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I was curious about all the hype and tried out a workflow on CachyOS a few days ago, and I was cautiously impressed. I decided to record the workflow for a future tutorial on Cachy today and Cachy's wget build suddenly doesn't have https support.
Back to either Linux Mint or openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Back to either Linux Mint or openSUSE Tumbleweed.
July 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I was curious about all the hype and tried out a workflow on CachyOS a few days ago, and I was cautiously impressed. I decided to record the workflow for a future tutorial on Cachy today and Cachy's wget build suddenly doesn't have https support.
Back to either Linux Mint or openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Back to either Linux Mint or openSUSE Tumbleweed.
The Outer Worlds 2 being $80 is why I don't mind that the first Outer Worlds doesn't work yet on Intel Arc + Linux.
June 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Outer Worlds 2 being $80 is why I don't mind that the first Outer Worlds doesn't work yet on Intel Arc + Linux.
I don't know if there's a single "best" Linux distro, I think there's 1 or maybe 2 distros that are "best" for a given use case, or cases.
Linux users fighting over which distro is best. ⚔️
Meanwhile, me:
Meanwhile, me:
June 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I don't know if there's a single "best" Linux distro, I think there's 1 or maybe 2 distros that are "best" for a given use case, or cases.
VS Code already upsold notebooks (with more RAM) if you leave coding projects open for a couple of days, maybe a few hours when working with JavaScript.
How can you upsell RAM unless your text editor requires 23GB of memory?
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
VS Code already upsold notebooks (with more RAM) if you leave coding projects open for a couple of days, maybe a few hours when working with JavaScript.
Seems like a good base to work off of, instead of starting with a blank canvas.
This makes me wonder; what about 'en medias res' coding instead of 'vibe' coding?
This makes me wonder; what about 'en medias res' coding instead of 'vibe' coding?
I had early access to what is Claude 4 (I don't know which mode yetl, they had codenames) & I have been very impressed
Fun example, this is what it made in response to the prompt: "the book Piranesi as a p5js 3d space. do it for me" - just that, no other prompting (note the birds, water, lighting)
Fun example, this is what it made in response to the prompt: "the book Piranesi as a p5js 3d space. do it for me" - just that, no other prompting (note the birds, water, lighting)
May 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Seems like a good base to work off of, instead of starting with a blank canvas.
This makes me wonder; what about 'en medias res' coding instead of 'vibe' coding?
This makes me wonder; what about 'en medias res' coding instead of 'vibe' coding?
Who needs middlemen when you can go right to the source (or package, or something...)?
This looks like the start of something awesome!
This looks like the start of something awesome!
LosslessCut: A GUI Front-End for FFmpeg for Audio/Video Editing
linuxtldr.com/losslesscut/
linuxtldr.com/losslesscut/
LosslessCut: A GUI Front-End for FFmpeg for Audio/Video Editing
Discover an amazing free and open-source cross-platform GUI front-end of FFmpeg for basic editing tasks on your laptop or desktop with fewer system resources.
linuxtldr.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Who needs middlemen when you can go right to the source (or package, or something...)?
This looks like the start of something awesome!
This looks like the start of something awesome!
Figured Intel GPUs would improve PyTorch support by June. If A770/B580/B770 get full support soon, they could be budget inference beasts—esp. on Linux. High VRAM + low MSRP = a real option for training 🤏 AI projects, and the ability to scale ⬆️, w/o spending $900 on an 80-tier NVIDIA card.
May 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Figured Intel GPUs would improve PyTorch support by June. If A770/B580/B770 get full support soon, they could be budget inference beasts—esp. on Linux. High VRAM + low MSRP = a real option for training 🤏 AI projects, and the ability to scale ⬆️, w/o spending $900 on an 80-tier NVIDIA card.
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'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' by Wham was released nearer to the end of the Second World War than to today. Happy New Year everyone!
January 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Why I Think Strix Halo/Strix Point Halo Won't End Budget Gaming GPUs:
✅ SOC fabricated on an advanced TSMC node.
✅ SOC has unprecedented amount of GPU cores.
✅ SOC, at least on paper, competitive with Apples premium mini/compact Mac Studio
✅ AMD seems to be working hard for day one ROCM support.
✅ SOC fabricated on an advanced TSMC node.
✅ SOC has unprecedented amount of GPU cores.
✅ SOC, at least on paper, competitive with Apples premium mini/compact Mac Studio
✅ AMD seems to be working hard for day one ROCM support.
December 28, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Why I Think Strix Halo/Strix Point Halo Won't End Budget Gaming GPUs:
✅ SOC fabricated on an advanced TSMC node.
✅ SOC has unprecedented amount of GPU cores.
✅ SOC, at least on paper, competitive with Apples premium mini/compact Mac Studio
✅ AMD seems to be working hard for day one ROCM support.
