Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Musing on computing, math, electronics, de-Googling and the small web, from an old warhorse of the IT industry.
Latest Posts
Can you fit an NVMe solid-state drive into a computer that was made long before NVMe was invented? And should you?
This article is about how programming for CP/M, usng a 40-year-old C compiler, differs from modern C development, even for console applications.
For a Linux user in particular, which of these popular services is the most effective?
What's the real reason that cellphone manufacturers stopped fitting this simple, robust connector?
Although Lineage OS installation is pretty well-documented, there are a few things that might benefit from some more detailed explanation.
The Vim text editor is almost ubiquitous on Linux systems, and for good reasons. This is the first article in a series which seeks to uncover some handy features of Vim, that don't seem to be widely known.
The elegant simplicity and serviceability of this compact power ampliifer has given it an enthusiastic following for nearly forty years.
The REX was the world's first, and last, credit-card-sized personal computing device. Why did it fail?
Will my Gentoo journey be coming to an end after the first month?
Not everybody likes Pulse audio or PipeWire. But is it practicable to abandon them in favour of traditional ALSA at this point?
Regardless of the subjective merits of 'bit-perfect' audio, is it technically possible on Linux?
It's not that difficult, but there's no built-in support.
Even seasoned Linux developers speak of Gentoo in hushed tones. It's not for the faint-hearted, that's for sure. But how stout-hearted must you be, for Gentoo to be appropriate?
'Separation of variables' is one of the first methods usually taught to math and engineering students for solving differential equations, and yet the method as taught is mathematically very sloppy. That's not to say it doesn't work, but...
Is it safe to sell a used hard drive without securely erasing all the data? And is it even possible to erase all the data, even if we want to?