Submissions from liam-on-linux.livejournal.com

		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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