Finally we are starting to see progress regarding the installation of Linux on Apple Silicon. According to Ars Technica, Fedora Asahi Remix 40, can now be installed on Apple’s M1 and M2 series of chips. However as Thunderbolt, USB 4, USB C, builtin microphones, and Touch ID are currently not supported. So there is still a lot of work that needs to be done, which means that for now we will not be trying to get Linux running on our MacBook.
Should we all move to LibreOffice?
Due to privacy concerns regarding Microsoft products. A number of governments have been slowly moving to Linux and open source software [Wikipedia list of Linux adopters]. So it’s interesting to see that after a successful trial. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to shift 30,000 local government computers to Linux and LibreOffice.
As we are also in the process of slowly shifting away from Microsoft and Google products. It will be interesting to see if this project is successful. However as Microsoft has such a tight grip on business computing. We are wondering how Schleswig-Holstein will deal with retraining and document compatibility.
If you are interested in trying LibreOffice, and have a Chromebook. Why not check out our video series which looks at using Linux Development Environment. In that series you will find out how you install LDE, Flatpak and LibreOffice. Skills that might be useful in the future if we all continue to migrate towards Linux.
PC storage prices set to go up!
According to PCworld magazine, hard drive and SSD’s are about to increase in price due to higher than expected demand and supply constraints. In the article, it is reported that a Taiwan analyst company TrendForce, understands that storage makers Western Digital and Seagate, have sent letters to their customers warning them about the price hikes. So if you need a new hard drive for your NAS or want to upgrade a computers SSD. Now might be a good time to do so.
Current project
As part of our Synology NAS beginner guide series. We are currently working on finishing a video that looks at basic security. Something that will be particularly important as we get closer to making our NAS accessible from the internet.
However while we are currently at the script writing stage. We are beginning to realise that this video could be quite long. So as we will be making a full length walk through of all the settings we will be changing. We might also create individual sub-videos on topics like dual factor authentication, folder encryption and Antivirus Essentials.
Early Access content
Last year we made a video on how you enable and access SSH on a Synology NAS. So this month in early access, we will be posting a video on ten terminal commands that you can use in SSH. Then as part of our Synology router series we will also be posting a video on how we can turn a Synology router into a simple Network Attached Storage Device.
This months releases
For general release to this website and YouTube, we will be reverting back to our two videos a month schedule. So at the start of this month. We will be releasing the first video in a new series that will look at how you setup a Synology router.
Then for the second half of the month. We will be releasing the next video in our Synology NAS series, where we look at making a backup. While this video happens to be the longest video we have ever made. It will show you how using a free application called Hyper Backup, you can make both a local and cloud backup. Then to finish off the episode we will demonstrate how you restore a file or folder, should one ever get deleted or become corrupt.
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