Your old phone is a better home server than a Raspberry Pi
…Termux is the entry point; it's a powerful terminal emulator that brings a massive library of Linux packages to Android. For those who want a full Ubuntu or Debian environment with…
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I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
…The used mini PCs sell for $100-$150 and offer better performance than any Pi model. For IoT projects, the ESP32 microcontrollers cost less than $10 and can handle a surprising variety…
Linux gamers didn't do anything wrong, but they might pay for Windows piracy anyway
…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…
The Windows Terminal is quietly becoming the best terminal on any OS
…I can duplicate panes, clear the buffer, do search and other text-related operations, and perform other actions using the bar. It even lists shortcuts for some of the actions, but I…
Microsoft has spent six months turning Windows Terminal into a rival to Warp, and it's working
Ty Sherback May 18, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
The year of the Linux desktop already happened, just not on desktops
…But in 2018, Valve introduced Proton, a compatibility layer based on Wine with a major focus on enabling Windows games to run on Linux without emulation. It had humble beginnings, but it…
Almost every service I self-host runs in a Linux container, and the math just doesn't favor a VM anymore
…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…
Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
Ty Sherback May 10, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
I can't install Windows 11 on my old PC, but I can run it fine in a VM instead
…It may not be equal to the bare metal performance, but you can still use the OS for most tasks. It can struggle with resource-intensive apps and games, but virtual machine…
I turned an old Android phone into a home server, and it’s more useful than my Raspberry Pi
…The price-to-performance ratio of a Raspberry Pi 5 has made enthusiasts look elsewhere, and the e-waste in your drawer is often a Snapdragon-powered beast that destroys a Pi…
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