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How to refresh data held in long-term (non-powered) storage on hard drives, SSDs and other flash media. Video covers relying on ...

My take on the possible future of home computing, based on increased component integration, the rise of the agentic command ...

Secure Boot certificates on most computers expire in June and October 2026, affecting Windows 11, Windows 10 and Linux ...

Optical storage can offer excellent long-term data retention. In this video we look at the state of the market for optical disc drives ...

Data preservation for home computer users, covering cold media data retention, and required refresh actions, for hard drives, ...

Turning a Raspberry Pi 5 into a Mini-ITX board that can be mounted in any Mini-ITX or larger PC case. The “Waveshare Micro ...

RISC-V annual review, including RVA23 silicon, AI, RISC-V in automotive, and an interview with RISC-V International CEO ...

I've switched from an Android tablet to an iPad. But why?! This video reveals all. The Typefinity keyboard website is at: ...

Lightweight Linux distributions for three different categories of older computer, including those with 64-bit and even 32-bit ...

What desktop Linux does better than Windows 10 or Windows 11. Including a choice of desktop, customization, and bringing new ...

USB connectors and specifications tutorial, including USB 1.1, USB 2.0, USB 3.2, USB4 Version 1.0, and USB4 Version 2.0. Video ...

Construction of an i3-14100F desktop PC with 16GB of RAM, 500GB SSD, and an Intel Arc A310 graphics card. Plus a few ...

The Raspberry Pi 500+ takes a Raspberry Pi 500 and adds an M.2 NVMe SSD and an illuminated, mechanical keyboard.

The seven operating systems that I run every week, together with the hardware I run them on, and what they are used for.

Ubuntu 26.04 Linux distro introduction and review. If you are thinking of moving from Windows 10 Linux, Ubuntu is well worth ...

SSD update video focusing on SSD technologies, life expectancy, SLC cache, and DRAM vs DRAM-less SSDs. Or in other words, ...

How to turn an existing, physical Windows installation into a VirtualBox virtual machine. This video builds on my 2025 video ...

The evolution of instruction set architectures (ISAs) and companies in the CPU marketplace. If you like this ExplainingComputers ...

Scratch-building a Mini-ITX PC case from ABS plastic sheet, and other parts! :) My Cyberdeck video is here: ...

My favourite small computing things, including the most useful adapters and other hardware items that are part of my regular ...