Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge
…While modern distros have become much easier to install and use, Linux still tends to ask more of the user, but in return for that effort, you're granted so much more…
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If you use a Fitbit or Garmin smartwatch, you need to set up this Grafana dashboard
…Some users like visualizing a year's data to track their progress. You'll have to spend hours doing that on the mobile app while swiping through data ranges. A dashboard like…
I moved my home lab to a new house after years of 24/7 use, and here’s what broke
…caused a whole host of issues once I fired it back up, and during the troubleshooting process, I learned some lessons in what to do (and not to do) for next time…
These 4 Linux tools solve problems the default apps shouldn't have left unsolved
…Linux Mint Linux Mint is a free, user-friendly Linux-based desktop operating system that’s designed to be easy to use and reliable. Linux Mint Official Site Btop++ A system monitor…
Someone merged SteamOS with NixOS, and the result is the strangest Linux distro I've ever loved
…The goal is to give NixOS users a Steam Deck-like console experience, running Steam in a Wayland compositor with proper controller and firmware support, while still benefiting from the declarative nature…
The real reason you should move to Proxmox isn't virtualization
…Maybe it was my past as a Portainer-powered Docker user influencing my judgment, but I found LXCs really convoluted to set up, even with Proxmox’s solid container creation wizard. Fortunately…
I rebuilt my VS Code setup from scratch this year, and it's the fastest it's ever been
…Credit where it’s due, Continue was brilliant during my days as a fledgling Ollama user, but I started relying on llama-vscode once I switched to llama.cpp as the inference…
Ubuntu 26.04 is polished, but Fedora 44 asked less from me out of the box
…Plenty of users do, and there’s nothing wrong with that. For me, though, it felt more like I was starting from Canonical’s preferred desktop and then reshaping it into mine…
Windows 95 can now run modern Linux thanks to WSL, and yes, it actually works
…Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows…
I've been using Claude wrong for months - this one habit gave me dramatically better results
…Related The Claude feature everyone ignores is the one I use every single day to boost my productivity The ultimate Claude power-user trick I was doing it the hard way at…