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Tools and utilities for Windows

http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html

version or security configuration. In particular, the signing-certificate change documented on 5 November 2021 means those newer drivers do not load on x64 Windows Vista or Window
Tools for Windows

"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/

in a dual-monitor configuration. While it "works", the quality and user experience are rubbish. A simple thing, like dragging a window around, become jerky and stuttery. This prob
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...

Kevin Boone: More like Windows every day

http://kevinboone.me/morelikewindows.html

by editing ACPI configuration files. I don't mind doing this and, again, it's well-documented. Unless you spend a lot of time fiddling with ACPI, I think you'd struggle to set the
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

A plea against Micro$oft

http://www.madore.org/~david/computers/antims.html

does not have so many configuration options. Under Windoze, however, one is stuck with one particular user interface. I must admit that it is quite pretty but one can have differe
A plea against Micro$oft by David Madore lang=en

The Power of Centralization

https://secushare.org/centralization

expertise in software configuration, security vulnerabilities may result. A related point is that users may be unable to meaningfully verify privacy guarantees provided through cr

~hl

https://www.devever.net/~hl/

history of IRC daemon configuration 20210616 computing Freenode commits suicide, is no longer a serious IRC network 20210615 computing I have now been banned from Freenode 2021061

Hobbes' Internet Timeline - the definitive ARPAnet & Internet history

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

the Internet Configuration Control Board (ICCB) Packet Radio Network (PRNET) experiment starts with DARPA funding. Most communications take place between mobile vans. ARPANET conn
'An Internet timeline highlighting the key events and technologies that helped shape the Internet as we know it today.'

Your Personal Web Site

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

to dump your whole DNS configuration (all the records) into a file for backup purposes ? Tricky: I think DNS has two kinds of records: those that are exposed to public, and those
How to develop and maintain your own personal web site

Online BYTE Archive

https://www.halfhill.com/bytelink.html

an even more upscale configuration. (By Andy Reinhardt) The Truth Behind the Pentium Bug An error in a lookup table created the infamous bug in Intel's Pentium processor. [March 1

Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux

https://rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/

that uses simple manual configuration files. Both of these tools are boot managers, rather than boot loaders; although you may not need to be too concerned with the details, these

Richard A. Bartle: Players Who Suit MUDs

https://mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm

This "ideal" configuration would, however, be specific to that particular MUD, and its precise form is therefore not addressed here. Instead, the more general issue of h

PulkoMandy's home on the web

http://pulkomandy.tk/

the proper device tree configuration to set that up. I didn't quite manage to do what I wanted with that approach, however. But I learnt things. So here are some notes about that.


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