• The Great Abstraction

    A deep dive into Linux's "everything is a file" philosophy, exploring how file descriptors, VFS, /proc, and /sys turn complex hardware and kernel states into simple text.

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  • Doghouse – 10 Reasons, Pt. 2

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  • Figure 1: How much money do you actually have? How much debt do you have? Hledger-textual makes the answers to these and many more questions immediately visible.

    Tutorial – Plain Text Accounting

    Plain-text accounting is an easy and powerful way to track your finances, and hledger-textual makes it even easier.

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  • Linux 7.4 is "Much Healthier" Thanks to AI

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  • FOSSPicks

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  • Programming Snapshot – Animating Data in Go

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  • Doghouse – 10 Reasons, Pt. 2

    Part two of the most common reasons people give for why they can't use Linux and how they're no longer relevant – or maybe never were.

  • Open Window

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  • Welcome

    With all the weird new controversies raging around us, it is nice to get a blast from the past. I felt a rush of nostalgia when I saw Mozilla's 87-page report documenting Microsoft's efforts to undermine browser choice for users of Windows 10 and 11 systems.

  • Tutorial – Plain Text Accounting

    Plain-text accounting is an easy and powerful way to track your finances, and hledger-textual makes it even easier.

  • Frankenstein Pi

    The Build HAT combines the latest generation of LEGO electronics with the Raspberry Pi. This enables significantly more complex projects and breathes new life into LEGO bricks that might otherwise have reached the end of their usefulness.

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