GNOME's extension problem is worse than you think, and it's why I switched to KDE

Sometimes extensions are great; other times they're a hindrance.

This AMD Strix Halo mini PC generates 3D models, images, and speech without touching the cloud

Turns out having a chat interface in Lemonade was underselling things

Your phone clings to the weak upstairs Wi-Fi, and your router has a setting to make it let go

No more faint signals plaguing your network.

I'm running AI on my NAS at 5 tokens per second, and it's surprisingly useful

I ran a local AI model on my NAS with no GPU at about 5 tokens per second. It’s painfully slow, but far more useful than I expected.

I replaced the thermal paste on a five-year-old CPU, and got back performance I didn't know I'd lost

It all comes down to thermal headroom and boost clocks.

I replaced Adobe Acrobat with Stirling PDF, but the real cost wasn't what I expected

The switch I never officially made.

This musical string-plucking robot can play a physical guitar for you, and more instruments are on the way

Wonderwall is planned for a future firmware update.

Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter

The start of something big, or is something else affecting the numbers?

I replaced Windows on my gaming handheld a year ago, and the industry caught up to me

Linux gaming has too much momentum for hardware vendors to ignore

That USB flash drive you rely on is slower and less safe than this alternative

You probably already have the expensive part covered.