Category: Opensource (FOSS)
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HomeLab 101: A Basic Setup
June 10th, 2026 This would probably be my first posting on here that would not be reposted on my FB. When one has a budget contraint that would limit your splurge on more powerful computing hardware, you will have make do with some DIY talent; and with some software integration knowhow, to put it all…
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Vote NO to Add Age-Verification to Software!
FB Posting on Mar 24th 2026 When I read about the news of mandatory age verification laws, such as those emerging in California, Brazil, and the UK, I got all flustered and angry cuz’ that is in my very honest opinion, is certainly posing as a highly significant threat to the open-source software (FOSS) ecosystem…
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Operation Homelab – Status
FB Posting on Aug 8th 2025 Stardate 2025.08.08 – Mission Log: Operation Homelab – Status: Mostly Operational (Don’t Tell My ISP) Alright, folks, buckle up. It’s been a wild ride, fueled by YouTube tutorials, copious amounts of orange juice / soyabean milk (I don’t do caffeine), and a frankly alarming number of trial-and-error installations. Let’s…
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“Building a Home Lab: Lessons learned from Experimentation”
FB Posting on Feb 15th 2025 “Building a Home Lab: Lessons Learned from Experimentation” As an IT professional with over four decades of experience navigating the ups and downs of technology, I’ve learned that building a home lab is a journey, not a destination. My own homelab has evolved over time, from its early days…
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Gamers… Get Off Windows!
FB Posting on Dec 19th 2023 Already ditched my Windoze and moved on to Linux with Garuda Linux for gaming, work and everything else…!
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The Day I Found Garuda Linux
FB Posting on Oct 15th 2023 This is probably THE longest FB post that I have ever done, but it is a highly significant one for me as for so, so many years I have searched and longed for, the perfectly balanced FOSS (Free Open Source Software) computing operating system that I can firmly put…
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AI is Here
FB Posting on Jan 10th 2023 The GPT version in 2020 didn’t make much impact, not till GPT-3.5 debuted in November 2022 in the form of ChatGPT, a fine-tuned version that is essentially a general-purpose chatbot and that took over the Internet by storm, amassing more than a million users within 5 days. ChatGPT can…