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Install OneDrive Client for Linux on Debian or Ubuntu
edafe.de/onedrive The OneDrive Client for Linux connects your Debian or Ubuntu system to Microsoft's OneDrive Personal, OneDrive for Business, OneDrive for Office365, Sharepoint and other such deployments. Step 1 Install the OneDrive Client from the Debian or Ubuntu repository. $ sudo -- bash -c 'apt update && apt install --yes onedrive' Step 2 Begin to...
Not Universal Enough
Microsoft attempts to make the USB-C port live up to its name by trying to force manufacturers to follow a standard. But you know what they say about standards.
Mission Drift
If a company or service you rely on changes owners, you can’t be guaranteed that its mission will match what you’ve come to expect—even if, at least initially, it seems like everything’s on track. Hence why I returned a new messenger bag.
The Rich Data Wonk
There‘s something weirdly comforting about Steve Ballmer’s unusual second act as a nonpartisan truth-teller, through his USAFacts nonprofit.
Comedic Consultant
Trevor Noah has been on the Microsoft payroll for years, and nobody apparently noticed until now. Is that a problem? (Hint: Yes.)
The AI Laptops’ Secret Feature
Ignore the AI that Microsoft is selling everyone. The reason why the new ARM laptops are exciting is because Qualcomm did the work with Linux. Also: I built a site.
Defeating Mouse Lint
The rise of the optical mouse, a device so good at its job that it effectively killed off the rubber ball, and the sometimes questionable people who invented it.
Linux in 2024 – charting its own path to innovation
"Why do people take the path less traveled and choose an operating system based on Linux over the proprietary based ones from from Microsoft Windows and also the Apple Mac OS? So welcome to the intriguing world of Linux, an operating system that's been quietly revolutionising the tech landscape."
sudo embrace
Microsoft’s decision to introduce sudo for Windows is strangely symbolic of how influential UNIX has been even on non-UNIX ecosystems.
Spooky Database Relations
A discussion of the least-on-brand thing to ever happen on Halloween: The Halloween problem, a database querying issue with a long legacy.
Tales Of Type
A discussion of the ways that large tech companies helped to define the evolution of computer typography. One battle made the CEO of Adobe really mad.
AI, Minus the Hype
Perhaps you’ve heard a thing or ten about generative AI stuff like ChatGPT. Should you care? Let’s have a (relatively) normal person explain it to you.
Quasar: Compromising Electron Apps
We've all heard how insecure Electron apps are. Here's a way to make that easy to demonstrate.
Quasar: Compromising Electron Apps
We've all heard how insecure Electron apps are. Here's a way to make that easy to demonstrate.
Quasar: Compromising Electron Apps
We've all heard how insecure Electron apps are. Here's a way to make that easy to demonstrate.
No Hiding These Logos
How Intel turned the PC industry into its collective co-op marketing partner through a strong sticker game, an idea Microsoft used to push Windows sales.
Good Luck Opening These
In the latest entry in our periodic series on failed file formats, we dig into word processor document formats that didn’t make it through to the present day.
Bog-Standard Multimedia
Why the PC industry standardized on multimedia in the early ’90s, and why that standardization effort didn’t really last.
ProtoAppStore
Assessing the landscape of the app store concept in the years before it became an idea “originated” by Apple. The prior art is strong with this one.
Novell Cooperation
How a networking software company with an unusual approach to competition nearly convinced Apple to bring MacOS to Intel computers in the early ’90s.
Windows, Minimized
Windows CE was supposed to power everything but the PC. But its identity was seen as a threat to Windows proper.
Reading Below The Surface
How subcarrier radio signals made room for hidden stations on the FM dial for decades—and help ensure, even today, that everyone has access to the news.
Epic MegaFight
Why did Epic Games decide to go scorched-earth on the App Store model last week with Fortnite? Perhaps it reflects the company’s shareware roots.
New Emails, Old Tech
How HTML helped, then hindered, the evolution of email, or why all those fancy marketing emails you get in your inbox still rely on HTML tables in 2019.
Photon Phailure
Microsoft’s late-era Windows Phone 7 did away with a decade of evolution. Its Photon project tried to do the same—while keeping the Windows Mobile legacy alive.
The Ghosts of Windows 3.1
The weird places that Windows 3.1 showed up throughout the ’90s, including a hated CD-i competitor and an unusual update of the Commodore 64.
The Platform Microsoft Forgot
The MSX computer standard was big in both Japan and Brazil. But despite a sizable cult, it may be the most obscure part of Microsoft’s history. Here’s why.
Double Trouble
How a court battle involving groundbreaking disk-compression software foreshadowed Microsoft’s status as an antitrust darling.
Clippy Couture
Clip art gets a bad rap as an artform, in part because it’s everywhere. Let’s give it some grudging respect by filling in some historic gaps.
The Internet's Final Frontier
Pondering the nature of digital connectivity in the one room nobody wants to consider internet access in, even though we use it all the time: The restroom.
Who Killed The Encyclopedia?
The fast demise of the physical encyclopedia came about thanks to an upstart publisher, an indecisive giant, and the world’s biggest software company.
Your Code Is Junky
FrontPage tried to solve an important problem in the early-internet era—the idea of making web design accessible to mere mortals—but the code wasn't so hot.
The Internet Will Be Televised
Two decades ago, WebTV launched a bold idea into the mainstream … and caught the fringes. What can we learn about the internet from this noble failure?
The History of Internet Explorer Hatred
Microsoft's Internet Explorer was one of the earliest things that made tech users really freaking mad. It gave those users something to fight against.