Most people don't hate Linux, they just hate the first distro they tried
…It's just the kernel, a low-level piece of software that interacts with hardware on a fundamental level. What that means for you as a user is that there's actually…
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Most people think Ubiquiti gear is overkill for a home lab — they're missing the whole point
…Ubiquiti supplied XDA with the hardware mentioned in this content, but did not see it before publication. What is overkill, anyway? Time for some level setting When all I owned for my…
I finally upgraded from gigabit and realized how much my network was holding me back
…That’s your ceiling; no matter how fast your plan is, your hardware is the bottleneck. I’ve seen setups where everything looks high-end: powerful PC, modern hardware, but everything is…
Forget SO-DIMM RAM — every laptop should have adopted LPCAMM2 years ago
…alive in high-end gaming and workstation laptops. LPCAMM2 will gradually gain traction with newer, AI-enabled laptops, and slowly spread to every segment. That said, the transition from SO-DIMM and…
I replaced Dropbox with Syncthing, and file sync finally stopped feeling like I was borrowing someone else’s computer
Ayush Pande Jun 19, 2026, 1:31 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
4 unique integrations you never thought of using with Home Assistant
Ayush Pande Apr 2, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I replaced my Raspberry Pis with $5 ESP32s for smart home projects, and they do everything I need
Ayush Pande May 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Gaming on Android Auto just feels better with these robust apps
…It delivers fast-loading HTML5 games optimized for playability on low-bandwidth internet connections like 2G and 3G, paired with low-powered hardware found in emerging markets like India and Indonesia. See…
I moved my self-hosted apps from a Raspberry Pi to an N100 mini PC, and I should have done it sooner
Ayush Pande Jun 9, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I blamed my budget CPU for poor performance until I checked these 4 things instead
…The processor often ends up taking the blame because it always has, but modern game engines have been increasingly offloading heavy lifting to the GPU, which decides how the game experience feels…