Category: Hardware / Reviews

yes and no. btw very creative users use a USV as DC-to-AC-converter or charge batteries (2x12V = 24V system voltage) with solar, it seems to work even without batteries installed in the APC USV for example to power a lower […]

got to know: Desktops that use wayland will profit from high framerate (x11 based not) make sure the NVIDIA card uses it’s own monitor output, if it’s outputting only on virt-manager virtio device: ./NVIDIA.run reinstall drivers in single-user-mode (init 2) […]

search for it on ebay it has a nice blue glow to it the assembly is a bit confusing X-D search for SKC3000D2048G on ebay similar card might different name? what else is there NVMe 2TB wise? # get info […]

DELL S2722QC is an excellent monitor [+] 4k resolution [+] charge laptop via USB-C [-] unfortunately exactly this USB-C charging causes in combination with “ThinkPad T14 Gen 3” a buzzing sound on the audio out jack (miniklinke headphones kopfhörer) howto […]

forget about all other wifi adapters, get the Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7612UAn V2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192CU] as long as it’s produced… it just works out of the box on almost any GNU Linux distro including raspberry pi […]

don’t throw away grandpa’s laptop just yet! 😀 test out TinyCore GNU Linux http://tinycorelinux.net (could not be bothered with https yet) is possibly the most ressource efficient GNU Linux distribution out there Product Highlights: • 1x Core Intel® Mobile Pentium […]

I also now sneak apps on user’s phones that the user never installed or authorized to just to gather as much private data about the user as possible… hope user shurely does not mind right? users are pretty upset here […]

why fiddle with multiple external usb cables and power supplies when simply switch icybox hd dockingstation off swap harddisks switch icybox hd dockingstation on works ok (short rsync based test ext4 filesystem) thick usb cable. fun fact it’s the same […]

EU: Right of withdrawal: a 14-day cooling-off period “If you buy a product or service online, by phone or from a seller at your doorstep (in legal terms a “distance contract” or “off-premises contract”) you have the right to withdraw. […]

how to install and run geekbench on Debian? pros: [+] cross os [+] easy online comparison of systems cons: [-] not open source 🙁 (privacy!) [-] v5 results can not be compared to v6 🙁 PRIVACY WARNING! GEEKBENCH AUTOMATICALLY UPLOADS […]

the USB cable coming with this cost effective unit is VERY SHORT and NOT WELL SHIELDED had an older adapter of the same brand without any problems doing backups on FRONT USB copy oeprations would stall and even keyboard and […]

Geekbench6 result Windows vs GNU Linux Debian (AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ) running OS Windows 10 Pro single core: 1967 multicore: 7950 running OS GNU Linux Debian 12 single core: 2123 […]

the benchmark game https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/index.html WORK IN PROGRESS!!! quick answers: PHP + Python are both great languages PHP performs FASTER on the benchmark game than Python but Python performs FASTER on marix multiplications file performance wise they should also be equal […]

Server Model: G292-Z20-rev-100 search em on ebay another search always the POSITIVE first: overall it’s an excellent machine but the user needs to know the details it has 1x BMC (LAN) and 2x slots for SPF fiber modules for example […]

since 2022: ARM in the datacenter for example Gigabyte R272-P33 in the ARM Ampere Altra Max Version:  2HE All-NVMe Server happyware.com) while Ampere Altra ARM CPUswere geekbenched a bit NO ONE GEEKBENCHED THIS SERVER YET! 😀 BE THE FIRST! 😀 […]

its a great phone but it tends to overheat quickly, like 5min in the sun quickly. PLEASE CHECK THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION https://grapheneos.org/install/cli this blog does not get tired of testing Android ROMS that enhance privacy 🙂 (actually it would be […]

UNTESTED! 😀 these drives are called: “U.2 PCIe NVMe” no kidding, search for em on ebay. “Micron has been developing some of the world’s most advanced memory technologies for more than 40 years, including DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and […]

2023 Update: first scandal with SandDisk SSDs: cheap solder. WD helps ruining latest bought up brandname SandDisk it’s name for quality, by building maximal cheap crap and selling it for premium prices: “Suspected cause of SSD death raises eyebrows | […]

those did not: no matter the position of the poti, the output current did not change at all X-D #wtf is going on? (power source was a “12V” solar panel delivering 20V which is in the allowed input range of […]

There are not a lot of cross OS and cross CPU benchmarks and the user might know https://www.userbenchmark.com/ which is like Geekbench but only for windows geekbench.com is multi OS (not all) and multi (not all) CPU (developed by primatelabs.com  […]

update: 2024 ok Apple won this round (almost) Airpods Pro (better buy new = small batteries that wear out fast 🙁 can be used with any Graphene powered Android device just fine (stop song (click on button once) works, next song […]

why? because it would be a shame to put all those intel Macs to the trash not particularly big fan of the aluminum bodies (uses loads of energy to make also not healthy to be touched daily) but they surely […]

currently testing the AMD workstation with the KINGSTON SKC3000D2048G NVMe, directly attached to one of the 2x NVMe slots (no RAID), as this NVMe drive seems to offer excellent price-to-disk-size-and-performance-value, if it is a kingston-quality drive, then there should be […]

mekotronicsplz note: “the-best-technology-does-nothing-without-a-good-human-culture” Yes! Read that correctly, modern SmartPhones are actually full blown computers, so why not use them as such? Now that they have enough (RISC) based computational power that they can replace Desktop and Notebooks, problem: they can […]

got a new toy. after the MDADM RAID0 with 2x datacenter capable Kingston directly mounted on the mobo, did not turn out MASSIVE speeds 😀 (it was just a test, what speeds those datacenter (!!! 24-7 operation for years!!!) can […]

update: 2024-04: system running well fastest AMD with integrated GPU would be: Ryzen 7 8700G (search bundle on ebay) the Ryzen 7 has more cores, so single core wise the CPUs are close to each other, multicore the 7 should […]

Even managed to run this system ONLY with SOLAR POWER from March to November (but not winter X-D) Of course RISC(V/ARM) based (mobile) gaming systems would be those that use the least amount of power per frame 😀 But it […]

so is this a “serious” amp? or just a “gadget”? have seen a lot of good reviews on youtube… including the “Brutally Honest Gear Reviews” and because the 70s Oranges OR 100 or 120 are not made anymore 🙁 (and […]

it’s nice what a little arp scanning reveals… hardware vendors (almost) no user ever heard of: the mac 74:4d:28: belongs to https://routerboard.com aka https://mikrotik.com/product/ as well as house automation hardware by https://www.ta.co.at/ was found.

ok let’s put it like this: it is NOT what you expect It CAN NOT “roll” the tape on the package, it has to be pulled out by hand.