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The vagaries of 1990s 32-bit Windows networking (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
63 points by lproven on Dec 12, 2021 | past | 81 comments
The rise of the LAN in business computing (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by AndrewDucker on Dec 7, 2021 | past
Just because a vendor sells laptops with a Linux on, caveat emptor still applies (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by davidgerard on Sept 25, 2021 | past | 1 comment
Some thoughts about raising the profile of Lisp (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
93 points by AndrewDucker on Aug 31, 2021 | past | 178 comments
The historical significance of DEC and the PDP-7, -8, -11 and VAX (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
134 points by lproven on July 8, 2021 | past | 80 comments
Mankind is a monkey with its hand in a trap, & legacy OSes are among the bait (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by lproven on June 25, 2021 | past
You can legally get and run WordPerfect for free (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
230 points by lproven on June 14, 2021 | past | 211 comments
MS-DOS' drive-letter allocation process is more complex than you might think (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
1 point by lproven on April 15, 2021 | past
What was the difference between Windows, Windows/286 and Windows/386? (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
3 points by AndrewDucker on March 2, 2021 | past
What was the difference between Windows, Windows/286 and Windows/386? (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
5 points by lproven on Feb 26, 2021 | past | 2 comments
Starting Over: A FOSS proposal for a new type of OS for a new type of computer (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
157 points by lproven on Feb 8, 2021 | past | 119 comments
Comparing taskbars and desktop panels, & musing on the One True Linux Way (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by lproven on Jan 28, 2021 | past
Tablet manufacturers let us all down, or, why Windows 8 flopped (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
3 points by lproven on Jan 15, 2021 | past | 2 comments
Reflections on being both right and wrong about smartphones, 13 years ago (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by lproven on Jan 11, 2021 | past
Complete IBM PC DOS 2000 virtual hard disk image for VirtualBox (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
1 point by lproven on Dec 22, 2020 | past
Tales from the dawn of PC networking: cheapernet vs. broken string (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
1 point by lproven on Dec 6, 2020 | past
Further thoughts on UEFI: how and why did we get it, anyway? (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
3 points by lproven on Nov 26, 2020 | past | 4 comments
Notes towards a classification of UEFI firmware types (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by lproven on Nov 24, 2020 | past
Some ARM Mac owners will be in for a disappointment when they try to run Windows (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
3 points by lproven on Nov 17, 2020 | past | 2 comments
Why was there no 32-bit 6502 or 64-bit 68000? (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
4 points by lproven on Oct 29, 2020 | past | 2 comments
Modernising RISC OS in 2020: is there hope for the ancient ARM OS? (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
111 points by lproven on Oct 10, 2020 | past | 53 comments
Pulling apart “What does a DevOps Engineer do?” (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
1 point by lproven on Oct 8, 2020 | past
Why progress estimates are difficult (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
1 point by lproven on Sept 25, 2020 | past
Apple Platinum: arguably the acme of classic pre-compositing GUI design (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by lproven on Sept 22, 2020 | past
Thoughts about the difference between European and American H/W and S/W design (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
109 points by lproven on July 29, 2020 | past | 157 comments
Was Acorn's RISC OS an under-appreciated pearl of OS design? (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
162 points by lproven on June 28, 2020 | past | 114 comments
CBM got a great price for a cheap BASIC – but with an extremely expensive legacy (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
1 point by lproven on May 24, 2020 | past
[flagged] Two complete, working, useful Raspberry Pi projects (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
7 points by lproven on May 1, 2020 | past | 2 comments
A brief history of Apple's transition from Classic macOS to NeXTSTEP-based OS X (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by tambourine_man on March 23, 2020 | past
Cargo cult software design [blog post, by me] (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com)
2 points by lproven on March 9, 2020 | past

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