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    Why would Linux Mint do this ???

    If you want a lean system, you need to avoid "user friendly" distributions like Ubuntu and Mint. To make it easier to adopt, these distributions take a "kitchen sink" approach, and unfortunately tie in a lot of unnecessary cruft to the base system. This may be an easier approach, but it does...
  2. J

    AMD Stock Hits Record High Above $300

    Not that long ago in my memory it was about $2 per share. I knew it could only go up, but I had no money at the time to buy. :(
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    Got tired of the noise in my home rack

    Catalyst WS-C2960X-24TS-L
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    Got tired of the noise in my home rack

    It isn't that big of a problem, or I would have replaced it. It is an annoyance, and the OP prompted me to think more about eliminating the annoyance. I bought the thing for $50 to learn some Cisco switch configuration, and when my fanless unmanaged switch died, it was a suitable immediate...
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    Got tired of the noise in my home rack

    It’s not that often but we tend to get a few extended power outages each year that extends beyond my UPS's capabilities. If the power is off for more than a few seconds, I'm usually going in and doing a full graceful shutdown of my systems. It is so loud that I cannot be in the room while it...
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    Got tired of the noise in my home rack

    Thinking about doing something like this for my old Cisco Catalyst (non-poe) switch that I got cheap off eBay. The sound is manageable during normal operation, but if it ever needs power cycled, the initial fan startup is deafening! Does your switch have any sort of hardware monitoring to...
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    Windows isn't the best operating system anymore

    I can't say much about Linux, as I really have only recently used it in single display systems and VM's, but using XFCE with X11 on FreeBSD gives me no problems for a tri-monitor setup. It pretty much works out of the box without any additional configuration beyond telling it what order the...
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    Windows isn't the best operating system anymore

    Which operating system is best? Totally matter of opinion. Here is a light-hearted car analogy, I'm sure others can come up with more clever illustrations: Windows is like a Chevy truck. Kind of boring, rather reliable, but seemingly plagued with weird issues that don't effect everybody...
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    Nvidia Is Negotiating To Buy A Large PC Oriented Company

    eMachines was purchased by Gateway, who then was purchased by Acer. Acer also purchased Packard Bell. Nvidia could buy Acer, then resurrect all those stellar brands that people have high opinions of!
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    Recommend a good Wireshark site for constructing filters

    My employer paid for Udemy access to a Wireshark course, which went into good detail on setting up filters. I didn't retain much of the knowledge, since my use of wireshark has a rather limited scope, but the information was good. Sometimes good information is worth paying money for.
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    AWS Engineer Reports PostgreSQL Performance Halved By Linux 7.0, But A Fix May Not Be Easy

    Anyone want to bet that some Oracle devs are significant contributors to 7.0 kernel?
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    Old or New? What's going on in Linux Land?

    Over at Phoronix this week started off with news that Linux kernel will be dropping i486 support, which was received with great applause. The same day, great cheers were given for improved and modernized support for....Sega Dreamcast proprietary format disc reader? Yesterday big news as Linux...
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    Spice for Remote Access?

    Spice looks interesting, but looking at their downloads page, it appears as if it would primarily be used with QEMU, but some X11 servers exist. It appears that if you have Windows VM's, the only way you're going to connect to them using Spice is if they are hosted with QEMU. You may need to...
  14. J

    Best OS to run a high traffic web server?

    What specific issues were you having with FreeBSD? I've been using it as a home server and desktop without issues, and don't find it that hard to setup.
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    Researchers discover massive Wi-Fi vulnerability affecting multiple access points

    More detailed original article that Tom's summarizes: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/ Original paper presentation that Ars reports on: https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-f1282-paper.pdf
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