Summary of the week of May 12, 2025

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3D graphics on the console

Someone has created a small program in Rust that can render 3D graphics on the Linux console. There is a list of compatible terminals, although any one with 24-bit color support should work.

Homemade PCB manufacturing with laser

Someone has published a guide to building a PCB manufacturing tool with a laser that can engrave tracks of about 3 um. The total cost of the invention is 200€.

Managing Ryzen machines from Linux

Someone has created a tool that allows you to manage the different configurations of Ryzen platforms on Linux. It has an interface with which you can monitor temperatures and configure fans among other things.

New security flaw in Intel

A new security flaw has been discovered that affects Intel processors and is capable of bypassing the patch for Spectre v2. Once again, it takes advantage of a flaw in the jump predictor with which an attacker can obtain sensitive data.

A USB stick with 49 distros

Someone has created an image to create a USB drive that contains 49 Linux distributions. The list is navigated from a screen that mimics a CRT monitor and the distros are divided into categories.

Security flaws in Screen

A series of security flaws have been discovered in the popular Screen tool. One of them makes it possible for a user without privileges to write files as if they were root.

Core i5-11600K

Someone has brought us a Core i5-11600K. It comes with 6 Rocket Lake cores that can reach 4.9GHz and with a TDP of no less than 125W, it fails to enter the top 100.