What Caught my Eye – Week Ending July 23, 2022
Each week I read through a crazy amount of content. Who knows what will catch my eye. Some times I may devote an entire post to something, other times it may just be little mind worms that either inspire me, make me mad or even laugh. You never know what I may put here. I […]
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GPUs Just went on Sale. GO BUY THEM NOW!
am not sure if you are in the market for a new Graphics card or not, but if you are – Go buy them NOW. In advance of the 40 series cards forthcoming from Nvidia, in combination with the near collapse of bitcoin mining and NFTs, the graphics card manufacturers have found themselves with a surplus of 30 series cards. They are priced to sell. Now selling UNDER MSRP for the first time since before Covid.
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What Caught my Eye – Week Ending July 16, 2022
This week my attention turns first to the incredible images, tech, and accomplishments of the Webb telescope then moves to helpful little article on networking in Kubernetes. Always the fashionable one (NOT) I was excited about Nanoleaf announcing the black color-way while I was busy preparing and delivering the the motobuild to its ultimate owner. Finally – Next Level French Fry and Ketchup mastery,
Read MorePrimoChill Praxis Wetbench Build
A PrimoChill Praxis System bench build for my home system build workshop. Tips, hints, and observations.
Read MoreLinux Laptops – The complete List
This post is an attempt to make things easy for the Linux enthusiast who is looking for a comprehensive list of manufacturers who specifically make and tailor to Linux optimized laptops and servers. Sure, there is a school of thought that says that most of the fun is doing your own custom build, distro and desktop combo. But some people just want to use and go!
Read MoreMotoMadness Build – The Final Chapter
Well after having a weeklong gap from home having to do some work related travel I was back at it with the MotoMadness build. It was so close I could taste it. I picked up some additional fans, RGB hubs, and the like to troubleshoot the back fan issue. My fear is that it was […]
Read MoreMotoMadness Build Part Two
After receiving the new ROG 850W Power Supply Unit I once again ventured into the build and got to work. The new PSU worked like a champ it only took a few moments to throw the proverbial (and literal) switch.
Read MoreMotoMadness Build Part One
My nephew’s birthday is fast approaching and I decided to give the little guy his first real computer. But of course it’s me, and I cannot just get him some kind of standard off-the-shelf straight from Best Buy kind of system. Its just not in my idiom.
Read MoreThe HP Dev One: Another Play date with Linux? or an evolving change in direction for System 76?
News breaking that HP will be announcing their HP Dev One laptop. An AMD-based 14 inch laptop running the Pop!_OS Ubuntu distribution targeted at the $1099 price point. With 16GB, an AMD Ryzen Pro processor and a 1TB NVME drive. It doesnt sound too bad. Most of my information is coming from liliputing, Phoronix, BetaNews […]
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My new daily driver
Occasionally I get asked about my personal “daily driver” laptop. For those of you who dont know me – I work almost exclusively in Linux for my day to day machine. Sure I have a company-issued Windows laptop and an additional home machine that I use for windows-y exclusive things but I just find that […]
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