Links May 2023Links May 2023
Petter Reinholdtsen wrote an interesting blog post about their work on packaging speech to text for Debian [1]. The work of the Debian Deep Learning Team seems really interesting and[...]
Genesis GV60Genesis GV60
I recently test drove a Genesis GV70, but the GV60 [1] which I didn’t test drive is a nicer car. The GV70 and GV60 are all electric so they are[...]
Considering ConvergenceConsidering Convergence
What is Convergence In 2013 Kyle Rankin (at the time Linux Journal columnist and CSO of Purism) wrote a Linux Journal article about Linux convergence [1] (which means using a[...]
Links April 2023Links April 2023
Cory Doctorow has an insightful article Gig Work is the Opposite of Steampunk [1] about the horrors that companies like Amazon are forcing on their employees. Valerie Aurora and Leigh[...]
Write a blog post in the style of Russell CokerWrite a blog post in the style of Russell Coker
Feeling a bit bored I asked ChatGPT “Write a blog post in the style of Russell Coker” and the result is in the section below. I don’t know if ChatGPT[...]
BTRFS Rebuild TimeBTRFS Rebuild Time
In February I replaced a Dell T320 server with a HP Z640 workstation for a home server/workstation [1]. The T320 has 8*3.5″ drive bays which I had used to put[...]
Storage Trends 2023Storage Trends 2023
It’s been 2 years since my last blog post about storage trends [1]. Minimum Storage <=2TB In 2021 I stated that as MSY had 2TB disks for $72 and 2TB[...]
Links March 2023Links March 2023
Interesting paper about a plan for eugenics in dogs with an aim to get human equivalent IQ within 100 generations [1]. It gets a bit silly when the author predicts[...]
Strange X11 GrabbingStrange X11 Grabbing
A couple of days ago I upgraded my home server from Debian/Bullseye to Debian/Testing (soon to be Bookworm). Since then KDE sessions on that system have had problems of locking[...]
FirebuildFirebuild
After reading Bálint’s blog post about Firebuild (a compile cache) [1] I decided to give it a go. It’s non-free, the project web site [2] says that it’s free for[...]