Linux News
There are two items of interesting Linux news today. Fedora 42 The first is that Fedora 42 will be officially released on Tuesday, April 15,...
Breaking News – M$ Allows older computers to install Windows 11
Microsoft has finally bowed to the inevitable and changed their draconian stance on older computers. They'll now allow older computers to install Windows 11 despite...
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.
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...
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....
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.
Update Linux from the command line
Be a power user by updating your system from the command line.
Kernel musings
Being a curious sort of person, I wonder about a lot of interesting things. For some reason, I've started wondering about the Linux kernel and...
btop — the top of my dreams
The top program is the original system monitoring and management tool for Unix and Linux. It performs its task well and with a minimum of...
Perl and Raku Conference will be held June 27-29, 2025 in Greenville, SC, USA
David Both to be the keynote speaker The Perl and Raku Conference for 2025 is coming up June 27-29, 2025, and it’s set to be...