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DJ Ware
I was curious if musil would slow Alpine down, so I ran the tests and compared the results to MX24, Fedora 43, Linux Mint, Rocky 10, Debbian 13, Deviuan 6 Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Alpine specific Issues 01:34 - One More thing 03:05 - Benchmark Walkthrough 17:47 - Harmonix Means 19:46 - Final Thoughts Music: Non-Linear Protocol (c) 2026 DJ Ware
Experience the power of Alpine Linux 3.23, the minimalist distro that delivers maximum performance with minimal overhead. In this video, we install Alpine, explore its lightweight environment, and run real-world benchmarks to show why small Linux systems can outperform expectations. From minimal desktop setups to efficient package management, Alpine proves that less can be more. Perfect for Linux enthusiasts, experimenters, and anyone seeking security, speed, and simplicity. 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Alpine Linux Overview 02:37 - System Requirements 03:24 - Linux 6.18 Changes 06:15 - Tool Chain 07:29 - Install Alpine in VM 10:19 - Proxmox Setup 37:33 - Final Thouhgrsa
Valaria guides us through the chaos and excitement of CES 2026, highlighting Jensen’s keynote topics: Physical AI, the new Rubin GPU, Vera CPU, and open-source tools supported forever. Along the way, penguins, robots, and a touch of mischief make this a short, entertaining cartoon adventure you won’t want to miss. also CES is being renamed fron Consumer Electronics Show to Corporate Excess Show
A thoughtful walk through FreeBSD 15.0—its design, discipline, and why composable systems still matter. FreeBSD 15.0 quietly advances security, adapts to change with finesse, and reflects solid, intentional engineering. It powers some of the most flexible firewalls in use today and enables forward-looking filesystem design. It does not claim perfection, yet it consistently moves toward it. FreeBSD does not chase trends, influencers, or corporate fashion cycles. It focuses on doing essential work well, then stepping aside so the user remains in control. This release continues a long tradition of careful engineering, clarity of purpose, and architectural restraint. Some assume FreeBSD has faded away. Quality endures. Disorder eventually collapses. In this video, we take a slow walk through FreeBSD 15.0—its design goals, system requirements, storage footprint, shells, installation process, and the broader ecosystem that has grown around it. This is not a benchmark race or a feature checklist. It’s an exploration of why FreeBSD still matters, especially as operating systems increasingly reflect commercial priorities. If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to use an operating system that understands its role and stays true to it, this tour is for you. Contents 00:00 - Overview of FreeBSD 15.0 00:27 - freeBSD 15.0 02:54 - System Requirements 04:35 - Additional Features 05:36 - FreeBSD Spin offs 06:28 - More FreeBSD Features 07:53 - FreeBSD Shells 09:12 - Install FreeBSD 18:40 - Base disk space use 24:57 - A few Thoughts
Personal computers did not suddenly become expensive. They were pushed back in line. As artificial intelligence scaled upward, computation concentrated into massive datacenters built to compress time by overwhelming problems with hardware. That decision reshaped fabrication priorities, memory allocation, storage production, and supply chains across the entire industry. This video follows the engineering path that led here, explains why consumer hardware is absorbing the cost, and asks the question no one wants to answer: if AI lives in the datacenter, who is actually supposed to use it? Contents 00:00 - Beginning 00:52 - Part 1 Recap 02:30 - California Gold Rush 03:13 - AI Fever 03:47 - Fever turns to Rush 04:15 - PC Costs Drivers 04:48 - PC Cost Drivers 05:17 - AI Cost Drivers 05:45 - Resource Drivers 06:16 - AI Multipliers 07:21 - My Experience 08:45 - TenTorrent 12:10 - Backlash 13:15 - SCI 14:28 - NSCI 16:05 - Is Ai Foundational? 16:35 - Summary
Buying a computer used to be straightforward. Lately, it feels expensive, uncertain, and risky — even when the specs look better. This video isn’t about benchmarks or brand loyalty. It’s about why so many people are walking away, returning new machines, or settling for less — and what changed underneath the market. We’re living through one of the biggest shifts in computing since the 1980s, but almost nobody is talking about what it means for you — the person sitting at a keyboard. Hardware prices are rising. Performance gains are shrinking. Windows is pushing hardware requirements. Linux is drifting toward AI and the cloud. And corporations are investing trillions into datacenters while quietly stepping away from consumer devices. So what happens next? This video isn’t about AI hype. It’s about how the ground is moving beneath personal computing — and why millions of users feel the change but can’t yet explain it. Part 1 lays the foundation. Part 2 answers the question: “If everything is being built for AI… what’s being built for us?” Chapers 00:00 Intro 02:07 Smart Phones 03:03 Tablets – The Post-PC Era 04:13 Apple Silicon 05:25 Windows RT 06:30 Windows Copilot PC 07:43 RISC-V 08:46 Rising Prices 09:58 Price vs Performance 10:31 Repair or Used 16:42 Gentoo AI Code Policy 18:12 How Do We Know It’s AI-Generated Code? 19:15 Fedora AI Code Generation Policy 19:54 Linux Distros 20:13 The Open BSDs 20:15 NetBSD 20:37 OpenBSD AI Policy 20:46 FreeBSD 21:17 Rocky, Alma, and Oracle Linux 22:00 Thoughts on AI Policies 22:36 Wrap-Up
