Why not bite the bullet and do a libc6-rs?
Posts by jj_0
22 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Jul 2009
Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows
Security? We've heard of it: How Microsoft plans to better defend Windows
Busybox 1.37 is tiny but capable, the way we like Linux tools to be
OneFileLinux: A tiny recovery distro that fits snugly in your EFI system partition
To crew, or not to crew – that is the question facing Boeing's stricken Starliner
PLACEHOLDER ONLY Someone please write witty headline here
Dump C++ and in Rust you should trust, Five Eyes agencies urge
The years were worth the wait. JWST gives us an amazing view of Neptune's rings
Wi-Fi not working? It's time to consult the lovely people on those fine Linux forums
The silence of the racks is deafening, production gear has gone dark – so which wire do we cut?
You rang? Windows 10 gets ever cosier with Android, unleashes Calls on Insiders
How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband
Python joins movement to dump 'offensive' master, slave terms
The age of hard drives is over as Samsung cranks out consumer QLC SSDs
Rejecting Sonos' private data slurp basically bricks bloke's boombox
Logitech Squeezecenter
Is sufficiently Sonos-like (has synchronisation, does Spotify, Internet radio, local music collection). The server software (runs on various NAS, Pi & alikes etc) is still mainatined. The player devices need to be sourced on eBay though (Squuezebox Radio, Boom, Player) or 'handbuilt' form Pi/alikes + DAC + speakers.
Commodore 64 makes a half-sized comeback

Not crowdfunded?
Actually this was crowdfunded at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the64-computer-and-games-console.
It followed the usual path of delays, changes, dissapoointments, lack of updates from which they've now seem to have recovered (this actually needs a Phoenix rising from the ashes icon).
The original indiegogo products are still delayed but at least they have promised that original backers will receive the C64 mini.
50 years on, the Soviet-era Soyuz rocket is still our favorite space truck
'Every step your anti-theft tracker takes – I'll be watching you'
Chromecast gains wired Ethernet dongle
Google Android Market fee favours big brands
Android malware attacks show perils of Google openness
Samsung smartphone keyboard takes wing
3 hands?
We've all managed to use a keyboard and mouse on our regular PC's for years with 2 hands, I don't see why we suddenly need 3 hands for this then.
If the Good Lord had intended us to interact efficiently with these devices we would have been Intelligently Designed with Bluetooth, ot at least a USB port...