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Five sections, twenty hand-written guides. Start with a distribution, harden a box, or read how the software actually gets made.
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Distributions
Which distro to run, and why — the six people actually install, compared in plain language.
Which Distro Should You Actually Run? · Rolling vs Fixed Release: Pick a Cadence · Debian and Ubuntu, in Plain Terms …02 / 4 guidesSecurity & Privacy
Hardening, encryption and privacy — the handful of changes that stop the noise at your door.
Hardening SSH: The Five Lines That Matter · Why Linux Beats Windows on Security · ufw in Ten Minutes …03 / 4 guidesSoftware
Packages, self-hosting and the tools worth the muscle memory — what to install and why.
Self-Hosting on a $10 VPS · Flatpak, Snap, or Native? · Terminal Apps Worth the Muscle Memory …04 / 4 guidesTips & How-To
The terminal, systemd, snapshots and fixing what breaks — practical how-tos, no gatekeeping.
Your First Hour With the Terminal · systemd Services, Demystified · btrfs Snapshots Saved My Weekend …05 / 4 guidesThe Open-Source World
How the software gets made — patches, licenses, and the people behind your stack.
8 Things Linux Does That Others Can't · How a Patch Becomes a Release · Reading a License Without a Lawyer …