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How and why to encrypt your data. Video addresses all major operating systems, with demonstrations including Windows Device Encryption, Bitlocker, and using VeraCrypt to work with encrypted external drives and containers.
Linux news and broader developments, including the forthcoming Fedora 45 and Ubuntu 26.10, Omarchy, Raspberry Pi OS desktop updates, adoption stats, and the rise of IJW (it just works) Linux.
LM Studio Bionic installed and tested on modest PC hardware, and then used to run local AI models for agentic web access and document manipulation. You can download Bionic from the LM Studio website here: https://lmstudio.ai/download My previous video about running Gemma 4 local AI models in LM…
Will AI destroy the web? In this video I discuss how this may slowly occur as AI disrupts the web’s search-and-visit business model, we transition from GUIs to agentic computing interfaces, and generative AI really takes hold . . .
How to keep an older desktop computer in good working order. Note that PC maintenance is always undertaken at your own risk. The Noctua thermal paste I used is available on Amazon US here: https://link.amazon/B08EFbPAb and on Amazon UK here: https://amzn.to/46fT9u3 Please note that these are…
Taking a look at Haiku -- an alternative operating system based on BeOS, and updated in August 2026 to version R1/beta6. You can learn more about Haiku, and download ISO files, from its website at: https://www.haiku-os.org/ If you enjoy this video, you may also be interested in some of my other…
Choosing and setting up a Seagate IronWolf hard drive as my most cost effective purchase option in the current storage market. The video in which I explain SMR vs CMR hard drives is here: https://youtu.be/12z-wWu1BaM And my previous hard drive videos include: 16TH Toshiba MG08:…
Using RISC-V hardware for all computing for a week, including editing this video. The final Kdenlive video render took 32 minutes and 41 seconds. My original review of the Milk-V Jupiter 2 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKA6thLI1U And of the Milk-V Jupiter 1 is here:…
Orange Pi Zero 3W review, including tests in Ubuntu and Debian of this tiny single board computer based on an Allwinner A733 system on a chip. You can learn more about the board on its web pages here: http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-Zero-3W.html…
Tutorial on how Linux applications are installed using the packaging formats Deb, RPM, Flatpak, Snap, AppImage, and their associated package managers. Includes demos in Linux Mint, Fedora and Ubuntu.
Quantum computing annual review. Plus, as this is the tenth such video, reflections on developments over the past decade. All previous updates can be found in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2m2YvnrOYxIZ5ThTsTov6h2YSGzFHYul REFERENCES (a few omitted as the description box is…
How to run Gemma 4 open local AI models in LM Studio on a computer with integrated graphics (like most laptops and mini PCs). Although everything here will also work just fine on a system with a dedicated graphics card.
Milk-V Jupiter 2 review -- including specifications, demos and benchmarks of this Spacemit K3 Pico-ITX, RVA23-compliant RISC-V computer. You can learn more about the Milk-V Jupiter 2 on its web page here: https://milkv.io/jupiter2 My 2023 video in which I only used RISC-V hardware for a week is…
Bazzite is a gaming-focused Linux distro, but with slick configuration and performance that also work well for content creation and other applications. And so in this video we look at Bazzite in both contexts.
ExplainingComputers mid-year update, including discussion of NVIDIA RTX Spark, high RAM and storage prices, Linux beginners, and channel news. My “The Future of Home Computing” video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJe2IOO1224 And my video on building a custom Mini-ITX case is here:…
Ten removable storage media -- including floppy disks, hard drive cartridges, and magneto-optical disks -- that were released between 1971 and 1998. But how many do you know? Or even remember using?!
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