…If a manufacturer decided to sunset a product or put a previously free feature behind a paywall, I was powerless to stop them. That’s when I decided to reclaim my home…
…Old office PCs, mini PCs , NAS boxes, rack servers, power-efficient CPUs , and drive capacity are all tangible parts of the hobby, so it makes total sense. They are easy to compare…
…Windows animations were the real culprit Looks smooth, feels slow “I have a powerful PC, but it still sometimes lags while opening the Start menu, minimizing and maximizing windows, or switching between…
…need to scrounge around for I/O devices or look into adapters when troubleshooting your portable workstation or tweaking its BIOS options. Most laptops also have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and…
…But for a power user , these inefficiencies were hard to ignore. To cope with these, I started to replace the core apps gradually with better open-source alternatives that actually fit my…
…And as a fan of gaming, of course, I found a use for mine as a new way to play my favorite retro games on a larger, but portable screen, all thanks…
…The custom AMD Zen 2 APU with RDNA 2 graphics and the 7-inch 800p 60Hz display were more than enough for a portable SteamOS experience for the vast majority of gamers…
…At the time, rumors pointed to Nintendo following up the pint-sized consoles with a portable Game Boy Classic, but that never happened. This was a big mistake on Nintendo's part…
…Since it was no longer my primary device, I did not care if it sat plugged into a power bank for hours, or got a bit too warm to the touch. The…
…Docker handles system orchestration Containerized foundation powering my reliable AI home server I didn’t want a cluttered OS or a "dependency hell" where one Python update breaks my entire brain. That…
