The fifth part of a series about bare-metal programming for x86 PC-type computers, using Linux for development. This article is about handling files using EFI's Simple File Protocol.

The fourth part of a series about bare-metal programming for x86 PC-type computers, using Linux for development. This article gives some general guidance on how a Linux developer can make EFI development bearable.

A series of articles about bare-metal programming for x86 PC-type computers, using Linux for development.

The third part of a series about bare-metal programming for x86 PC-type computers, using Linux for development.

The second part of a series about bare-metal programming for x86 PC-type computers, using Linux for development.

The first part of a series about bare-metal programming for x86 PC-type computers, using Linux for development.

What I think of the new(-ish) desktop mode, after a week of use.

Ads -- they're everywhere. The only way to stay sane on the Internet is to attempt to mitigate the horrors of relentless ads. This article summarises how we might still keep the ads under control at the Android platform level in 2026

I didn't know until recently. Desktop mode still has a way to go, before it's ready for day-to-day use -- but it's a step in the right direction.

Perhaps things aren't as bleak as they appeared a year ago: I'm testing an open-source VoLTE (voice calling over 4G) implementation on my Note 9, and it seems to be working.

Because they're spying on us, that's why.

If you already own a smartphone, why would you use anything else to play music?