Purchasing System 76 in 2025

With the new year coming up and my old System 76 Oryx Pro from 2017 not keeping up with some GPU needs, I decided it was time to buy something new. I shopped around a bit, but in the U.S. we are in a situation that made my choices somewhat…

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Firewalla Blue Review

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Is the Firewalla worth your money? I’m not convinced that it is. Maybe if your router is older and doesn’t include a firewall. I went ahead a bought the Blue Plus to see what this thing can do and ran it for a few weeks. I am on the fence,…

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POP OS 19.10 GTA V and Streaming Setup.

Update: May 7, 2020. Updated the Asus to Pop! OS 20.04 – fresh install, Steam running Proton 5. The app id for GTA V changed but I was able to do the same basic steps with the exception of installing the video driver. I installed the NVIDIA version of Pop!…

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Using Linux with iPhone the easy way.

Copy Lollipop Playlists with Python. Update Oct. 27, 2019: Installed Pop! OS 19.10 and it is a solid OS. I’m still using Shotwell, which is downloading photos perfectly without any need for a third party tool or code and I am also still using Samba to download and play my…

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