Used enterprise workstations are the home lab upgrade everyone overlooks
…I've been down this path more times than I want to admit, and I've come to a different conclusion about where home lab money is best spent. Used hardware is…
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Mini-ITX motherboards are full of compromises, but not the ones most people think
…He uses a Windows PC for desktop use and a MacBook for traveling, but dislikes some of the quirks of macOS. You're more likely to catch him at the gym or…
For under $100, an Xbox 360 with homebrew beats almost every modern console I own
…For a long time, Microsoft’s seventh-generation console was too locked down to be as flexible as systems like the Wii , PSP, or original Xbox. But recent software exploits have changed…
No, Resizable BAR isn’t the universal performance booster you think it is
…In modern games that stream large textures and assets in real time, this presents a clear advantage, and that too, undeniably so. In the right scenarios, ReBAR (or AMD's Smart Access…
Windows File Explorer is frustrating by default, but these 5 tweaks fix almost everything
…Making File Explorer better It can be tempting to go looking for a third-party alternative to File Explorer due to its many quirks, but a lot of the time, that's…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…Wine is the foundation that everything builds on, a compatibility layer started in 1993 that reimplements the Windows API one function at a time. Proton is the gaming-focused compatibility stack built…
Your monitor's USB hub does more than a docking station, and costs nothing extra
…Quirky dock firmware is a problem everyone has faced at least once, and forgoing a dock for a monitor-based USB hub means you no longer have to play compatibility roulette . Not…
SteamOS couldn’t revive my old GPU, so I went with this non-Bazzite distro instead
…Sign in to your XDA account I’ve always been excited to try out new distributions, no matter how insane or quirky they may sound. With SteamOS now available for conventional desktops…
Linux's obsession with 'the right way' is why it'll never replace Windows for most people
…It's universally compatible with modern Linux distros, and there are easy-to-use storefronts that let you browse and download these apps just as you would on the Microsoft Store on…
I started my home lab with a mini PC instead of a Raspberry Pi, and the difference was massive
…run, picking between ARM and x86 can mean the difference between spending time diagnosing issues relating to any quirks and incompatibilities relating to the system architecture and cracking on with building a…