8GB VRAM GPUs are a trap, even if they're cheaper than the alternative
…You can save money with an "affordable" graphics card right now, but you'll regret the purchase when you're forced to upgrade sooner than you'd like to. You'll probably…
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FSR 4.1 just made AMD's last-gen flagship a smarter buy than its current one
…Related I bought an RX 9070 XT instead of an RTX 5070 Ti, and I can't find a single reason to regret it No regrets. This is a new lease on…
I used Bazzite instead of SteamOS on my gaming PC, and it does everything SteamOS can't
…Bazzite supports Distrobox, recommends Homebrew for installing non-Flatpak applications, and even offers a developer variant that is meant for software development. SteamOS doesn't have any of this, and in fact…
I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
…Meanwhile, the 4GB variant lets you run media servers, web development, install Docker containers, or work as a desktop. If you need headroom, the 8GB is the way to go. Should I…
Deepin's security problems just cost it another major Linux distro
…Related I ditched Ubuntu after ten years on it, and only regret not doing it sooner After a decade of loyalty, I finally bid farewell to Ubuntu, but not without a heavy…
These Windows 11 apps still feel unfinished — because Microsoft can't help being Microsoft
…Fortunately, recent developments like Windows K2 and hiring developers for native app development show that Microsoft is addressing chronic Windows issues head-on.
Claude is better than Gemini for Python, but it's unusable until Anthropic fixes this one problem
…Lately, Claude has developed a severe workflow disrupting bottleneck for those on its free tiers, and this has got me to pivot towards Gemini, even if it ends up taking a lot…
The best thing about modern Linux isn't the desktop, it's how easy it is to roll back your mistakes
…Sure enough, at one point, I made some changes that I ended up regretting, and reverting what I did was as simple as getting Snapper open, identifying the snapshot that openSUSE took…
I'd do these 5 things differently if I were setting up my home network from scratch
…interference with other signals. $15 at Amazon Related I wired my house with Cat6 and regret not spending the extra $50 Get cabling right the first time. It'll make sense later…
Encrypting DNS queries through Pi-hole is where the real privacy happens, and it only took 10 minutes
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