In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel
This is a strange admission because Emacs, from the outside, comes across as famously esoteric and unwelcoming. It demands a change of mindset, much like jazz requires a rewiring of…
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I Ditched Claude Code and Now Using Open Source Qwen AI for Real Sysadmin Work
Borg is a powerful, fast, and reliable solution that is also very explicit, and forgetting even a single flag can affect the end result in ways you didn’t intend to….
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TrueNAS Tips, Tricks, Myths and more with Chris Peredun – Talking Heads Ep.419
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Storage Shortage until 2027? Microsoft says “Please use AI and pay us” – Talking Heads Ep.417
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I Ran Proxmox and VMware Side by Side for a Year (What Surprised Me Most)
I spent an entire year running Proxmox and VMware side by side in my home lab, fully expecting VMware to come out on top. VMware had always been my default…
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Intel Grante Rapids HEDT Leaks; Enslopification Continues; Panther Lake Good? – Talking Heads Ep.416
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CES@Home; Nvidia Ruben, AI Slop, AMD to Rerelease Zen 3? – Talking Heads Ep.415
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FOSS Weekly #26.01: Distros of 2026, Terminal Customization, CachyOS Server Edition and More Linux Stuff
We have a list of interesting new distributions that may see bigger userbase in 2026. Please note that this list deliberately excludes newer versions of established distros like Ubuntu 26.04,…
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Here's Our Prediction for the Future of Desktop Linux in 2026
I am thinking this trend will continue in 2026 and we will be seeing more such positive news where government put more emphasis on open source software and administrators switch…
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How to Transfer a Domain to a New Registrar Without Downtime
The Domain transfer process is governed by ICANN (the organization that manages domain policies) to protect you from domain theft, which is why it isn’t instant and can take anywhere…
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YouTube’s AI is Breaking the Creator Ecosystem
In parallel, large channels (Enderman among others) were suddenly terminated, allegedly due to a mistaken association with an unrelated Japanese account previously banned for copyright strikes. After significant public pressure,…
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The FASTEST Desktop GPU crammed into an Office PC – Dell Pro Max Tower T2 + RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell
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Is the Nvidia Tesla V100 still good for AI? – Inspur DGX V100 vs RTX 5090
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Enshittification of Arduino Begins? Qualcomm Starts Clamping Down
Qualcomm has quietly made some massive changes to Arduino’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, marking a clear departure from the platform’s founding principles.Section 7.1 grants Arduino a perpetual, irrevocable…
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The Internet Went Dark… Again; GPU Hardware Isn’t an Investment – Talking Heads Ep.409
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Mozilla Unveils Plans for New ‘AI Window’ Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups
Suggested Read 📖On the transparency front, they are making three commitments:Firefox has been pushing AI features for a while now. Over the past year, they’ve added AI chatbots in the…
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IBM Joins OpenSearch Software Foundation to Advance AI-Powered Search and RAG
The OpenSearch Software Foundation is a vendor-neutral organization under the Linux Foundation that hosts the OpenSearch Project. It recently appointed a new Executive Director, and the project itself has already…
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The Best Project Management Software (Expert Picks)
Notion offers several plans designed to scale from individual use to large business needs.You would think that your team doesn’t need project management software, but in 2026, it will be…
