Posts for: #Linux

To root or not to root

To root or not to root

I have been a long term iPhone user and this mainly because I have been everything Apple; iMac, Mac Book, iWatch and iPad. Apple is all over the place. I really enjoy the coherent experience that Apple provides but as much as I like that I also dislikes the hefty price tag that comes with it. Another concern I have is around privacy. Apple still have a pretty good standing, at least in my eyes, when it comes to being user privacy friendly. But still they are big and they have full access to wherever I am and what ever I do digitally.

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Getting GNU Linux back on the desktop

Getting GNU Linux back on the desktop

I installed Linux for the first time… a long time ago. I remember downloading the 10-12 floppy disk images to my 250MB hard drive equipped 486 computer. It took quite some time because it was not only slow using a 28.8k modem I also had to watch out so that my parents didn’t find out I was hogging the phone line. It quickly got expensive since phone was paid by the minute in Sweden back then. I played around and learned a lot using it. It was mainly console mode or fvwm2 in the X-windowing system. But compared to Windows 3.11 it was great and super stable. I still have fond memories of this time.

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