Tag: linux
Jason on comfort
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It’s time to get uncomfortable, folks. Doing the same things we have always done because they are the path of least resistance is not going to cut it anymore. The times of ignoring the bad for the little comfort benefits are over. – Comfort and You rant about Apple’s choices and then pick up the…
Apple is just a business
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Many are currently lamenting what they see as the fall of Apple from a tech company that “did it right” to one that goes where the winds of power takes them. They see Apple advertising on X again or donating to the inaguration as some personal affront to their sensibilities. The problem is that people…
Apple storage is overpriced – here are some options
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Outside of the constant services Apple wants to push on users, or the fealty payments Tim Cook is making to the criminal insurrectionist president of the US, they charge stupid amounts for storage upgrades. At least there are options to avoid the Apple storage tax, even if you can’t stop the other crap they’re doing…
User hostile operating systems steal time
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While Ed’s story of crappy tech points directly to a Windows computer, Apple isn’t much better. Yes the hardware is nicer so you don’t have multiple minutes to wait while you login in, but it’s also more expensive meaning that many people couldn’t afford the supposedly “better” experience. Then if you’re a power user Apple…
Jason Snell Apple should end the AppStore Era
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I admit I feel a bit surprised reading Jason’s takedown of the AppStore model on his preferred computing platform. Maybe I shouldn’t be, but it seems far more direct than I expected. A few highlights: Today’s computing world is also more dangerous than the one in which macOS was originally devised, so Apple cleverly built…
Terminal RSS with Newsboat
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I’ve been falling in love with the simplicity of terminal based apps lately and that started in part with Newsboat the terminal based RSS reader I’ve been using for a few months. I’ve already written a short post about setting up Newsboat with Nix Home Manager but wanted to take a deeper dive into the…
The Ultimate ThinkPad?
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Great video on upgrading an older ThinkPad to something highly usable today. Also props to this guy for keeping that older MacBook Pro running for so long. Goes to show you that with a bit of effort you can take “old” tech and make it very useful today. We don’t need to chase the newest…
I Don’t run macOS (btw)
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After my recent post about Hugo I’ve had at least one suggestion for an app to publish directly to WordPress without intervention. Unfortunately they were all macOS apps, which I don’t daily drive, and haven’t for 8 months. I use Linux, specifically Fedora 40 with KDE Plasma 6.2 on a Framework 13″ AMD Ryzen 7040…
Fedora 40 on Framework 13″ Laptop
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I’m usually quite a bit behind on updating to the latest operating system because most of the bugs get worked out if I wait a few months. Thus I’m happy to say that I upgraded to Fedora 40 this week on my Framework laptop and have had no real issues. The only thing that was…
The iPad isn’t a Mac
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Jason Snell speaking about the reveal of what would become the M series chips in the iPad Pro: But that boast also drew the iPad into direct comparisons with PC laptops, and while its sheer hardware power might have defeated most of those laptops, power isn’t everything. It’s what you do with the power. And…
