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Thinkpad T14 Fedora My search for a better Linux development laptop led me to the AMD-powered ThinkPad T14. Here's why I chose it, how Fedora handled the hardware, and my experience moving away from macOS for development.

2022-01-10

Intel Nuc Home Server Turning a pair of used Intel NUCs into compact Arch Linux home servers, including hardware upgrades, a troublesome Skull Canyon HDMI issue, and my experience using NUCs as more powerful Raspberry Pi alternatives.

2022-01-06

Dogs The story of adopting Nero, a high-energy seven-month-old German Shepherd already on his fourth home, and how consistent training, structure, and patience helped turn a difficult start into his forever home.

2022-01-01

How to Install Arch Linux A step-by-step guide to installing a minimal Arch Linux system on UEFI hardware, covering disk partitioning, filesystems, networking, and the basics needed to get a new installation up and running.

2021-06-01

Love for Linux How I went from an on-and-off relationship with Linux to running Ubuntu on my servers and Arch on my everyday machines, and why Linux eventually became my operating system of choice.

2021-05-19

Pinebook Pro My first impressions of the Pinebook Pro running Manjaro ARM with KDE Plasma—an inexpensive ARM laptop built more for Linux enthusiasts and tinkerers than replacing your everyday laptop.

2020-10-20

henrythepug.com Rebuilding my dog's WordPress photo blog with Gatsby and a headless WordPress CMS, while automating content creation from Instagram with the Graph API, cron jobs, and Gatsby Cloud builds.

2020-09-04

Hackintosh A look back at the Hackintosh I built in 2016 with almost no planning, how the hardware evolved over the years, and my experience running macOS on a custom-built PC.

2020-04-17