✅ SOC fabricated on an advanced TSMC node.
✅ SOC has unprecedented amount of GPU cores.
✅ SOC, at least on paper, competitive with Apples premium mini/compact Mac Studio
✅ AMD seems to be working hard for day one ROCM support.
I'm really hoping Linux Xe Drivers will include the ability to passthrough Battlemage GPUs to VM's. Maybe its all grass is greener on the other side, but I want to be able to spin up a vm or a few and experiment with tools or games instead of having to deal with partitions and bare metal instances.
December 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM
I'm really hoping Linux Xe Drivers will include the ability to passthrough Battlemage GPUs to VM's. Maybe its all grass is greener on the other side, but I want to be able to spin up a vm or a few and experiment with tools or games instead of having to deal with partitions and bare metal instances.
Anyway, I cover Intel Arc on Linux because, while it's a work in progress, it has the foundation set to compete with Nvidia's offerings in both compute and gaming on Linux, as well as Windows.
December 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Anyway, I cover Intel Arc on Linux because, while it's a work in progress, it has the foundation set to compete with Nvidia's offerings in both compute and gaming on Linux, as well as Windows.
Whether you use linux or not...
Intel doesn't need a 4070 competitor to succeed. The most-used GPU on Steam? The RTX 3060. In fact, *50/*60 cards dominate the top 10 gpus in the Steam User Survey, making up ~36% of all GPUs surveyed. Intel’s Arc B580 targets the heart of the market—not a niche.
Intel doesn't need a 4070 competitor to succeed. The most-used GPU on Steam? The RTX 3060. In fact, *50/*60 cards dominate the top 10 gpus in the Steam User Survey, making up ~36% of all GPUs surveyed. Intel’s Arc B580 targets the heart of the market—not a niche.
December 4, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Whether you use linux or not...
Intel doesn't need a 4070 competitor to succeed. The most-used GPU on Steam? The RTX 3060. In fact, *50/*60 cards dominate the top 10 gpus in the Steam User Survey, making up ~36% of all GPUs surveyed. Intel’s Arc B580 targets the heart of the market—not a niche.
Intel doesn't need a 4070 competitor to succeed. The most-used GPU on Steam? The RTX 3060. In fact, *50/*60 cards dominate the top 10 gpus in the Steam User Survey, making up ~36% of all GPUs surveyed. Intel’s Arc B580 targets the heart of the market—not a niche.
Very much this. If you're gonna try Linux, use a cheap and/or spare machine or a raspberry pi to test drive it, ultimately break things and distrohop.
While it definitely isn't hard to find a sub $100 🖥️ or 💻 these days, many more ppl will have a spare machine after the Windows 11 switch next year.
While it definitely isn't hard to find a sub $100 🖥️ or 💻 these days, many more ppl will have a spare machine after the Windows 11 switch next year.
I have been using Linux since I was literally 12 years old and would not tell any normal person to install it on their main computer, that would make things worse for them, not better
stop trying to tell me about Linux! I have gone 38 years without learning anything other than there's a sickly penguin and a red hat! Normal people do not experience Linux! For shame!
December 1, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Very much this. If you're gonna try Linux, use a cheap and/or spare machine or a raspberry pi to test drive it, ultimately break things and distrohop.
While it definitely isn't hard to find a sub $100 🖥️ or 💻 these days, many more ppl will have a spare machine after the Windows 11 switch next year.
While it definitely isn't hard to find a sub $100 🖥️ or 💻 these days, many more ppl will have a spare machine after the Windows 11 switch next year.
November 30, 2024 at 9:13 AM
And I have to make a turkey tomorrow...
November 27, 2024 at 9:56 AM
And I have to make a turkey tomorrow...
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This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM
This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.
In this video, I talk a bit about how the Mac Studio is sort of an ideal to a portion of the local llm crowd, and how AMD is likely readying a SOC/APU for a much more affordable competitor.
youtu.be/EavPxjqhjso
youtu.be/EavPxjqhjso
November 26, 2024 at 5:01 AM
In this video, I talk a bit about how the Mac Studio is sort of an ideal to a portion of the local llm crowd, and how AMD is likely readying a SOC/APU for a much more affordable competitor.
youtu.be/EavPxjqhjso
youtu.be/EavPxjqhjso
But whose DNA are we gonna use?
One must consider that if DNA data storage takes off we will someday store sequencing data as DNA
November 22, 2024 at 5:39 AM
But whose DNA are we gonna use?
The difference is obvious; the Webb telescope's pics looks like 70s rock album covers.
November 22, 2024 at 5:37 AM
The difference is obvious; the Webb telescope's pics looks like 70s rock album covers.
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nothing feels more disrespectful than when a game autosaves right before a suspiciously empty room.
November 16, 2024 at 6:53 AM
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