Ryzen PC Backup
I finally decided to perform a backup of my new Ryzen PC running Fedora 26. Normally I wouldn’t leave it too long between backups especially if I have made significant changes. My new PC presented me...
View ArticleStable System?
I think I can finally say I have a stable system once again. After the RMA replacement of my Ryzen CPU to fix the “Performance Marginality Problem” I noticed that I was still getting some regular...
View ArticleHDMI Monitor Problem & Fix
The recent warm weather had made using my 3 monitor configuration a little uncomfortable. To make things a little more bearable I decided to turn off two of the monitors to reduce the amount of heat...
View ArticleSSD Research
I had a spot of luck this week when I purchased an early Black Friday deal on Thursday evening. I wasn't intending to buy anything but I knew when the deals were starting and decided to have a look. I...
View ArticleThe Big SSD Research Post
Introduction This article was written at the end of 2014. Most of the content will remain relevant in the future but there may be aspects which become outdated as hardware and usage practices evolve. I...
View ArticleNew Projects
This month I have started a couple of new projects. It began as one but soon split. The primary project was to make use of a 128x64 I2C OLED display. It has been sitting on the side for a few months...
View ArticleTermux – Custom Prompt
Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android. I wanted to customise my prompt in the same way that I have done on my desktop/laptop machines. Ordinarily I would have a .bashrc in my...
View ArticleFedora 24
This week I have been updating my machines to run Fedora 24. Two out of 3 updated without any issues and continue to run normally. One machine however has decided to cause me some issues. My old...
View ArticleFedora 25
This evening I arrived home from work and began to update my machines to the latest version of Fedora. I am pleased to say the update has gone smoothly. This has been the easiest update I think I have...
View ArticleSteam Play
I have been using a Linux Desktop machine as my primary computer for many years now. The applications I use day to day are mostly open source and run natively on Linux or through WINE. Games though...
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