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Category: Blog

How having an online backup saved my home server today

2025-04-092025-04-09 Danie
A Western Digital and a Seagate IronWolf hard drive side by side, both displaying their labels and specifications.

I have a physical server running at home that has a few services running on it, including Nginx Proxy Manager to route external network traffic to an OpenWebRx SDR that I host at home. The […]

Blogbackups, storage, technology

4 reasons you may want to use Virtual Hard Disks instead of partitioning storage, or not

2025-04-092025-04-09 Danie
A Western Digital and a Seagate IronWolf hard drive side by side, both displaying their labels and specifications.

This is quite interesting, but something not mentioned is performance of a virtual hard disk. I’m familiar with virtual disks from using virtual machines like VirtualBox, QEMU, etc. But what I found was that if […]

Blogharddrives, storage, technology

South Africa gets online system for reporting data breaches

2025-04-072025-04-07 Danie
A female participant in a vibrant yellow outfit with colorful patterns speaks into a microphone at a conference, seated against a blue backdrop.

“South Africa’s Information Regulator has launched an online platform for public and private entities to report security compromises. It has instructed all organisations to report any compromises through the system. The system is accessible through […]

Blogdatabreaches, security, southafrica, technology

‘Careless People’ Is the Book About Facebook I’ve Wanted for a Decade, but the Author is Gagged from Promoting It

2025-04-072025-04-07 Danie
Cover of the memoir "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams, featuring a blue background with a shark fin illustration, highlighting themes of power and greed.

“Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams, is the book about Facebook that I didn’t know I had been waiting a decade to read. It’s also, notably, a book that Facebook does not want you to read; […]

Blogbanned, facebook, reading, technology

Zorin OS 17.3 Tries to Attract Windows 10 Users

2025-04-072025-04-07 Danie
Screenshot of Zorin OS 17.3 interface, featuring a file explorer and a welcome tour prompt on a dark background.

“Users considering a switch from Windows will find that Zorin OS 17.3 is broadening its built-in app detection database. It now recognizes more than 150 popular Windows apps, steering newcomers to either a native Linux […]

Bloglinux, opensource, technology

Lessons from open source in the Mexican government

2025-04-062025-04-06 Danie
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“The adoption of open-source software in governments has had its ups and downs. While open source seems like a “no-brainer”, it turns out that governments can be surprisingly resistant to using FOSS for a variety […]

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It’s not just clock speed: Here’s what makes one CPU better than another

2025-04-062025-04-06 Danie
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“When you’re comparing two of the best CPUs, the first spec that comes to mind is clock speed. It quite literally represents how fast the CPU can churn through clock cycles, and naturally, you’d assume […]

BlogCPU, technology

GKrellM: A Cross-Platform Open Source System Monitor

2025-04-032025-04-03 Danie
GKrellM logo featuring the text "Open Source System Monitor" with a turquoise background and a detailed system stats display on the right.

GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your window manager, GTK, or any other theme. It could be seen a GUI equivalent to Conky. […]

BlogGKrellM, opensource, systemmonitors, technology

EU OS: Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free Operating System for the EU public sector

2025-04-032025-04-03 Danie
Screenshot of a KDE desktop environment showing system settings, accessibility options, and file explorer with colorful icons.

EU OS is a Proof-of-Concept for the deployment of a Fedora-based Linux operating system with a KDE Plasma desktop environment in a typical public sector organisation. Other organisations with similar requirements or less strict requirements […]

BlogEU, opensource, publicsector, technology

This Machine Flattens Your Old Warped Vinyl Records

2025-04-022025-04-02 Danie
A silver, open turntable displaying a black vinyl record on its platter, set against a minimalist white background.

“The aptly named “Flatten It” device is designed to do exactly what its name suggests: flatten warped vinyl records. This isn’t some DIY hack; it’s a purpose-built machine that uses carefully controlled heat and pressure […]

Blogaudio, retro, technology, vinyl

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