#microsoft
10 posts
2025 - May
1 post2018 - April
1 post2017 - November
1 post2017 - September
1 post2016 - July
1 post2016 - April
1 post2016 - March
1 post2011 - February
1 post2008 - July
1 post2008 - February
1 post2025 - May
1 postYour Windows May Be Crippled Without You Knowing. Check This!!
How a hidden Windows Power Saver profile was silently throttling a high-end desktop to a fraction of its real speed, and how to fix it.
2018 - April
1 postRunning Arch Linux over Windows 10!
Akita installs Arch Linux in Windows 10's WSL and tests tools including Pacman, AUR, GNOME, Tilix, Ruby, Node.js, and Go. Everything works, but slow I/O keeps VMware smoother.
2017 - November
1 postFrom Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again
Comparing Windows 10, macOS, Linux, and premium laptops, the author concludes Windows deserves another chance, uses Manjaro in VirtualBox, and prefers a Dell XPS for development and a Surface Book 2 for design.
2017 - September
1 postWindows Subsystem for Linux is good, but not enough yet
I tested WSL with Rails, RSpec, PhantomJS, and Ruby and compared it with Linux and VirtualBox. Filesystem emulation was at least four times slower, so I stuck with virtualized Linux.
2016 - July
1 postThe Year of Linux on the Desktop - It's Usable!
Testing Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, the author successfully runs Rails, Ruby, Node, Crystal, and Go. PostgreSQL requires a native Windows server, while Elixir and Erlang still lock up.
2016 - April
1 postThe Year of Linux on the Desktop, by Microsoft??
I tested Bash on Windows in Preview 14316: Ruby, Redis, and Memcached work, but memory, shared memory, symlinks, and pseudo-terminals still fail. The promise is good, but it isn’t ready.
2016 - March
1 postWar is Over, or is it? A New Dawn for Microsoft
Bash on Windows and free, open-source Xamarin tools could make Windows attractive to non-.NET developers. The author sees a plausible way out of OS X, but only if Microsoft delivers on its promise.
2011 - February
1 post[Off-Topic] Demystifying the "Evil" Microsoft
While translating a libertarian defense of Microsoft in its antitrust case, the author argues that vague laws give government arbitrary power and that the company's dominance came from competition, not coercion.
2008 - July
1 postChatting with Luis Lavena (Ruby on Windows)
Luis Lavena explains why maintaining Ruby on Windows involves CRT, MinGW, C extensions, and RubySpecs. RubyInstaller already runs Rails, but the project needs more contributors.
2008 - February
1 postChatting with Scott Hanselman
Scott Hanselman talks about his career, diabetes, and Microsoft tools. He sees ASP.NET MVC as a testable alternative to WebForms and attributes most Vista crashes to third-party drivers.