My home lab sounded like a jet engine until I stopped ignoring this one thing
…Related Idle power draw matters more than peak performance in a 24/7 home lab I couldn't deal with the sound any longer High-performance hardware generates a lot of heat…
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AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs
…and Linux, consisting of the Ryzen AI Developer Center, apps and model preloads, and playbooks to offer guided workflows. ROCm is fully supported out of the box with optimized performance and SOTA…
I spent $50 on a managed switch and fixed problems my $200 router couldn't
…cottage with a hybrid build, consisting of both stone and modern brick and mortar, we needed a new approach to networking. The ideal solution to maximize performance for all connected clients was…
Bazzite turned my second PC into a console, and SteamOS never felt this polished on the desktop
…Performance has been more consistent than I expected. In many cases, games run on par with Windows, especially titles that already have solid Proton support. Since my PC uses AMD GPUs, things…
SteamOS finally went Super Saiyan with the Steam Deck, but other handhelds proved that wasn't its final form
…While Proton, Vulkan, and Mesa finally cracked widespread game compatibility, high performance, and seamless driver support, respectively, the Steam Deck became the showcase to bring this modern Linux avatar to the masses…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
…the most consistent results without taxing the GTX 1080 powering it . I tried using the Speech-to-Phrase tool from the App Store, but Whisper (or rather, faster-whisper) performs better as…
Stop wasting 10% of your SSD on an old trick that modern drives don't need anymore
…If you're working with sustained, heavy write workloads in fields like video editing, virtual machines, or scratch disks, then over-provisioning most certainly can help maintain consistent performance under pressure. These…
Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting
…WSL2 is genuinely better in setup, compatibility, and raw performance — better isn't the same as native, though. The moment you start working with the Linux file system, networking, and USB passthrough…
Chrome Remote Desktop is an okay TeamViewer alternative, this free, open-source tool is better than both
…Related I tried every method to remotely access my PC, and this self-hosted method is the best and actually works consistently Bid adieu to TeamViewer and the likes Chrome Remote Desktop…
An RTX 3070 is living proof that software now matters more than hardware
…The RTX 3070, however, exceeded my expectations, and that's even before I dropped to DLSS presets like Balanced and Performance, which have now become incredibly impressive in image quality and temporal…