Electric nonsense
I recently read a story on a local TV station's website that just made we want to cringe. The story was about "Phantom energy drain."...
Save the Computers
Computers aren’t as cute as say, baby seals or kittens, but it’s just as important to save the computers.
My oldest computer turns 20 today
My oldest computer turns 20 today, August 30, 2025. I use this data because, according to the Dell service information for it, that’s the date that this Dell Optiplex was shipped from the Dell factory. Unable to even install current versions of Windows, I keep it running using the most current versions of Fedora Linux.
10 reasons to use Linux
Southern humorist, newspaper editor and columnist, comedian, and author, Lewis Grizzard once said that there are two kinds of naked in the south. There's naked...
End of 10…
There’s an interesting new movement gearing up as Win10 nears the end of it’s supported lifecycle. It’s called, “End of 10…” and can help keep 400 million computers out of the recycling stream — or worse, landfills.
Linux: The Sustainable Choice for Computing and Environmental Responsibility
Sustainability is an increasingly important problem in computing. Reduce, reuse, and recycle is a famous motto for environmentally responsible consumption, but applying it to computer...
As many as 400,000,000 Windows 10 PCs can’t be upgraded to Windows 11
According to a study by Lansweeper, and reported on ZDNet in 2022, less than 43% of PCs can be upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Will you ditch your old Windows 10 PCs for new Windows 11 ones, or is there another way?
How Linux rescues slow computers (and the planet)
Image by Opensource.com: CC-by-SA Don't throw away your old computer. Skip the landfill and revive it with Linux. Mint and Kasen, two of my grandkids,...
Should I run my computer 24/7?
Does running my computer 24/7 wear it out? There's an argument that it actually extends the life of the machine and saves energy in the...
E-Waste – Where does it go?
Image by Dan Speicher/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/AP from CNN If you've read some of my posts on this site or Opensource.com, or some of my books, you...
Saving Old Computers – and the planet
I have written about how Linux can keep old computers running and out of landfills or recycling streams. My most recent related article is "How...