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Please note I am completely revamping my content in this comprehensive website update. Over years, I made a lot of mistakes- changing hosts, CDN for images, broken links….that led to almost every blog post having incomplete content.

In this post we will discuss creating a Minimalist writing environment using Slackware Linux. Modern Operating Systems are designed for multitasking, but I just wanted to write. So I went hunting for a digital typewriter—and found it in the most unexpected place: a nearly 25-year-old Linux distribution.

I purchased the Coconics Enabler Budget Laptop, in March 2021, drawn by its promise as a “Made in India” laptop that offered budget-friendly computing with Linux compatibility. Over three years, this journey revealed a mix of modest successes and significant challenges.

In this post, we will take a look at some notable forks of Slackware Linux. Recently, I published a post that honored Slackware Linux, one of the oldest surviving Linux distributions. While Slackware is appreciated by advanced Linux users for its simplicity, stability and adherence to UNIX philosophies, it is often considered as a “Hard […]

This article combines the rich history of this old-school distribution with nearly twenty-five years of my own hands-on experiences. From the days of dial-up internet to the modern computing landscape of 2026, we will explore why Slackware endures and why its unique philosophy still matters.

I set up a new blog site on Blogger yesterday, and it almost happened by accident. The site actually came up when I began tinkering with the settings for Blogger. Learn about my experiences with Blogger and my thoughts on moving between different content management systems.

I heard about Webinoly in a Facebook group for WordPress. Webinoly is a command line based utility to install websites on VPS. Read about my first hand experience.