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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...

FreeBSD is an amazing operating system

https://unixdigest.com/articles/freebsd-is-an-amazing-operating-system.html

on FreeBSD. The only computers that didn't run FreeBSD was the computers at the office where the sales people and secretaries worked, those ran Microsoft Windows 98. When I asked

Alterslash, the unofficial Slashdot digest

https://alterslash.org/

used in a shitload of computers from a shitload of manufacturers. That alone makes Windows not perform optimally and the same goes for the hardware. It’s a choice Microsoft has ma
Alterslash picks the best 5 comments from each of the day’s Slashdot stories, and presents them on a single page for easy reading.

Loper OS » Engelbart's Violin

http://www.loper-os.org/?p=861

designers think of computers systems today. In fact, Engelbart's belief in efficiency over ease-of-use places him in the fringe of computer interaction design today. That’s sad co

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?

Hobbes' Internet Timeline - the definitive ARPAnet & Internet history

https://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

network of time-sharing computers" TX-2 at MIT Lincoln Lab and AN/FSQ-32 at System Development Corporation (Santa Monica, CA) are directly linked (without packet switches) via a d
'An Internet timeline highlighting the key events and technologies that helped shape the Internet as we know it today.'

Digital Freedom across the World

https://eylenburg.github.io/countries.htm

all smartphones and computers sold in Russia must come with pre-installed Russian software, which most likely facilitates government access to these devices anyway. In practice, R

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

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

Todos los enlaces @ cidoku.net

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browse the web on old computers. The Restart Page Experience the rebooting experience from vintage operating systems. Utilu IE Collection A program for Windows that will install m

SoylentNews: SoylentNews is people

https://soylentnews.org/

serious engagement with computers. Today they're exotic knowledge that even a lot of working software developers don't have, because you can go a long way in modern development wi

1401Restoration-CHM

https://ibm-1401.info/

1969s Vintage Computers at the Computer History Museum," Robert Garner, Making IT Work Conference, British Computer Society, London, May 22-23, 2017 Conference presentation Procee


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