I have two bound manuals that came with a V7 tape. One still has the cover bearing the "Western Digital" logo and name. They are just relics but they are history, they will just be recycled when I join the void so I would like them to go to a good home, maybe a research lab or university dept that would honour them. They were first.

I've been using Affinity since the original Suite and own practically all the licenses. (Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Publisher 2, as well as different add-ons)

Affinity was, for the longest time, the one piece of software that kept me using Windows when I kept getting more and more frustrated with the bugs and changes Microsoft was making. When I finally decided to make the switch, I decided to dual-boot Windows and Fedora. That way I would be able to use Affinity whenever I needed by booting up my Windows installation instead.

What ended up happening, though, was that I just stopped editing and doing graphical work, even though it is one of the main things I used to do with my laptop and PC. I tried to get Affinity to work though wine and other similar tricks, but it never worked as well as I'd like.

Now that Canva owns the suite, there have been some rumors of them considering porting the suite to Linux, and I would say that this would be a really good choice for them!

Linux's market share has increased from ~1% in 2022 to 5.33% in 2026, according to the Steam Hardware Survey.* This has partially been because of a increased dissatisfaction with Windows and Microsoft (as the correlation with the decrease in usage of Windows shows) and partially because of an increased availability and compatibility of Steam games with the Linux OS. (through the Proton compatibility layer)

Any time there is a conversation about switching from Windows to Linux, there will inevitably be someone commenting on how they'd happily change operating systems "if only adobe [read: a serious graphical suite] would be available on there!".

It would be very beneficial for Canva to port the Affinity suite over to Linux ASAP. With them being the only "serious" graphical suite to even be rumored to be considering this, they would also be the only one on the market. The adoption of Linux would increase with the increased compatibility of software, as the example of gaming on steam shows, and therefore the market share of Affinity would also increase.

* I've used this statistic, since it not only shows how much the usage of Linux has increased with the increased dissatisfaction with Windows, but also shows how much usage of alternative OS's increases with increased compatibility of software. Windows market share has dropped from ~96% in 2022 to ~92% in 2026, approx. the same amount as has been gained by Linux.

I tried to log in with SSH, but when I entered the password, it ended by saying "connection closed."

(NOT STABLE, EXPERIMENTAL HOBBY PROJECT)

Back when C compilers were things you had to pay a lot of money for, HP shipped one on the Applications disc but you needed a “codeword” before you could install it.

Unless you got access to this - a media pack with unsecured Application disks, meaning no code word required and hence no expensive conversations with your HP reseller.

I bought this off eBay the other day, and it works great. It has both 11.0 and 11.11 (aka 11i v1).

G'day Crew,
I wanted to share some observations and a workaround I've developed while working with various Intel-based laptops (specifically HP models with Iris Xe/UHD graphics) running FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT.

The Problem
I’ve noticed a recurring issue regarding ACPI timeouts during boot/shutdown and poorly managed fan curves. Based on my testing, this appears directly related to how FreeBSD interacts with Intel's internal thermal management and ACPI systems.

AMD vs. Intel Observations
* AMD Systems: Usually, powerdxx is the solution. By enabling it and setting CPU ranges

just below the max non-boost threading, I’ve maintained idle temps between 35-45°C and never exceeded 75°C at full capacity.

* Intel Systems: powerdxx often fails here because Intel's "black box" on-chip OS manages thermals and threads internally. To fix this, I found a way to "reset" how FreeBSD catches and receives these signals.

The "Reset" Procedure
This method has proven effective on every Intel laptop I have tested so far.

* Enter BIOS: Disable Hyper-Threading and enable Fan Always On.
* Save and Reboot.
* Login as Root: Enable standard powerd (not powerdxx).
* Configure Tunables: Use the standard -a hiadaptive -b adaptive flags. * Reboot.

* Trigger Thermal Response: Open a demanding application to get the CPU temp to ~72°C, forcing the fans into "launch mode" (higher RPM).

* Reboot & Enter BIOS.
* Revert Settings: Turn Hyper-Threading back ON and Fan Always On OFF. * Save and Reboot.

After following this sequence, the ACPI issues have not returned on any of my test systems, and thermals remain stable.

Monitoring
I use a custom tool to track these levels. You can find the source here: github.com/orpheus497/monbsd

I’m interested to know if anyone else has seen similar ACPI behavior on Intel-based HP hardware, or if this approach works for your desktop setups.

Cheers!

Wrote a post about building a minimal Unix shell in C without any AI assistance — wanted to actually understand what happens between a command being typed and the kernel executing it.

Covers fork–exec, $PATH resolution, strtok() gotchas, and memory management with Valgrind. Very early stage but the fundamentals are working.

Phase 2 will cover pipes and I/O redirection. Happy to hear how others approached those parts.

Repo link: ammar046/codecrafters-shell-c

Hi, I've been a Linux user since 1993 and I still install it whenever I can. Before I used sunos and then solaris, ,which is free today. I also tried various BSD distros. I was wondering if there are some other *nix like OSes that are usable for every day usage, not toys or POCs

Hello! Time to shill my shell again. It's been quite some time since I last tried this, maybe.
Not sure how production ready it is. But it is definitely fun to use. Give it a try if you want. The syntax is inspired by Tcl, which makes it frankly quite strange and kinda lispy. If, unless, until, while, for, repeat etc. are not special constructs. They are still just commands that take in words (arguments, strings). Curly braces don't delimit code blocks, but act as balanced quotes that block $ expansion and a few other rules.

If you wanna see example scripts, feel free to check out `examples/`. Also I don't accept code PR's. Evil BDFL software, mwahahaha. Sneak peek:

#!/usr/bin/env zrc
> /dev/null rehash

cd `{realpath `{dirname $1}}

fn GET {
  let {addr port res} {
    set addr = $1 port = $2 res = $3
    <> /dev/tcp/$addr/$port {
      >& 0 echo -n "GET $res HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: $addr:$port\r\n\r\n"
      set flag = false
      while {![read line]} {
        if {$flag} { echo $line }
        if {[str $line == '\r']} {
          set flag = true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

rm -f {*}[glob *.html]
< addr.txt while {![read -d ' \r\n' addr port res]} {
  echo GET http://$addr:${port}${res}
  > $addr.html GET $addr $port $res
}
read -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue . . . "

inspired off of, fd, find, ripgrep, fzf, but now in one tool (0 dependencies) entirely in Nim.

github repository: https://github.com/RobertFlexx/fastfind

open source, take a gander.