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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    Typically, I'm fine with using ssh to interact with my *nix systems, but having a PC that actually has good graphics hardware gave me a...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    Yeah, Wayland still isn't quite ready for production use with streaming and remote desktop solutions current seeming complete lack of...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Video Cards.
    The Windows drivers for the Blackwell GPU are super weird around multiple displays; nVidia doesn't automatically output to an HDMI...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    I experimented with Apollo (a fork of Sunshine) this weekend but something that I've discovered is that the Windows version doesn't work...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Video Cards.
    The 5060Ti more than doubled my boot time versus either Intel or AMD. I'm talking about a 9950X with a Crucial PCIe 5 boot drive. This...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Pi-Hole?.
    It's not as robust as having ad-blocking on the device itself, but it works wonders for devices where that's not doable.
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Pi-Hole? with Like Like.
    I install ad blocking on everything I touch. I don't care. Advertising is a malware vector and must be treated as hostile.
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    I got somewhere with a $15 voice command capable IR transmitter since the only thing I need is for the AVR and TV to toggle on, but it's...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Pi-Hole?.
    I install ad blocking on everything I touch. I don't care. Advertising is a malware vector and must be treated as hostile.
  • ddrueding
    ddrueding replied to the thread Pi-Hole?.
    I had one running when I was doing lots of system builds or repairs. Nice to have the benefits of ad blocking without having to modify...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Pi-Hole?.
    They're very useful for people with lame mobile devices or who are too lazy to set up ad blocking on their devices. I've set them up...
  • Newtun
    Newtun posted the thread Pi-Hole? in Tech Support.
    Does anyone else here use Pi-hole? I came across it at some point, and it seemed useful, so I set it up on a little VM. But I'm not so...
  • Chewy509
    Chewy509 replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    Some mini-its stuff from Computex 2025
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Video Cards.
    I had to make a trip to Micro Center this morning for a couple CPUs and as luck would have it, I was able to get a Gigabyte 16GB 5060Ti...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.
    The Fractal Define and Cooler Master Nwhatever have been my go-to options for modest builds, but it's hard for me to justify $150 for a...
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