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Jun. 4, 2025

Debian Upgrade Marathon: 6.0 Squeeze

The backward compatibility of interfaces has been nothing short of heroic. It is easy to forget that I’m plugging networking equipment and USB devices into ports that would be old enough to drink, and still they speak to one another without getting into fisticuffs.
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May. 23, 2025

Checking the Pulse of OpenPOWER and RISC-V

Finding computer equipment that respects user freedom and owner control can feel a lot like squeezing water out from stone. You may be one of a few of us who have tepidly followed the developments surrounding RISC-V since its inception last decade.
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May. 20, 2025

Debian Upgrade Marathon: 5.0 Lenny

With two versions now behind us, it is a good time to start tracking a sort of “technical debt” as it accrues from upgrades.
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