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In 2006 I upgraded my Xbox with a modchip and a larger hard drive. My goal wasn’t to play cracked games on it, but to install the Xbox Media Center (XBMC). XBMC later evolved into today’s Kodi Media Center. The modchip was necessary to install Linux and a custom launcher. That made it possible to switch between the original BIOS and XBMC or a homebrew BIOS. Why am I telling you this? Back then I didn’t know there were only modchips with proprietary software. It wasn’t until 2024 that some hackers developed a modchip based on the Raspberry Pi Pico with open-source firmware. The video “Why You Need To Put A Raspberry Pi Pico Inside Your XBOX Right Now!” by @MachoNachoProductions explains how the installation works and why it’s really exciting. ...

The app »BananaBin« looks nice at first glance, but ultimately it’s just a gimmick that consumes system resources and is buggy. It’s basically a recycle bin for files — something even flies wouldn’t be interested in. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

I learned something new: the repository “scarmuega/choose-your-side” explains how to define images differently for light and dark layouts on GitHub. Basically, you append ?sanitize=true#gh-light-mode-only to the image URL for the light layout and ?sanitize=true#gh-dark-mode-only for the dark layout. ## Light Theme  ## Dark Theme  The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

In the support section, Tidal announces in its article »Upcoming Changes to Audio Formats« that it plans to move away from proprietary audio formats and toward the open-source FLAC format. For stereo sound, FLAC was chosen as the format we’ll support going forward because it is open source—meaning any artist can deliver their music in high quality directly to TIDAL without the involvement of a third party. This makes it easier for their fans to experience music in the highest possible sound quality on all their devices. ...

It’s time to give political discussions a break and turn to the tech enthusiasts. “Root Loops” is a terminal color scheme reminiscent of a bowl of Froot Loops®. Of course Open Source. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.