Modern retrocomputing made the way I like: MEGA65: the 8-bit computer: an open-source new and open C65-like computer. The 21st century realization of the C65 heritage: A complete 8-bit computer running around 50x faster than a C64 while being highly compatible. C65 design, mechanical keyboard, HD output, SD card support, Ethernet, extended memory and other…
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Looks like a luxury to most people, most real programmers will find it a necessity
WASD Keyboards offers custom mechanical keyboards, custom Cherry MX keycaps, and other mechanical keyboard accessories.
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Hardware
22 Best laptops for Linux as of 2018 – Slant
System76 Oryx Pro, Dell XPS 13, and Dell XPS 15 are probably your best bets out of the 22 options considered. “Amazing overall performance” is the primary reason people pick System76 Oryx Pro over the competition. This page is powered by a community of volunteer enthusiasts helping you make an informed decision. Sorgente: 22 Best…
Razer doesn’t care about Linux
tl;dr: Don’t buy hardware from Razer and expect firmware updates to fix security problems on Linux.
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The disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectrevulnerabilities has brought anew level of attention to the security bugs that can lurk at the hardwarelevel. Massive amounts of work have gone into improving the (still poor)security of our software, but all of that is in vain if the hardware givesaway the game. The CPUs that we run in our systems are highly proprietaryand have been shown to contain unpleasant surprises (the Intel managementengine, for example). It is thus natural to wonder whether it is time tomake a move to open-source hardware, much like we have done with oursoftware. Such a move may well be possible, and it would certainly offersome benefits, but it would be no panacea.
Fun, Hardware, Mood
10 Tera…
10Tb disks. Reality has subtle ways to make me feel old.
Hardware, Proprietary software
Timeo Smart-TV et dona ferentes
Veramente belli ed istruttivi gli appunti di Gabriele Merli come per esempio questo «Windows – Dispositivi fantasma nelle risorse di rete – Gabriele Merli» leggendo i quali rimango sempre più convinto che mai e poi mai una smart-tv entrerà in casa mia. Beh. a dirla tutta varrebbe anche per tablet e telefonini su cui non…
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Ultrabook Katana
Reading the pages of DUCC-IT 2017 speakers I discovered this: Ultrabook Katana EN – SLIMBOOK Ultrabook, laptops, computers With the notable exception of the CPU (6th generation versus 7th) it’s almost like the Dell XPS. So now I’m officially torn and I don’t know what to choose: the “mainstream” company, so they will keep supporting…
As the author clearly stated in a comment, this is more of a proof-of-concept for learning ceph, not for a real deploy as it’s not meant to be cheaper per GB, but cheaper for initial cost: a “3 figure cost of entry way to begin learning ceph”.
Even today (year 2017) an x86 based solution will have a minimum cost much higher while giving higher performances (129€ just for a single CPU board plus case without memory and storage)