My Raspberry Pi NAS taught me that cheap storage isn't worth the compromise
…It's small, quiet, cheap to run, and backed by a community that has turned the little board into just about everything. I had drives, I had spare time, and I had…
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The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…The Steam Deck did wonders for Linux gaming, pushing its market share to new heights, but its biggest impact was breaking the myth that Windows was the best platform for gaming. Linux…
KDE is finally killing X11, and I'm not as sad as I thought I'd be
…Wayland was designed to address this problem by isolating each app and routing inter-app communication through a compositor, which can control what each application is allowed to see and do. For…
I've stopped recommending Plex to newcomers, because Jellyfin is ready for families now
…Swiftfin is actually a separate community-developed native iOS client, while Jellyfin Theater is a different desktop-focused client. 04 / 8 Clients What is Swiftfin, the community-developed Jellyfin client? A A…
Windows updates are already bad, but even worse when Microsoft uses my PC to update yours
…He can be found engaging with gaming communities online, always ready to debate the finer points of ray tracing or itching to write an 8-page collegiate thesis on any game that…
I use Claude Code to set up Claude Code better, and I wouldn't have it any other way
…Given that it's an open standard, you'll find a mix of MCP servers built by the companies themselves and others built by the community. That said, despite how powerful these…
My motherboard's debug LED saved me hours of troubleshooting once I learned how to use it
…If this indicator were to stay on, it implies that the motherboard either can't communicate with the processor or an error has been detected. This may be harmless, such as an…
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
…and the onboard MT7921AUN-based radio shares its chipset with the Alfa AWUS036AXML, a well-regarded Wi-Fi 6E adapter popular in the pentesting community. Flipper also says it plans to produce…
Linux 7.1-rc1 brings faster, safer file transfers between Windows and Linux partitions with a brand new NTFS driver
…Yep, the Linux community doesn't give itself much time to rest when it comes to getting Linux kernels out the door. Linus Torvalds has officially announced that Linux 7.1 is…
I turned my dusty PS3 into a retro console, and my nephew forgot about his PS5 entirely
…My nephew asked, “What Sony console is that?” While cleaning the PS3, I shared stories about gaming on it, pulling all-nighters, and saving up for games. Of course, most of it…