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Welcome to Linux Consultant

This site is a collection of tips, examples and small chunks of code I’ve used over the years as I’ve worked with Linux. Mostly the items found here are for my own use but I’ve made the site public in the chance that it will help other people. If you find something useful please let […]

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Sony 1000X The Collexion vs. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2: Both wow, but one is comfier

Sony’s and Bowers & Wilkins’ premium headphones deliver an elevated experience, but choosing the right pair isn’t as cut-and-dry as you’d think.

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I ditched Google Drive for my own self-hosted storage – and I wish I’d done it sooner

Nextcloud is a free and open-source storage option that offers several advantages. Here’s how it works.

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The ‘learn to code’ era is over – and employers are on the hook for reskilling now

AI’s ushered in a new era of reskilling. Here’s what the industry can learn from the last decade’s drive to put people in tech jobs.

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You’re using 3M Command strips all wrong

3M Command strips are incredibly useful, if you use them right. These tips can turn ‘it fell off the wall’ into ‘it’s still there’ years later.

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Best wireless chargers of 2026: Expert tested

We tested the top wireless chargers from brands like Anker and Nomad to find the ones that make powering your devices easier than ever.

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The best HDMI cables of 2026: Expert reviewed

I tested the top HDMI cables from leading brands to find the most dependable options for clear audio and video.

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The best smart rings of 2026: Expert tested

I tested several top smart rings including the new Oura Ring 5. These are the ones I recommend.

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I tested my Fitbit Air against an ‘EKG-accurate’ heart rate monitor – the results surprised me

Accuracy is the name of the health tracker game, so I put Google’s latest device to the test.

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Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable

Cinnamon will fully support both X11 and Wayland sessions starting with Mint’s next release, due Christmas.

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I’m a Windows user who installed Linux for the first time – here’s how the experience changed me

I put Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop to see if Linux could really replace Windows 11. See why my final destination was so worth the speed bumps.

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OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work aim to beat Anthropic on price, speed, and productivity

OpenAI’s latest announcement looks like a lot more than a model upgrade.

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FSF Blogs: How the FSF sysadmins block botnets with reaction

Source: Planet GNU

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In an Angry Fit, Dev ‘Sabotages’ OpenMandriva Repository

A dust-up in OpenMandriva’s dev ranks escalates from abusive chats to vanished repositories and a ‘saboteur’ package that threatens Gnome and Cosmic users.
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I tested ChatGPT’s Live Voice upgrade, and it almost felt human – how to try it

The latest GPT Live Voice models can listen, speak, and conduct online research all at the same time. Does it feel like you’re talking with a real person? Almost.

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Best Buy is selling a 70-inch Fire TV for just $350 right now – and it’s a model I recommend

Upgrade your home theater with a big-screen Insignia F50 for less than $400 right now at Best Buy.

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Claude desktop app for Linux enters beta

Anthropic has released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, launching alongside an apt repo Ubuntu users can add for ongoing updates. According to the official docs, Claude desktop for Linux offers “the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code e…

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This iPhone bug won’t let me save cropped screenshots – but I found a fix

My cropped iPhone screenshots kept reverting to the full image, revealing details I tried to hide. And that’s a problem.

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Microsoft goes all in on new AI-powered Windows security strategy – what it means for you

An elite security team at Microsoft has built an AI-powered pipeline to find vulnerabilities in Windows and get them to engineers to build fixes.

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LG is giving away free soundbars with this CineBeam Q projector deal – how to qualify

Upgrade your entire home theater at once with this LG CineBeam Q and soundbar bundle.

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Tangent for Linux.com

By Alexey Volkov, Bo Li, Ben Chen, Maksym Yezhov, Pete Luferenko, and Volv Grebennikov – Shopify Machine learning work is full of loops: form a hypothesis, build a pipeline, run it, read the metrics, adjust, repeat. Tangle is already where Shopify’s ML experiments run, giving engineers a shared platform to build and execute pipelines. Tangent […]

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