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Pete's Blog
Personal blog · pete.akeo.iesystemshardware
Pete's Blog is a personal blog at pete.akeo.ie about systems and hardware. Since 2017, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Installing Debian ARM64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 in UEFI Mode”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Pete's Blog for hands-on low-level computing guides: building UEFI applications, installing Debian arm64 on Raspberry Pi, and crafting a BIOS from scratch.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Installing Debian ARM64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 in UEFI Mode2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-14
What Hacker News says?
I think the Qubes website is also quite useful for informational purposes. Example, found through Qubes website: http://pete.akeo.ie/2011/06/crafting-bios-from-scratch.html
Comment linking /2011/06/crafting-bios-from-scratch.html
on “Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system”Submitted Crafting a BIOS from Scratch as a story · 4 points
HN discussion2. https://pete.akeo.ie/2019/07/installing-debian-arm64-on-rasp...
Comment linking /2019/07/installing-debian-arm64-on-raspberry-pi.html
on “The $35 Raspberry Pi 4 now comes with double the RAM”Submitted Installing Debian ARM64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 in UEFI Mode as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNot a tutorial but good info and keywords https://www.intel.com/content/dam/develop/external/us/en/doc... Also this might be helpful: https://pete.akeo.ie/2015/01/easily-create-uefi-applications... and if you choose edk2: https://www.tianocore.org/
Comment linking /2015/01/easily-create-uefi-applications-using.html
on “Twitter Client for UEFI”