Windows Subsystem for Linux
Accelerated KVM guests on WSL 2
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Open Source
Microsoft and Open Source: An unofficial timeline
The profound cultural transformation towards open source did not happen overnight at Microsoft. This is an unofficial timeline of Microsoft's embrace of open source.
Open Source
The Myth and Promise of Open Source
When it comes to the legal foundations of open source, there is no spoon.
Vintage
iPad Launch Day: April 3, 2010
Behind the scenes photos by an Apple employee at the launch of the iPad on April 3, 2010.
Linux
Automate Ghost updates with systemd on Ubuntu
Secure your self-hosted Ghost blog with Ubuntu Livepatch, unattended upgrades, and systemd.
Linux
Hola nova: The Cuban government Linux distro
Looking for a more revolutionary distro? A look at Nova, the Linux distro from the Cuban government.
Vintage
Running Windows 2000 on WSL
Sometimes you just want to run FORTRAN PowerStation.
Windows
Dual-Boot Windows and Windows Insiders Builds Without Re-Partitioning
Run Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring builds on bare metal without risking your daily driver. No partitioning required.
Open Source
Toxicity in Open Source
There is a very small but noisy contingent in open source that is far from open, responds with vitriolic hate to other viewpoints, engages in the worst forms of gatekeeping, and are generally very toxic people.
Open Source
Open Sourcing DAP: Legal Outreach Software
DAP was a project at my old law firm to provide outreach to consumers being sued by debt trolls. DAP was written in Python, used an SQLite Database, interacted with an IBM mainframe and two web APIs to send information to consumers.
Linux
Automated Snaps of Nim Using GitHub Actions
Nim is a compiled, garbage-collected systems programming language with a design that focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance.
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Getting Started with Ubuntu Core on Hyper-V using WSL
Ubuntu Core is a tiny, transactional version of Ubuntu Linux from Canonical. Use WSL to convert a KVM image of Ubuntu Core and boot in Hyper-V on Windows.