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The more important the technology, the more ruthlessly and brutally it will be mocked. → Read More
You might not know it, but inside your Intel system, you have an operating system running in addition to your main OS, MINIX. And it’s raising eyebrows and concerns. → Read More
If you work within a Linux terminal, working with non-Linux users can be difficult. These tools help with document compatibility and companywide instant messaging. → Read More
An interview with Robert Taylor, former manager of Xerox PARC, shows TCP/IP designs were based a lot on the PARC Universal Packet (PUP) networking protocol suite. → Read More
A server going down can really muck things up for any business. Also problematic, and costly, though, are slow servers, databases and networks. → Read More
Companies store lots of customer data – including personally identifiable information – raising concerns about the cost to store that data, as well as the need to secure it. → Read More
When disaster strikes and internet access is knocked out, how can you communicate? Ham radios and IP over Avian Carriers are two options. → Read More
The current way open computing standards are decided is broken. Deciding what to replace it with, though, is difficult. There’s no one easy solution. → Read More
The new version of Nextcloud includes end-to-end encryption and enterprise key management. → Read More
The World Wide Web Consortium’s decision to keep votes about DRM secret and that it censured the EFF for “disclosing even vague sense of a vote” raises concerns. → Read More
Cloud storage is the fast-food way of storing data, and it will give you the IT equivalent of gastronomical distress. You’ll wish you took time to set up your own server. → Read More
Before we had always-available, fast connections to multiple servers, we had dial-up modems and bulletin board systems (BBS). And it wasn’t even that long ago. → Read More
An all open-source workplace makes the most sense. You’ll save money, be more secure and have more flexibility. → Read More
The World Wide Web Consortium’s lack of transparency when creating industry standards raises questions. → Read More
By migrating away from Microsoft Exchange, you reduce costs for your organization and improve the security of your accounts and data. One option to use instead: Kolab. → Read More
The W3C’s endorsement of Encrypted Media Extensions, a DRM-like restriction, is a terrible move. The EME spec restricts what can be viewed on web browsers. → Read More
No operating system gets hit by ransomware attacks like Windows. If you want to keep your data safe, you need to migrate to a different operating system. → Read More
If you migrate away from a CMS system you can not only make your webpages smaller and faster-loading for your visitors… but you can save significantly on your server infrastructure costs as well. → Read More
Adding more servers, caching systems or bandwidth to solve website performance issues is only a Band-Aid. Instead reduce website sizes by removing JavaScript. → Read More
Until the Linux world standardizes on a single package format across all distributions, we have AppImage, FlatPak and Open Build Service to make our lives a little easier. → Read More