MX Linux 25 “Infinity” has arrived, and this release feels bigger and more polished than anything the MX team has shipped before. In this video, Val 3000 opens the show, and then I walk through every major change in MX 25 — from UI enhancements to system improvements — followed by a sneak peek at the new Tux Assistant. I’ll take you through the installation experience, run a short on-camera benchmark segment, share my final thoughts, and then close with the full benchmark suite set to music. A dedicated deep dive into Tux Assistant will follow once I’ve spent more time with it. Subscribe if you want more Linux reviews, hardware testing, and weekly technical coverage. 00:00 - Intro 01:57 - What's New in MX25 09:13 - MX Install 17:18 - FInal Thoughts
How do you actually benchmark two different programming languages? Not opinions. Not hype. Not what’s trending on social media. Real data. Today we take one of the most requested comparisons in software engineering — C vs Rust — and test them the only way that matters: by measuring the executables they produce, not the compilers themselves. To do this right, we pulled out a set of legendary benchmarks developed and maintained for decades by engineer Roy Longbottom, whose work shaped how entire generations of programmers evaluated their systems. Roy’s suite allows us to test speed, accuracy, data integrity, pointer behavior, math stability, and memory throughput — everything a real language comparison needs. Benchmarks Included • Dhrystone — pointer-heavy, string-heavy, logic-heavy • Whetstone — floating-point and math operations • MemSpeed — memory throughput, scaling, and stalls • Mandelbrot — algorithmic complexity and numerical accuracy • Livermore Loops (coming soon) — the ultimate compiler stress test This isn’t a “Rust good, C bad” conversation. It’s not a “C forever, Rust is slow” argument. It’s an engineering evaluation of actual performance and correctness. Why This Matters Rust is the new darling of systems programming. C is the old warhorse that still powers the world. Everyone has an opinion — but almost nobody brings data. And when you measure correctly… data wins. Stick around to see what really happens when C and Rust go head-to-head in a fair fight. And yes, at the end, we talk about the Rust-based OS you haven’t tried yet—Redox OS. Roy Longbotom Website: http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/ Mandelbrot Game: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/performance/mandelbrot.html Table of Contents 00:00 - Initial 00:47 - Different Program Language Testing 02:48 - C and Rust Test Methdology 04:07 - Dhrystone 04:30 - Whettones 05:07 - Mandelbrot 05:38 - Dhrystones Test 06:58 - Whetstone Test 08:12 - memspeed Test 09:18 - Mandelbrot Test 11:27 - What else is Needed? 12:01 - So What Happens if We match OS to Rust? 12:37 - Redox OS, a Rust OS 17:36 - Final Thoughts 19:32 - Livermoor Loops
That’s how this transition felt. Debian has always been the stone: solid, dependable, time-tested. A foundation you can trust. But inside that stone is a clean, sharp blade — something lighter, more transparent, and easier to wield for long-running servers. For me, that blade is Devuan 6 “Excalibur.” In this video, I walk through why I chose to move my servers to Devuan 6, how it compares to Debian 13, and why simplicity and predictability matter when you’re running systems that need to stay reliable for years. This isn’t hype. This isn’t a distro war. It’s just an honest look at what’s inside the operating system you trust with your workloads — and why I wanted something clean, stable, and fully transparent. Auditd Rule Locations (as mentioned in the video): • /etc/audit/audit.rules • /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules • /usr/lib/audit/*.rules These directories contain the active audit configuration and the packaged rule examples you can use to strengthen your own server hardening. In this video: • Why Devuan exists and what problem it solves • How Devuan 6 differs from Debian 13 • What actually matters for production workloads • Init systems explained without the drama • How Devuan performs for servers, desktops, and even gaming • What Windows migrants should expect • Why transparency and consistency matter for long-term systems If you care about knowing exactly what’s running under your workloads… if you value clarity in the base of your infrastructure… you might want to take a closer look at Devuan 6 “Excalibur.” Sometimes the cleanest blade really is the one you draw from the stone. Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:16 - Devuan 6 01:22 - Planing the Migration to Devuaj6 02:36 - Initial Test 4 VMs 03:54 - Predictable Names 05:50 - Hardware Migrations 09:10 - Debian 13 Migration 10:22 - sysctl.conf 11:14 - unattended-backup 11:18 - arpwatch 12:24 - Ansible Hosts 13:07 - lyniis 14:11 - CVE Checks 15:08 - ZFS Migration 16:25 - Wrapup
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