{"id":289809,"date":"2026-07-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/putting-some-zig-in-a-linux-based-3d-printer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:20:09","slug":"putting-some-zig-in-a-linux-based-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/putting-some-zig-in-a-linux-based-3d-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Some Zig In A Linux-Based 3D Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putting Some Zig In A Linux-Based 3D Printer<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2026\/07\/15\/putting-some-zig-in-a-linux-based-3d-printer\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-15 10:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: hackaday.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Having Linux on so many devices is both a blessing and a curse. Sure, it is great that you can hack on things and modify them or even totally repurpose them. But it also means you have a fleet of Linux devices you have to manage and keep track of.<\/p>\n

My current \u201cmain\u201d 3D printer is a Flashforge AD5X: a nice, cheap machine that does four colors with the purge\/exchange method. It sort of runs Klipper. I say sort of because Flashforge has Klipper running on a Linux host in the box, but it is massively crippled and modified. I\u2019m sure it works for most folks. I\u2019m also sure that if you know nothing about Linux, Klipper, or 3D printing, the experience is probably better thanks to all the cloud point-and-click interfaces. But, of course, I check none of those boxes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had the printer for probably a year or more. Almost immediately, I put a \u201cmod\u201d on the printer to give it a more true Klipper interface and gave me things like shell access. There are several that I think will do this, but I used Zmod, which doesn\u2019t totally replace the printer\u2019s firmware; it just sort of patches it and extends it.\u00a0You can easily bypass or even remove it and go back to the stock printer, although I would not want to.<\/p>\n

In my case, the issue was a printer, but the same idea might apply to any embedded Linux system, from a router to a thermostat. Sure, it runs Linux, but is it Linux you can change?<\/p>\n

The Problem<\/h2>\n

The AD5X runs Linux\u2026 sort of.<\/p>\n

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