Building my own NAS taught me why prebuilt enclosures are holding you back
…Related 5 operating systems you should try on your NAS The NAS ecosystem has its fair share of cool operating systems Even the OS can feel constricting I've raved about DSM…
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Linux on the desktop isn't winning, but Linux on my handheld already has
…The more interesting observation is that, amongst users, there's a trend of migrating away from the Windows ecosystem towards SteamOS for a variety of reasons. Owners of Windows-based handhelds have…
Windows File Explorer is frustrating by default, but these 5 tweaks fix almost everything
João Carrasqueira Apr 27, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also…
Free NAS distros beat Synology's price, and the performance gap doesn't justify the markup
…For a competent appliance that requires (and offers) minimal tinkering, provides predictable updates over-the-air (OTA), and offers a fully-equipped ecosystem, you can do much worse than a Synology NAS…
Your monitor's USB hub does more than a docking station, and costs nothing extra
…A single display, a keyboard-mouse combo, and maybe a headset don't constitute a complex ecosystem. They do, however, make for a messy cable layout. Thankfully, monitors have caught up to…
Intel's $949 GPU has 32GB of VRAM for local AI, but the software is why Nvidia keeps winning
…It's an inference engine built on OpenVINO that serves LLMs, vision models, Whisper, and TTS over OpenAI-compatible endpoints, and it supports Intel GPUs, NPUs, and CPUs. It sidesteps the whole…
Ubuntu 26.04 is polished, but Fedora 44 asked less from me out of the box
…Ubuntu 26.04 has plenty going for it, especially if you want an LTS release with a familiar setup and a huge support ecosystem. I don’t think it’s a weak…
Linux's obsession with 'the right way' is why it'll never replace Windows for most people
João Carrasqueira Mar 21, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also…
I ran Windows 11 and Linux side by side for a year, and a clear winner emerged for productivity
João Carrasqueira Apr 6, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also…
I replaced Figma with four open-source alternatives for a week, and only one actually stuck
…It's BYOK, so you connect your own API key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google AI, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and the model operates directly on the canvas through about 90…