Over the years on this blog, I’ve documented dozens of Veeam upgrades, migrations, and best practices — from early versions ...

Do you have an ancient laptop or desktop just lying around? Transform that aging PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, ...

June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers. Last month delivered a wave of app ...

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Drobo made external storage devices that bundled hard drives into an easy, set-it-and-forget-it RAID configuration for people ...

It was useless as a laptop, but it is great for a million self-hosting projects.

May 21, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Flipper Devices is developing a pocket-sized ARM Linux computer called the Flipper One. The device features a ...

The Windows vs Linux argument can be easily boiled down quite quickly. If you're after a secure, semi-stable system that doesn't require you to be a power user, stick ...

Smartphones and tablets are basically little computers with touchscreen displays. But since most ship with mobile operating systems like Android or iPadOS, they’re often tightly tied to Google or ...

Google’s $3 ChromeOS Flex kit sold out. Here are five lightweight operating system alternatives for older Windows 10 PCs. Google’s $3 ChromeOS Flex kit disappeared fast, but the idea behind it did not ...

I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s. Back then, poor MS-DOS was the staid ...

TL;DR: A PlayStation 5 running firmware up to version 4.5 can be modified to run Linux via a USB or M.2 SSD, enabling Steam-like gaming with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. While performance is comparable to native ...