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Distro Hopping to Nowhere: How I Landed on Vanilla Arch for COSMIC

A year of bad decisions, documented for your entertainment.

Do Linux Users Need Antivirus? (You're Asking the Wrong Question)

Kaspersky just launched a $90/year antivirus for Linux. Here's why I'm not buying it—and why my network security actually matters.

Building btrfs-assistant: Snapshots for Devs Who Break Things

I break things. A lot. Here's why I converted Pop!_OS to BTRFS and how to build the GUI tool that makes snapshot management actually usable.

Hardware Never Gets Good Enough: What 44 Years of Constraints Taught Me

Retired and still can't stop caring about code quality. What early computing constraints taught me about craftsmanship that cheap hardware made us forget.

90% of Windows Games Work on Linux Now. Here's Why You Should Still Be Skeptical.

The ProtonDB milestone sounds great, but Windows 10 refugees need to know what that 90% actually means

The Hidden Benefits of Linux Gaming Nobody Talks About

After 18 months of Linux gaming, here's what surprised me most about leaving Windows behind

Back Home Why I Returned to Pop OS After a Year on CachyOS

After a year on CachyOS I'm back on Pop OS 24.04 with Cosmic DE