My adventures into the world of GNU/Linux. Part 5 – Portability, 64 Bit, Chameleons, and leaving via the Gate.
The long awaited fifth part to the saga. In the last instalment, I had finally gotten online with a Linux system, and was able to perform everyday tasks on my desktop box such as word processing, browsing the web, instant messaging, and DVD playback. In this post,...
Explaining DNS and the DDoS on Dyn
Why did the Internet appear to break on Friday? Today I explain what DNS is, and why it’s essential to your everyday Internet browsing habits.
Red Star OS 3.0: North Korea’s custom Linux distribution
Whilst everyone else in the UK is panicking over the results of the EU referendum, I decided, as usual to do something completely different. Here I’m going to review the Operating System designed for use by the citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic...
Toonbot – a webcomic delivery service for Slack.
At work, we use a chat system for internal communications called Slack. One of the many features of the platform is the ability to integrate other apps, or allow external applications post messages for you. One of the earliest integrations someone integrated was the...
Why Linux still doesn’t rule the desktop market
2016 is a pretty special year for me. It marks 10 years since switching my default operating system to Linux from Windows. (With a small exception in 2007 when I bought a Mac and used OS X for a while before installing OpenSUSE on that too) For me, Linux based systems...Hello and welcome to my site
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