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"I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why."

http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-we-are-slower-than-other-oper/

about by technology and computers will benefit the business exclusively, with none of their benefits being shared with the employee. If productivity doubles, profit doubles, workl
I was explaining on Hacker News why Windows fell behind Linux in terms of operating system kernel performance and innovation. And out of nowhere an anonymous...

Alterslash, the unofficial Slashdot digest

https://alterslash.org/

Many modern Windows computers rely on full-disk encryption, called BitLocker, which is enabled by default . This type of technology should prevent anyone except the device owner f
Alterslash picks the best 5 comments from each of the day’s Slashdot stories, and presents them on a single page for easy reading.

Kevin Boone: More like Windows every day

https://kevinboone.me/morelikewindows.html

on desktop and laptop computers in the '90s, long before it became a relatively mainstream thing to do. My first Linux distribution took the form of a shoe-box-sized stack of flop
The ease of installation and use of modern desktop Linux distributions comes at a price. I review a couple of low-complexity alternatives to mainstream Linux distributions: Alpine

PuTTY FAQ

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html

connections to other computers. We maintain the tool; we don't administer any computers that you're likely to be able to use, in the same way that the people who make web browsers

YAAC - Yet Another APRS Client

http://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAAC.html

Pi single-board computers). Mac OS X (x86 and ARM versions). FreeBSD (tested on 9.0). YAAC may also theoretically work on Solaris with SPARC processors, but has not been tested on
Yet Another APRS Client, software for accessing the Automatic Packet Reporting System

Kevin Boone: Why the fascination with retrocomputing?

https://kevinboone.me/retrocomputing.html

something about old computers and software the exercises the imagination of contemporary IT professionals. But why? To some extent, the explanation is probably nothing more than g
Why do so many IT professionals like to tinker with vintage computers and software?

Using the MM email client in the Modern World

https://kermitproject.org/mm/

email even on Unix computers that no longer support mailspool delivery by using secure POP3 (Post Office Protocol) to fetch your new mail; you can send and receive mail in ISO 885

Frink

http://frinklang.org/

that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them." Features For tho
A practical calculating tool, unit conversion utility, and programming language designed to make physical calculations simple. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilogr

Vulonkaaz's links

https://vulonkaaz.zip/links.html

be useful for school computers or whatever) Eaglercraft : Minecraft Java ported to web browser, lower performance than native java of course but it's crazy it even works, even hav

NLnet; All projects

https://nlnet.nl/project/

ARM-based single board computers ARMify NGI0 Entrust 2023 2025 Auto-Identification of MCU Models to Simplify ARM Bare-Metal Reverse Engineering ARPA2 2017 Working towards a decent

Stuff Michael Meeks is doing

https://apple-tree.life/~michael/blog/2017/

Thursday. Packed up computers, dropped off babes, into Cambridge with J. Un-loaded the PCs, customer call, meeting with our accountant. Mail chew, patch review etc. Into town to t

Smartphone

https://www.billdietrich.me/Smartphone.html

my Android page Home Computers Smartphone Basics Combinations [Ignores Apple.] Android phone with stock OS, run Android apps. Android phone with AOSP-compatible third-party OS ( L
Smartphone types, security, privacy, use


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