Category: NZTekonverse -> Hardware
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Computing resources optimisation [2A]
So after a couple of months ago when I did some resource optimisation with my existing computers, it’s time to look at the next stage. That stage will be upgrades to enable all four computers to be used for the most stuff they can. The plan I am considering at the moment (subject to resourcing)…
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Computing resources optimisation [1E]
Got to thinking more about how to make the best use of resources with the computers. The biggest issue is ergonomics. You can only really practically use two keyboards at a time. So if using more than two computers you prefer to have more than two keyboards/mice, but it’s hard to access them without moving…
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HOWTO: Add extra display settings permanently to Linux
I have a Veon TV that I use as a display for the bedroom pc and its major problem is that it is detected as a resolution of 1920×1080 but its native resolution is actually 1360×768. With other computers the instructions I dug up were to use xrandr commands in some of the lightdm config…
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Computing resources optimisation [1D]
Well a few posts back “pc4” was being set up with Debian 10 (buster) as an evaluation computer and that was purely for that purpose and it had my media collection installed in order to evaluate it as a media player. But it does struggle to achieve that role because the hardware is too old…
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Windows sucks part 139 [2]
So I am changing my Windows 10 box from being inside a desktop chassis into the Antec Mini-ITX chassis with a Gigabyte GA-E350 WIN8 mainboard and as I have no real need of this computer chassis for any other purpose for the foreseeable future this is going back to being what the Windows 10 computer…
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Windows sucks part 139
Well I have written numerous times about how bad Windows is but Microsoft just keeps on proving me correct over and over. Windows 10 is probably the worst version of Windows ever released, and that’s even without taking into account MS trying to force everyone to convert to it. I didn’t get my edition of…
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Computing resources optimisation [1C]
Since last considering this issue it has been decided to stick with just four computers on the desk. Email and some web browsing can be continued on mainpc as long as there is not too much memory used. Some of the browser stuff will get moved to mediapc as well as image viewing for maps.…
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Computing resources optimisation [1B]
Since yesterday a few issues have cropped up so I am rethinking some stuff. The Raspberry Pi has proved unable to cope with a particular feed I gave it, so reluctantly I am going to have to stop using it as a media player. It can cope with standalone playback but live playback in a…
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Computing resources optimisation [1A]
After looking at the best use of the computing resources I have the following changes are being implemented: Mediapc taken down from 12 GB RAM to 4 GB RAM The 8 GB from mediapc put into mainpc as they have similar memory specs, this gives mainpc a total of 32 GB. Mediapc manages just fine…
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Raspberry Pi [3]
Well after a bit more experimentation I found this thing called TboPlayer which is a GUI that is a frontend for OmxPlayer so it enables the Pi to do more user friendly media playback stuff. So Pi as media player looks even more feasible. Storage costs also vary, and if you can get by with…