I study in an engineering university full of geeks and nerds. Most of them use some (pirated) version of Windows, though they all know how superiorly Linux would perform on our sprawling LAN network.
They do not. And one of the major reasons is that there are some particular softwares that everyone here uses, but cannot [...]
This is not exactly my usual run-of-the-mill stuff, but since I wrote a post or two about benchmarks not being the ultimate say in computer buying decisions, I have had mails requesting me to elaborate on how to buy a good computer. So I decided to dedicate this small post to an answer. I do [...]
Introduction
It’s true, computers do get slower over time, specially if they’re heavily used. There are two major reasons for that: hardware and software.
But hardware is much less of a problem. Most computer hardware nowadays is solid state, which means there are few moving parts that slow down from wear and tear. The hard disk is [...]
