Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…And the new Platform Performance Package (IPPP) is really just a new name for the half-a-billion driver packages that Arrow Lake wants you to install for your new processor, packaged…
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How long until other AMD-based handhelds get slow-walked drivers?
The Z1 Extreme APU seemingly ran out of driver support after two and a half years, which is shockingly short for a mobile device, let alone one marketed as a console replacement. Even with Lenovo promising support until 2029, there's no guarantee of how often those drivers will get updates, and gamers like to see rapid updates that cover upcoming major titles. Support could be minimal, enough to keep the devices operational, or it could be to fix large bugs, but there's no guarantee of anything concrete. Lenovo Legion Go Dimensions Starting at 8.27 x 5.
AMD's handheld driver support is so bad that Linux is starting to look like the better choiceI tested the same NVMe in two generations of PCIe slot and learned why most people are upgrading wrong
…That's down to firmware and BIOS initialization, driver initialization, and small-file access. Don't believe me? My Steam Deck is PCIe 3.0 all the way through, and it boots…
Most people waste money on mini PCs when their old laptop is already a better home server
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These forgotten Microsoft tools do what I used to pay for
…It maintains a catalog of everything that's configured to run at startup or login, including scheduled tasks, shell extensions, browser add-ons, drivers, and services. These two tools combined are like…
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Ubuntu 26.04 is polished, but Fedora 44 asked less from me out of the box
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Your home network doesn't need Pi-hole — an $8 ESP32 blocks ads just as well for a fraction of the cost
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The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…Linux users had already abandoned Windows' bloated environment, but the Steam Deck brought millions of additional eyeballs to the mess that Windows users were dealing with every day. It finally made a…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
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The best cheap Linux-based desktop you can buy was never designed to run Linux
…The Asahi project had to build support through careful reverse engineering , driver work, and integration with the broader Linux ecosystem. That effort is the difference between a curiosity and a machine someone…