I stopped recommending most Linux desktops, and here's what I tell people to use instead
… It usually goes: send KDE users to the Fedora KDE spin or Kubuntu, and send GNOME users to regular Ubuntu. I haven't heard any complaints yet.
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Framework is funding KDE to build Linux laptops you can actually customize
… Framework gains an advisory seat to help align KDE with Framework users and hardware. Framework joins major donors to support KDE and promote repairable, sustainable hardware. …
The only reason I still recommend Synology is DSM, but even that's falling behind
… Synology's hardware has always been conservative. It made sense when DSM and its apps were the main draw, and you didn't mind the less-than-perfect hardware. …
Windows XP wasn't better, it was just simpler — and Windows 11 forgot that lesson
… I often see complaints about users running low on memory , even with just a handful of active apps. …
Synology's apps are why people stay, not the hardware, and that's finally changing
… And I haven’t even talked about the workaround that lets you configure DSM on unsupported hardware… With XPEnology, you can have the best of both worlds The user-friendly nature of Synology on a powerful NAS rig If you’re familiar with Hackintosh setups, you can imagine the XPEnology bootloader as … …
Windows handheld owners are switching to Linux, and here's why it's a game-changer
… Valve's handheld OS is a masterclass in performance optimization If you spend any amount of time analyzing the sentiment of users on Reddit or Steam community forums, you'll soon come to notice that the chief complaints that come from users running Windows on laptops also tend to surface in discuss… …
AMD is giving its users the best GPU upgrade this year, and it's not a GPU at all
… It still took way too long for Team Red to roll out this update to users who were their highest-paying customers just twenty months ago, but there's no doubt that a lot of complaints have finally been addressed, and those owners are about to gain a lot more from the hardware they've had all along.
Most gamers should logically buy an AMD GPU — here's why they keep buying Nvidia anyway
… Many users faced black screens, crashes, and limited performance on their AMD GPUs that were directly linked to unstable drivers. Then, there were the infamous complaints about AMD's overheating GPUs with the Radeon R9 and Vega series. …
I still don't trust Nvidia's driver release notes after months of performance issues
… Related An RTX 3070 is living proof that software now matters more than hardware AI upscaling changed GPU aging forever, and the RTX 3070 is proof Nvidia's recent drivers feel like they were vibe coded into existence Release notes no longer inspire confidence At this point, I genuinely hesitate bef… …
The Steam Deck won because Valve solved what Microsoft refuses to fix for gaming handhelds
… Microsoft has tried to catch up But they're still losing the race Ever since more and more handhelds have hit the market, it feels like users' complaints about Windows 11 on these devices have only increased. …