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Around 6 years ago I built my own PC, running Arch Linux:

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77
RAM: 16GB

At the time I didn't...

Yeah. I have been mining Vertcoin for 3 weeks already. I make $0.5 a day in average. I think it will be more than my electricity bill at the end of the month.

I got the new GPU. I tried to connect my monitor to it through DisplayPort, but it didn't work. I guess either my monitor's displayport is broken or there's something wrong with the cable. I was able...

I was suspecting that the CPU should be able to process 4K but for some reasons the DIsplayPort of my motherboard didn't send any signals to monitor. That's why I decided to go with a GPU. I ended up...

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I built a PC 3 years ago. These are the CPU and the motherboard that I picked:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837...

I forgot to mention that I was using ls -la to view the files. They were all missing.

Since I only had a couple of config files, I was able to open them one by one using Ark, copy the content and...

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I just made a backup of my data, added them all into a tar file and uploaded Google drive.

Then I downloaded the tar file on my new machine. When I open the tar file using Ark in KDE or the...

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I've been using my SAMSUNG S27A550H monitor for a while. It comes with a flimsy stand which makes it very non ergonomic and hard to adjust.

I'm planning to get a monitor arm, but I'm not...

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I just bought a new nVidia GT 4400 for my computer since it had HDMI output.

Since HDMI can be used for audio, I was wondering if the sound quality produced by nVidia HDMI output will be...

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I just ordered a new LED Monitor that has support for HDMI and VGA. My current Intel graphic card only comes with a VGA. In order to take full advantage of my new monitor, I would like to get...

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I've decided to start capturing my pictures in RAW format and edit them using Darktable. My problem is my old workstation monitor which is hard to get calibrated. The other day, I saw my...

Thank you for letting me know about DIY CNC machines. I will definitely go through them.


Can you give some examples of things I can do with a budget of $1000? If I find them interesting I may...

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Recently I've been saving a lot of money, because I don't really know how to spend it.

My budget is around $300 and I am looking for some sort of hardware that I can connect to my Linux...

Actually, it is a USB drive. My router has a USB port, that I'm not too sure how to work with it.

My USB hard drive will be primarily connected to my desktop workstation, which is on 90% of the...

With ext3 and ext4, I'm not going to have problems with permissions if data is shared between multiple computers?

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I just found a good deal on B&H and ordered a 2TB Western Digital external hard drive, which is going to be arrived in a few days.

I am planning to use this hard drive to store my movies...

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I'm trying to buy some T-shirts and other accessories related to Linux, Ubuntu or Arch Linux to show my support to the development of such projects.

I went to canonical and Linux.com store...

I know I am late a bit, but just wanted to say that Windows graphic environment is part of windows Kernel, while it is not the same with Linux. By having the graphical interface integrated into the...

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I was wondering if any of rTorrent users know what The IP address reported to tracker option does in the config file?

Can we use this option to hide our IP address from the ISP as well?
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Yesterday, I was trying to connect my 5.1 speakers to my on-board sound card, but I was connecting the rear line to the wrong jack since I was having hard time seeing which jack was for that....

I will try it tomorrow when I'm back home. Hopefully I can recover all my files.

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A while ago I made an image of Ubuntu on my flash drive. Yesterday, I was trying to format it using my Arch Linux machine. I was in rush for no reason. I followed a tutorial which explained...

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Recently my old netgear router started dropping connections several times a day, that's why, I decided to buy a better router. After doing a research, I bought Asus WL-500gP V2.

I turned...

I really appreciate your help. My roommates usually watch movies on video streaming websites, while I rather download aXXo quality ones and save them on my computer.

Once I buy it, I will try to...

You totally outdated me in technology :)


Optware sounds very cool. I'm a big torrent fan.