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We have several devices that operate as PoE. We have to use power bricks in line with the ethernet cable. As you can guess this adds up to a wiring mess behind desks, etc. The whole idea with PoE was to eliminate this kind of thing. I've since found that PoE network switches have become very...

I'm hearing rumors about Intels upcoming GPU but that is about it. It really intriguing how they will produce a competitive GPU since they are only in the embedded side of graphics thus far. Anyone run across any more info in this?

I found that Google CHROME was not as stable as Chromium on the linux distros I used. No big deal; I just switch to Chromium and problems resolved. I'm suddenly running into "browser not supported" messages with things like ADP. They say they support CHROME; and have no answer why Chromium is...

A few months ago my parents house burned down (they are fine, even the dog). Dad brought his HP laptop to me to see if I could backup his data and it really looked like hell. It was not in the part of the house that was totaled by the fire but a back room so it is just smoke damage and debris...

Seem this might be the cause but I've not seen any official announcement. Their website cannot be found.

Over on Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ryzen-2700x-winlin&num=1 The conclusion is Linux is generally faster on most things with the exception of gaming since most are written for Windows and poorly ported to Linux.

There are a bunch of smartphone, Android, etc related sites I could post this question to but I've found the members here dislike the same BS worthless features in products and software as I do and want solid functionality. Good example. I've tried several audio players for my Android head...

I really don't know how or why but a few months back I totally gave up on PC gaming (only kind I do) because the lack of interest. I just don't care anymore and I can't really give a good reason why. That seems weird since I've been gaming starting in the arcades in the late 70s and 80s...

I'm needing a 3rd monitor to have more apps up and running at the same time. Since I'm only dealing with desktop apps and not gaming a USB solution would be ideal. So far I have not found one that had linux support. All appear to be a bit sketchy on linux. Anyone use one of these adapters on...

This is also posted in the Windows section but I'm hoping to get some input from you Linux guys: I have to admit I'm way behind the curve on window10. I've avoid it when possible but it came time to purchase a new laptop I have to have windows because all the software diagnostic tools I have...

I have to admit I'm way behind the curve on window10. I've avoid it when possible but it came time to purchase a new laptop I have to have windows because all the software diagnostic tools I have to use are for windows. No big deal I use Linux 99% of the time and much, much prefer it. I...

What I need is a 4 DVI output video card for my linux workstation. Not 1 Dvi + 1 HDMI + 2 display ports. I need all DVIs, and I dont' want to use a bunch of adapters to cause flaky issues down the road. There are a few cards on the market I'm finding but I'm seeing HD7750 based cards which...

For some time now I've been working on using a linux work station as the center of a recording studio and especially interested in what can be done with software driven music synths. Real pro level results can be achieved for basically no money. But it does require some digging deep into...

The old company laptop I've use as my portable linux workstation has reached it's end. It is 10 years old and it is just too slow for even Xubuntu which uses the Xcfe desktop. Funny thing is, in the beginning it worked great with the distros of that time; but as the footprint and kernel has...

I'm the type that waits for AAA titles to drastically drop in price before buying. I keep my eye on steam sales but usually the best titles are not heavily discounted. I've been wanting The Witcher Wild Hunt for a while, but I don't want to pay $30 or $40 for it. Usually about $20 bux is where...

I'm scratching my head over this one. My internet connection is 100mb/s down and 25 mb/s up. The most limiting factor is my old router since it only has T100 ethernet. But still on speetest.net, I will score 90 mb/s downloads, and 25 mb/s uploads on my LINUX system, no problem. But the...

Well, my OCZ Arc100 just died this morning; my work system was a no boot. I removed it to see if I could recover anything from it; but it wouldn't even recognize it. It should be under warranty so I will see what I come with . Drive is less than 2 years old. Anyone else got a SSD sob story?

Possible I've missed something but it seems that keeping the old hard drive form factor for SSDs is kinda silly. Since the fact that SSDs are solid state "chips" on a circuit board WHY do we not have SSD modules that have a direct slot on the motherboards now like memory modules? No cables...

A couple months ago the PC I cobbled together for my son to game on died. Well, it was an old AM2+ Phenom system. I checked it out; found popped caps on the MB. Thing is about 10 years old anyway. System was a Phenom 2200, which stock clock was 2.2Mhz. Card was a HD5750. I decided to go...

I'm pretty careful how I poke around linux because I killed it plenty of times to a no boot. I would say I'm a pretty handy USER of my linux PC, but no expert. I just upgraded to Xubuntu 16.04 which uses Kernel 4.4 This was the first iteration of the AMDGPU driver stack, and it leaves much to...

Isn't it time for some VR forums? This is the coming preferred method of gaming. This tech should NOT be lumped into the "display" forum.

