My budget motherboard has hit its ceiling, so I'm spending more next time
…As long as the chipset supported my CPU, had RAM slots to spare, and booted reliably every morning, I was happy. When I built my first honest-to-goodness gaming PC three…
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Your soundbar won't talk to your TV, and manufacturers act like that's normal
Jeff Butts Mar 29, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
Googlebook repeats Pixelbook's biggest mistake, and Gemini won't save it
…the discourse is already moving towards whether Googlebook hardware can be repurposed to run Linux distributions instead. The premium segment is one that witnesses a lot of caution in the way dollars…
Native PC ports are quietly replacing emulation as the best way to preserve old games
…widescreen rendering support, uncapped framerates, high-resolution texture mods, mouse-and-keyboard controls — the sky truly is the limit when the game runs on bare metal. Related 4 ways to level up…
Immutable Linux sounded bulletproof until I tried to use it
…Most Linux distributions are designed to run on almost any hardware, but individual support is down to the user or the community. Valve has been very good about updates and not breaking…
Flat Ethernet cables look great — but there’s a catch
…Round cables distribute mechanical stress evenly around their circumference, which is part of why they hold up well over time. Flat cables don't have that advantage. They have greater sensitivity to…
I replaced my entire AI prompt library with Fabric, and now I can't imagine going back
…Not quite — Fabric is designed to be model-agnostic and supports a wide range of providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Ollama for local inference. You can configure your preferred model…
I've stopped recommending Plex to newcomers, because Jellyfin is ready for families now
…Jellyfin improved support so these subtitles render correctly in the browser player without needing to transcode them into the video stream. 06 / 8 Features What hardware acceleration method did Jellyfin add support…
This lightweight Linux distro is what old hardware has been waiting for
Jeff Butts Apr 4, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
I stopped trusting cloud AI with my personal files, and switched to this local setup instead
…Complete removal from a distributed system like this is close to impossible on your end. Let's take ChatGPT for example. It stores files separately from your chat history, so deleting a…