Guides

Yelp gives small businesses little control over their listing, reviews, advertising environment, or billing exposure. This sourced guide explains why many owners should avoid paying Yelp.

From GNU's beginnings and the 1991 Linux kernel to servers, phones, games, and today's desktop, a sourced history of how free software became a practical choice for personal computers.

One hundred reasons to switch to Linux, linked to guides on privacy and control.

Fifty reasons to switch to Proton Mail, each linked to an email privacy guide.

Fifty reasons to switch to Brave Browser, each linked to a privacy guide.

Fifty Nostr questions linked to guides on identities, relays, security, and use.

Fifty Tor questions linked to practical guides about privacy, setup, and limitations.

A numbered index of 100 WordPress security alerts with links to the individual guides.

A numbered index of 100 Omarchy OS questions, each linked to its full guide.

Microsoft extended consumer Windows 10 security-update coverage to October 2027. Use the time to decide whether a working PC should move to Linux.

A July 2026 Windows 11 change puts subscription status in Start. What does that reveal about commercial prompts and desktop control?

The operating system sits between you and everything the machine can do.

Disabling a toggle is useful, but it leaves the same vendor deciding which new features and data flows arrive next.

An account decision, service outage, price increase, or unsupported device can interrupt basic work when everything is tied together.

A small organization can lose bargaining power when documents, identity, storage, and collaboration all depend on one recurring contract.

A school that teaches only one vendor's buttons teaches dependence along with computing.

When fixes and design decisions stay private, each customer repeats the same dependency and mistakes.

A hidden implementation forces users to trust assurances about behavior they cannot verify.

A distribution can change its defaults or partnerships.

The word Linux does not promise privacy, support, or a particular update style.