07/20/what-to-expect-from-debian-trixie-newintrixie/
If you own a computing device outright, you should be able to make any level of software modification you desire. hardware manufacturers should not be allowed to absolutely restrict distribution of software to their own channels under the guise of safety.