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Open Source Software and GNU/Linux advocate, trainer, writer, and speaker
Strong proponent of and evangelist for the "Linux Philosophy"
In IT since 1969 and Linux since 1996
Build my own computers and fix my Friends’ computers
https://www.both.org
Strong proponent of and evangelist for the "Linux Philosophy"
In IT since 1969 and Linux since 1996
Build my own computers and fix my Friends’ computers
https://www.both.org
Gift ideas for 2025 - Both.org
Use this list of unique gift ideas for this holiday season!
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December 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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I bought this laptop second hand in 2020. B-grade stock, destined for the bin as it was unfashionably small and a little underpowered.
I’ve converted it to Linux Mint XFCE as Win11 was strangling it only to find it absolutely flies once more.
I’ve converted it to Linux Mint XFCE as Win11 was strangling it only to find it absolutely flies once more.
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I bought this laptop second hand in 2020. B-grade stock, destined for the bin as it was unfashionably small and a little underpowered.
I’ve converted it to Linux Mint XFCE as Win11 was strangling it only to find it absolutely flies once more.
I’ve converted it to Linux Mint XFCE as Win11 was strangling it only to find it absolutely flies once more.
Is the Internet grinding to a halt? - Both.org
Is there a new conspiracy theory to worry about?
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December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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If you want excape the Windows nightmare that is Windows 11, here is a great video outlining a lot of the differences and hopw easy it is to switch to Linux.
youtu.be/OR9jLtDg3ZE?...
youtu.be/OR9jLtDg3ZE?...
Windows 11 Just Crossed the Line — Here’s Why Linux Users Are Laughing
YouTube video by SysHack
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you want excape the Windows nightmare that is Windows 11, here is a great video outlining a lot of the differences and hopw easy it is to switch to Linux.
youtu.be/OR9jLtDg3ZE?...
youtu.be/OR9jLtDg3ZE?...
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Now there is a thought
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Now there is a thought
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Want state sponsored spyware/malware masking as an antivirus on your Linux machine, then this is for you (don't install it, it's bad)
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/kasp...
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/kasp...
Kaspersky Brings Its Antivirus Software to Linux Desktops
Kaspersky launches Linux antivirus for Ubuntu and other distros. Features, system requirements and why the banned security firm has come to open-source desktops.
www.omgubuntu.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Want state sponsored spyware/malware masking as an antivirus on your Linux machine, then this is for you (don't install it, it's bad)
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/kasp...
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/kasp...
