Category Archives: OS

A Secret Apple Silicon Extension to Accommodate an Intel 8080 Artifact

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Blake Patterson

Lately I’ve been spending time on Mastodon for … reasons. Here’s my link: https://oldbytes.space/@blakespot. In my recently active time on the platform, I have found quite a few excellent retrocomputing-related posts by creative members of the community. One such post, … Continue reading →

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That Time I Ran Linux on the Desktop

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Blake Patterson

I stumbled upon a discussion of GNU/Linux on the desktop on Reddit recently, with someone predicting that “next year” will be the year of Linux on the desktop (with tongue-in-cheek and as it ever was). This got me thinking about … Continue reading →

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