Keep your Data outside your PC or Laptop in a Pendrive or USB SATA SSD drive. Latter is recognized as a System drive on windows. System Recovery disk in USBdrive.

When Computer fails you lose nothing, send it for repairs after pulling out Drives. Migrate to new PC or Laptop with ease.

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@PortableApps

https://portableapps.com

Use PortableApps.com for your apps on your PC. Many apps are available for External drives.

#computer #windows #data #freebee #wine #security

Linux apps that run anywhere

https://appimage.org

"As a user, I want to download an application from the original author, and run it on my Linux desktop system just like I would do with a Windows or Mac application."

https://docs.appimage.org/introduction/quickstart.html

Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered.

these are like portable apps

create a new drive and put all appimages to this.

right click the appimage icon, properties, permissions - allow to run as program

create a desktop launcher too

#linux #app #tech #software #computer

powerpig posted a photo:

The LX Edition is one of my most detailed computer builds to date. It has a fully modelled CRT as well hard drive, floppy drive, and power unit subassemblies. However, the real star of this build is the removable card cage that houses the motherboard and memory boards!

A building guide for My First Computer: LX Edition is now available at chrismcveigh.com

Fedora Linux

https://fedoraproject.org

Free and open-source Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the Red Hat Linux project.

#linux that I use on my laptop.

#tech #technology #computer #laptop

powerpig posted a photo:

Here's another retro desk setup that's firmly rooted in the '90s. It's got a tanker-style desk with three working drawers and a tweaked chair design with rounded cushioning. Building guides are available at chrismcveigh.com!

openSUSE Tumbleweed

https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/

Continuously Updated

You install it once and enjoy it forever. No longer do you have to worry every six months about massive system upgrades that risk bricking your system.

We have KDE, Xfce, Gnome options

I am trying out Xfce on a 15 year old computer and it works well.

Screenshot 1.6 MB png format was converted to jpg 360 KB. Carbon friendly.

#linux #opensource #tech #desktop #laptop #computer #productivity