{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Jeff Geerling","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/","description":"Recent content on Jeff Geerling","generator":"Hugo","language":"en-us","managingEditor":"jeff@jeffgeerling.com (Jeff Geerling)","webMaster":"jeff@jeffgeerling.com (Jeff Geerling)","copyright":"Jeff Geerling","lastBuildDate":"Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:49:00 -0500","item":[{"title":"An Arm Mainboard for the Framework Laptop","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2026\/arm-mainboard-for-framework-laptop\/","pubDate":"Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:49:00 -0500","author":"jeff@jeffgeerling.com (Jeff Geerling)","guid":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2026\/arm-mainboard-for-framework-laptop\/","description":"

Using the repair-friendly Framework 13 laptop chassis, I've tested the low-end x86 option (a Ryzen AI 5 340 Mainboard<\/a>), the fastest RISC-V option (DC-ROMA II<\/a>), and today I'm publishing results from the only Arm Mainboard, the MetaComputing AI PC<\/a>, which has a 12-core Arm SoC and up to 32 GB of soldered-on RAM.<\/p>\n

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My Framework 13 has run on x86, RISC-V, and now Arm, making it something of a 'Ship of Theseus'.<\/p>"},{"title":"Build your own Dial-up ISP with a Raspberry Pi","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2026\/build-your-own-dial-up-isp-with-a-raspberry-pi\/","pubDate":"Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500","author":"jeff@jeffgeerling.com (Jeff Geerling)","guid":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2026\/build-your-own-dial-up-isp-with-a-raspberry-pi\/","description":"

Last year my aunt let me add her original Tangerine iBook G3 clamshell<\/a> to my collection of old Macs1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\"iBook\n<\/figure>\n\n

It came with an AirPort card\u2014a $99 add-on Apple made that ushered in the Wi-Fi era. The iBook G3 was the first consumer laptop with built-in Wi-Fi antennas, and by far<\/em> the cheapest way<\/a> to get a computer onto an 802.11 wireless network.<\/p>"},{"title":"DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2026\/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market\/","pubDate":"Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0500","author":"jeff@jeffgeerling.com (Jeff Geerling)","guid":"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2026\/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market\/","description":"

Today Raspberry Pi announced more price increases for all Pis with LPDDR4 RAM<\/a>, alongside a 'right-sized' 3GB RAM Pi 4 for $83.75.<\/p>\n

The price increases bring the 16GB Pi 5 up to $299.99<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Despite today's date, this is not a joke.<\/p>\n

I published a video going over the state of the hobbyist 'high end SBC' market (4\/8\/16 GB models in the current generation), which I'll embed below:<\/p>\n

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