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Linux has long been viewed as a science fair project for nerds. We explain why Linux doesn’t suck and why it's now usable even for normies. Some of the items discussed: Issues with Windows, ease of use, performance (efficient use of resources), hardware support, application support, OS licensing, concerns about Windows/macOS/ChromeOS evolving into Orwellian adware. These other operating systems have their place, but we believe Linux should be used for personal and sensitive computing...
Google Domains is fresh out of beta and now being sold to Squarespace. You read that correctly - Google Domains is joining the Google graveyard. RIP. This deal, and how Google is handling it, is unethical and really grinds our gears. As of the time of producing this episode, Google has yet to inform us of this transaction - we had to find out about it on Twitter...
Mastodon is a Twitter alternative that deserves a closer look. One may assume it’s just another Gab, Parler, or Truth Social, but this isn’t the case. Mastodon is decentralized, federated, free and open-source software (FOSS) that anyone can use. There are many servers you can choose from to host your account, but if you don’t want to go that route, you can also self-host. This is the way social media should be...
A Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a dedicated storage device that you interact with over a network. As time goes on, we accumulate more data and bigger files. Our storage needs seem to be outpacing the amount of available storage capacities on off-the-shelf PCs. In this event, where should you store your data? You can store it on an external hard drive, but these provide neither the storage space, nor the data protections a NAS will provide...
Welcome to the Bigger Insights Technology podcast, where we’ll help you stay ahead of the curve with the latest technology that serves you, not our Big Tech overlords. The goal of this podcast is to give you the education and insights you need to be more productive and take advantage of, rather being taken advantage by technology. In this podcast, we’ll be discussing apps, services, operating systems, devices, Aritificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), software development, etc...