.NET MAUI
Monday, May 30, 2022
.NET MAUI Welcome to the first of what I hope to be many blog posts on .NET MAUI. MAUI stands for Multi-platform App User Interface. It is a framework that allows a developer to write one run many (WORM). To be clear it is a framework that allows a .NET developer to write an application in one solution and target Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. In practice it’s amazing and it does just that.…
Build 2022 Day 1
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Ah! It’s my favorite time of year again. The Microsoft Build developer conference is here and boy do we have some great things coming this year from Microsoft. Project Volterra Probably the biggest part of the day was the announcement of Project Volterra. This is part of their Open Hardware Ecosystem that aims to obfuscate platforms. From Wi-Fi and cellular chipsets that ensure you are connected, to GPUs and CPUs that share workloads.…
Installing Hugo
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
I’ve written about how Hugo saved my website and how to deal with page resources . (Although, I now use ![]() syntax for images.) But I haven’t really done any deep dives into Hugo. I’m going to change that now. This blog post is all about installing Hugo. The reason I’m writing this post is because installing it isn’t as easy as it should be. Linux Install I’m starting with Linux because it is the easiest.…
Install PWA on Edge
Monday, May 10, 2021
PWA or Progressive Web Apps are the future, like it or not. Many companies are learning that it is too costly to maintain a group of engineers for Web, Android, iOS, and Windows. So what to do? There are other alternatives such as Xamarin, but that isn’t available for web yet. (See .NET 6 and Blazor apps for that.) For now the best way forward for companies is to add a PWA and see what platforms need special attention.…
Why You Should Use Windows 10 Administration in 2021
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Introduction I have been having a lot of fun over on my YouTube channel building out videos for various topics including new features in the Windows Insider builds. However, this isn’t my first time doing videos. I have done a couple of courses for Packt Publishing. One of them is Windows 10 Administration . The course has 6 main sections that take you on a whirlwind journey through Windows 10 Administration.…
Windows Printer Install
Friday, June 5, 2020
A few months ago I was marveling at how easy it was to install my aging HP printer on Linux. Really it even got easier with Ubuntu 20.04. Astonished. So by comparison, here are the steps required to install that same printer on Windows 10. Go to Settings and type Printers & Scanners Click the button that reads “Add a printer or scanner” Wait for it to scan for a printer.…
Build 2020 Part 2
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Oh My! I totally forgot my favorite parts of Build in my last blog post . Read on to learn more. WSL2 WSL2 is part of Windows 10 v2004 that came out this month. With it comes a full fledged Linux kernel. It’s amazing and fast. In the Linux file system you’ll see speed improvements of 60%. But that’s not all. At Build they announced that GPU pass through, DirectX 12 on WSL, and most importantly Linux GUI is coming this year to WSL!…
Build 2020
Sunday, May 24, 2020
The Microsoft Build conference was this week and although we are still sheltering in place from the COVID-19 virus I got to attend. The Build conference was 100% virtual this year and that didn’t detract from anything except the hallway conversations. There were session going on live for 48 hours straight from Tuesday morning at 8AM through to Thursday morning at 8AM. It was quite the experience. It was like drinking from the firehose, and the knowledge transferred did not disappoint.…
Custom WSL Image
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as WSL) is a system where you can run a Linux distribution inside Windows. This is great in that you can run any command line application in Windows. Version 1 of WSL did this using a translation layer between the Linux system and the Windows side. Version 2, which is part of version 2004 of Windows 10, uses an actual Linux kernel to do the work.…