Welcome to jaludn.net — which stands for Just another Linux user dot net.
That name is half joke, half truth.
I’ve been around computers long enough to remember when making the screen do anything at all felt like wizardry, and long enough to also remember that a lot of that wizardry immediately turned into, “Oh no, I think I broke it.” That combination of curiosity, bad decisions, stubbornness, and eventually learning something useful pretty much sums up both my history with tech and this blog.
This site is where I write about old tech, old lessons, old mistakes, and the occasional moment where something actually worked on purpose.
A lot of it comes from growing up with early computers, learning to program badly before learning to program slightly less badly, and carrying those lessons forward into later years working in tech. Some posts are about old machines, old software, and old habits. Some are about the weird little moments that stick with you for decades, like the first time a tiny program made a computer feel alive, or the first time a dumb joke on a shared system seemed like an excellent idea at the time.
I’m not writing as a historian, influencer, thought leader, visionary, digital transformation evangelist, or any other title that sounds like it was generated by shaking LinkedIn until a business card fell out.
I’m just a guy who likes computers, Linux, old systems, command lines, weird software, and the stories that come with them.
Some of these posts are nostalgic. Some are technical. Some are basically confessions with file extensions. Most of them come from the same place: a lifelong fascination with technology, especially the kind that made you work a little harder, think a little more, and occasionally reach for the manual only after everything had already gone sideways.
If you’ve ever typed something into a machine and then immediately regretted it, learned more from your mistakes than from the documentation, felt strangely sentimental about old hardware, or smiled at the memory of green text on a black screen, then you’re probably in the right place.
This isn’t a polished museum exhibit. It’s more like a garage shelf full of old parts, old stories, and the occasional thing that still boots.
Oh, and I have three very cute mini corgis who will occasionally visit.
Thanks for stopping by.