Linus Torvalds quietly changed his mind on AI. Here’s how.
I have been thinking about how engineers update their opinions, and the role model I keep coming back to is not the one most people would pick. It is a software engineer…
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OpenSign: a real e-signature tool that does not charge per seat
I have been looking for a legitimate open source e-signature tool for about three years. I wanted something that did not cost $10 per user per month, did not lock my signed…
Bambu Lab’s lockdown is a warning shot for every gadget you buy
I bought a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon in early 2025. It is the best 3D printer I have ever owned, and the worst purchase decision I have made in five years. The…
A $10 email client that actually keeps its mouth shut
I have used Thunderbird for years. It works. It is also a browser disguised as an email client, and every few months I catch it syncing telemetry back to Mozilla (the foundation…
Sending a 10 GB file without renting someone else’s cloud
I have been the person on both ends of the 10 GB file problem more times than I want to admit. The last time was a video project, hand-off to a collaborator,…
Why Shotcut 26.6’s Vulkan Upgrade is a Game-Changer for Open-Source Video Editing
Shotcut 26.6 ships real Vulkan acceleration, and the small print is the interesting part I edit a lot of short documentary cuts on a six-year-old desktop with a mid-range GPU, and I…
KaOS Linux Dumps Systemd for Dinit
KaOS Linux 2026.06 Swaps Systemd for Dinit, and the Result Is Faster I have been running KaOS on a secondary machine since the 2024 cycle, mostly because I wanted a KDE-first distribution…
Zed Editor Finally on Linux and It Is Absurdly Fast
Zed Editor Finally on Linux and It Is Absurdly Fast I have a soft spot for editors that do not make me wait. Every millisecond of lag between hitting a key and…