Sick of Wayland vs. Xorg? How about GEM?
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/sick-of-wayland-vs-xorg-how-about-gem/

Between lawsuits from Apple, and Microsoft being Microsoft, Digital Research’s GEM desktop for DOS never really had a chance. It did have another life on Atari home computers, but it’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/sick-of-wayland-vs-xorg-how-about-gem/)

Decoding the NEC V20 Microcode ROM
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/decoding-the-nec-v20-microcode-rom/

The NEC V20 is an Intel 8088-compatible processor that features the same use of microcode, though with its own characteristics. This makes it important to use this same microcode if …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/decoding-the-nec-v20-microcode-rom/)

Hunting the Wild Vibrotruck
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/hunting-the-wild-vibrotruck/

A few weeks ago, my wife was out walking the dog, and she sent me four or five photos of small orange boxes planted all around our neighborhood. (OK, I’ll …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/hunting-the-wild-vibrotruck/)

It’s GNU Radio Companion, But in the Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/its-gnu-radio-companion-but-in-the-browser/

The progression of the web browser from a tool for simple static information browsing into a do-everything computing environment has been inexorable, with package after package making the jump. Today …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/its-gnu-radio-companion-but-in-the-browser/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 881: Eating Its Own Tail
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/floss-weekly-episode-881-eating-its-own-tail/

This week Jonathan chats with Olivier Vernin of Updatecli, the tool that helps you update everything! Need to roll out dependency updates intelligently? Or even automatically deploy to a server …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/floss-weekly-episode-881-eating-its-own-tail/)

Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/

The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/)

Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/