In all these years I have never had to have a Cell Phone repaired. And really it is amazing considering how many times I have squashed them, dropped them etc. Well, leave it to the wife to break hers. She dropped her Amazon Fire phone and shattered the touch screen. It still works but...

The BIGGEST gain with a multi core CPU is in rendering. The codecs for these tasks love more cores to spread the load across. Be this with 3D graphics rendering for development or for HD video rendering. More cores, more time saved. Now with 4K cameras 8 cores is just not enough for fast...

The system I gamed on mainly (in sig) was migrated to my work system since the SATA controller on the 10 year old Phenom system died. Really looking for a very quiet, low profile CPU cooler for the FX chip. The stock one is way too noisy. Any recommendations?

Last year I made the move to quit using AMD video cards and switched to a low end Nvidia card. The result was even with a low end card it flat out preformed better and just "worked" than any of the AMD cards I ever tried. Meaning the drivers just WORK. Applications like Kdenlive that flat...

I'm not a cell phone expert by any means. And if I was a bit more savvy I would not have touched this piece of sh*t phone to start with. We have Straight Talk and I can't really fault the network but the phone they recommended is garbage. That is a Samsung Galaxy Centura. Both myself...

Have a very slippery BSOD issue with the system in my sig. At first I thought my CPU cooler had just gathered too much dust and choked air flow. I removed the covers and check, found very little dust but blew everything out with compressed air. Ran AMD Overdrive and monitored temps under...

Hey guys. I do some audio post production work for my church and what that has evolved into basically me being the producer, director, and engineer for the whole thing. The system in place is falling apart because others are now following through with getting the audio transfered to me. I'm...

Just upgraded my driver 14.4 and it installed Gaming Evolved. The app check all my installed games and offers to "optimize" them based on my system specs and then rewards me points for doing so. So, what this heck is this thing really about? If this is an app for gaming with friends...

I do for one. Mainly because there is so much out there I consider absolute crap and themes that pander to the lowest common denominator. Ever since I read 1984 I have been fascinated with post-apocalyptic and dystopian worlds. And there has been plenty of games on that theme. But...

A while back I came to the conclusion that the hit and miss AMD support was a loser for linux (for now) Mainly because one version of -buntu would work, but if you upgraded the to a new version that may change drastically. That last go around with this was with a Kubuntu upgrade that rendered...

Tried to upgrade to the latest version and it totally hosed my system to a no boot. :mad: Don't know why but they have always has crap video support. One version work fine, next version won't work. They are working on ditching the X.org video sub system and going with the new Wayland...

Man I am PISSED! :mad: We was out of town all day visiting relatives. Got home and read my emails and there steam alert email that the email on my steam account has been successfully change. WHAT???!!!!? Tried to log into steam, rejects password. #W^#%$^#$%#%!!!!!! I have a credit...

Man this sucks to no end. :mad: Was trying to resolve an issue that caused my 3DTV not to detect valid HDMI 3D video (from my PC in my sig). After some digging I found the answer was to uninstall the Catalyst driver and do a driver clean sweep, then reinstall the driver. Just a...

My old AMD system is well within the specs to play back 1080p AVCHD. In fact my old thinkpad dual core celeron running at 1.44 with win xp plays these back reasonably well using VLC. But on my AMD Phenom running at 2.4Ghz on Kubuntu 12.04 (AMD64) plays them back very choppy no matter what...

Just upgraded my video card (HD7870 Woot!) And decided it was time to check out the Unigine demos. Just got through with the Valley. I'm totally blown away. I wanted to STAY there and sit down under a shade tree, and feel the warmth of the sun and wind blowing. ;) Are there any games...

Got a Kindle Fire for the wife when Amazon had them on sale with a sharp discount. Overall it is a neat little tablet. But what is really, really annoying is you cannot access Google Play for Android apps. There are several apps that Amazon does not offer that we need. I have heard about...

Behold......8 cores of goodness: AMD FX 8120 OCed to a (conservative) 4Ghz 128GB SSD 8 GB Vengence RAM Here is the score. This system is going to be used to transcode DVDs and Blu-Rays on a small linux partition on the SSD, but primarily this will be a gaming system with windows...

Ok, I finally got a new build going after gather parts for a while. This is a fat, fresh AMD FX-8120 with a minimal OC to 3.4Ghz. I score a 7.2 windows experience; low because my old HD5750 video card. specs: AMD FX-8120 (Hyper 212 cooler) Biostar TA990FKE MB 8 GB Vengeance RAM...

I have used Ubuntu for a couple years now and overall, no real complaints accept for Gnomes quirks. I tried Kubuntu on my old laptop and liked it even though the system wasn't powerful enough to make it shine. Well last week my hard drive started getting flaky. First the Winxp partition...