Keeping up with my workload is a constant challenge, and in order to maintain my sanity, I've had to come up with all sorts of tricks to speed up parts of my workflow that can eat into my day. Part of that involves becoming more of a keyboard user, so I use a launcher like Vicinae on my Linux PC.

Calendly is extremely helpful for planning online meetings and events for larger groups. In my experience, four people is usually the point at which schedule conflicts become unmanageable. Many business owners and solo entrepreneurs already rely on it for scheduling meetings with clients. Aside from convenience, presenting a dedicated scheduling portal looks far more professional to potential leads. As robust as it is, it isn't without its flaws. And in one of my earlier articles, Cal.com caught my attention, so I decided to see whether I could replicate my workflow using it.

We've seen some excellent news for Team Linux over the past few weeks. We've only just learned that Zorin OS 18, an operating system specifically designed to welcome in Windows 10 escapees, hit 780,000 downloads from Windows machines in just a month. While we will likely never learn what percentage of those downloads stuck with it, it's still interesting to see how people are giving Linux a try.

Now that a full month of Arc Raiders is over, the game has definitely developed a strangely wholesome reputation vis-à-vis player interactions in its PvPvE world. Over the past couple of weeks, though, the community has stumbled onto something rather unexpected — platform matters.

A messy workspace always starts the same way. It begins with a power strip on the floor, then a few dangling chargers, and before long, every cable in sight forms a nest you try to ignore. Many people convince themselves that this is fine because they will eventually get around to organizing things, yet that day rarely comes. When you reach the point where you cannot stand it anymore, consider 3D-printing a cable tray that mounts directly to the underside of your desk.

The world of technology changes in strange ways, doesn't it? Once billed as the one OS you shouldn't game on, we're now seeing Linux act as the beating heart for powerful gaming systems such as SteamOS and Bazzite. Gaming on Linux is no longer a joke; in fact, some gamers discovered that Linux handheld gaming can sometimes beat Windows 11 now.

Despite the impressive processing capabilities of the newer Raspberry Pi boards, certain demanding projects remain out of their reach. For instance, you wouldn’t expect a mere Raspberry Pi SBC to run dozens of virtual machines on Proxmox. Nor would you expect this pint-sized machine to run high-capacity HDDs in RAID 10 and share the storage pool at 10GbE speeds.

I threw random PDFs and notes at Recall.ai and expected chaos but it kept stitching meaning together like it understood my brain. For the past few months, NotebookLM has been my go-to for research workflows, offering AI-powered summaries and insights from uploaded documents.

Windows is the operating system I grew up with. I’ve used XP in my school days, Windows 7 when I was in high school, and then every other version that arrived after that. I remember my initial days with a personal Windows 7 laptop when my friend gave me a USB packed with tools and themes. Those included official and unofficial Windows themepack files that would instantly change the wallpaper and other desktop elements’ appearance.

Windows power plans are probably something you don't think about until you have to, especially on a desktop PC. These settings control a lot of your PC's behavior when it comes to gaming performance, file access, and network connectivity. Many users never bother to change the default power plan on their Windows PC. While these settings might seem relevant only for laptops, even desktop behavior is likely to be affected if you're running the "wrong" power plan for your needs. It doesn't take long to understand the differences between the pre-configured Windows power plans or create a custom plan for yourself.

Most "AI cameras" you can actually buy today are just IP cameras with a thin cloud API bolted on top, sending your data off to an unknown cloud server somewhere. The heavy lifting still happens on said server, which is bad news if you care about latency, bandwidth, or sending raw video off-site for every little thing. That's why the CamThink NE301 is unique, as it goes in the opposite direction entirely and shifts that processing to a local-first model, complete with a ton of extra features, too.

I'm always on the lookout for the perfect note-taking tool. I've gone hands-on with practically every tool I hear people raving about, and the sad part is that there’s little variety. The tools are either overbloated with features that simply aren’t necessary, or they’re so barebones that you end up wishing for just a bit more.