Why does M$ require so much personal information?
Microsoft is really getting insistent about requiring an account before you can install new versions of Windows. They're even blocking known circumventions in order to...
Using Linux on Apple Silicon
I bought an M3 MacBook Air last fall to experiment with AI tools and LLMs that were available for use on Apple Silicon.
A Fresh Start with Linux Mint
A few weeks ago, someone at the faith community I attend asked for my help logging into their computer. I suspected it might have been...
It should be fun
Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun...
The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 19—Backup everything frequently
Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 21 of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, with some changes to update the...
Microsoft announces significant changes to Windows
In a sudden and short press conference early this morning, Microsoft has announced that Windows will be completely restructured at the operating system level. A...
Open Source on macOS: Exploring Free Software on My M3 MacBook
Lead Image by Tom's Hardware Guide Open-source software is not restricted to Linux. While I spend most of my time reading, writing, and developing on...
Call for articles — Switching to Linux
October 14, 2025 is the last day of support for Win10 and over 400 million PCs can't upgrade to Win11. I see lots of posts...
Microsoft Warns 1 Billion Windows Users—Do Not Use Password
This headline on Forbes is not quite as strange as it looks at first. The article is about how Microsoft is trying to move that...
Moving from Windows 10 to Linux
Instead of purchasing a new computer just to run a new version of Windows, consider installing Linux.
The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 18—Document everything
“Real programmers don’t comment their code, if it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand and harder to modify.”
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Signal Messenger: Privacy, Simplified with Open Source
Messaging apps have revolutionized communication, reshaping our daily lives and relationships. It’s hard to imagine a time without SMS paving the way for near-instant connectivity....
Create a patch from differences in a file with the diff and patch commands
When you collaborate on a digital project with someone, it's a guarantee that eventually someone's going to need to send you changes they've made to...
Connect to a Windows drive from Linux
Here’s how I connected my Linux system to a Windows AD fileshare.
Reading a whole file at once
Two methods to load a data file into memory. Use mmap on Linux sysetms.
Old-school programming with Turbo C
Explore retroprogramming on FreeDOS with this popular freeware IDE.