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A developer's workspace showing a Linux laptop with code on the screen and an external monitor displaying a Microsoft Defender security dashboard.

Microsoft Defender Arrives on Linux Workstations

Microsoft has decided that Linux desktops need a hug from Redmond. According to recent reports, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is officially expanding to Linux workstations, currently sitting in public preview… 

A home lab desk setup showing three stacked Dell OptiPlex small form factor PCs, a Star Trek mug on a coaster, a keyboard, mouse, and dual monitors displaying terminal windows and code, with a bookshelf and window in the background.

The Stack: A Tour of My Privacy-First Home Lab

I’ve never been terribly good at letting commercial cloud providers hold onto my life. Between wanting actual ownership of my data, a lingering distrust of corporate telemetry, and the sheer… 

Cyberpunk 2077 running on Linux at 84 FPS with MangoHud telemetry showing Vulkan and GPU stats in the top-left corner.

Linux Gaming, It’s Just Getting Started

Linux gaming hasn’t won a thing yet. Anyone telling you the war is over hasn’t tried playing a major multiplayer game with kernel-level anti-cheat lately, or dealt with a broken… 

A dystopian "CyberLink UK" biometric terminal on Westminster Bridge scanning a man’s eyes. A digital billboard in the rain displays an unblinking eye and the text "ALL CITIZENS ARE SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS MONITORING." Thick, glowing data cables are coiled in a massive "vicious circle" around the man’s feet.

The Vicious Circle: Beyond the Political Theatre

Watching a Prime Minister resign in a flurry of headlines is a classic British distraction. While the news cycle fixates on who’s moving into Number 10, the laws they actually…