This is the shortest path from a clean Ubuntu installation to your first running Go program. It takes about ten minutes, and by the end you will have a single binary that runs on any Linux machine — no interpreter, no … Read more
Free software did not begin in 2017, and it did not begin at Facebook. It began with GNU (1983), the kernel a Finnish student released as a hobby (1991), and the Open Source Initiative’s definition (1998). What the industry did afterward — … Read more
Windows XP lost support on April 8, 2014. The Luna look — blue taskbar, green hills, green Start button — did not. In 2017, this post installed the Lubuntu XP three flavors package on Lubuntu/LXDE. In 2026 … Read more
With a new webmail interface It looks like Synacor, Zimbra’s owner at this point, is doing a great job — unlike some companies that bought the software and did practically nothing. Synacor is driving an evolution … Read more
Apple announced APFS (Apple File System) at WWDC 2016. In March 2017, iOS 10.3 converted the iPhone’s flash storage without users noticing. In September of that year, High Sierra did the same on SSDs … Read more
The tax lion still lives on Linux. The Brazilian Federal Revenue Service’s tax return program (PGD) runs on x86_64 with the official installer. You can also file through e-CAC without downloading anything, or through the Receita Federal app. This post is the path … Read more
Tomcat remains the most widely used servlet container on Linux servers. This how-to installs the current release from Apache’s official tarball, with a dedicated user and systemd unit — on Ubuntu 24.04/22.04 and equivalent Debian releases. Which version … Read more
A short cheatsheet: install, configure, clone, commit, push. No object theory. If you have never used Git, these commands cover 90% of cases. Install on Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives: sudo apt update sudo apt install git git –version In 2026 … Read more
Puppet describes the machine’s desired state — a package installed, a service running, a file with specific contents — and the agent turns the difference into action. You do not write “how to install nginx on this distribution”; you specify that nginx … Read more
Developer defends Mir: “Why Mir” Canonical developer Alan Griffiths has been blogging extensively about the Mir server over the past few days. He has been trying to get the community to support Mir and potentially even add client support … Read more
