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be quiet! & ARCTIC Release Z690-Compatible Alder Lake CPU Cooler List, Large Portion of ASUS’s Boards Incompatible

https://wccftech.com/be-quiet-arctic-cooling-intel-alder-lake-z690-motherboard-cpu-cooler-compatibility-list/

I'd like to know why anyone at Asus thought it was a good idea to make top end mobos that break so many cooler compatibility thanks to their vrm heatsinks and such.

Linux HATES Me – Daily Driver CHALLENGE Pt.1

Probably one of the more interesting series from LTT as Linus attempts to use Linux for a month.

Spoiler!

The section where he tries to install Steam and it kills his Desktop Environment kinda goes to show the different mindset of someone that uses Windows/MacOS vs someone that would use Linux. When he used the command line in order to force install Steam, it gave a long list of warnings of things that it will remove but none of them were all that obvious as to exactly what removing those will do. If you use Windows/MacOS, you would never be under the belief where installing a common program like Steam would have the ability to uninstall your Desktop Interface. At worst in windows for majority of the programs, it ends up the program itself not working right unless you install a virus.

So while it's common to just press next next next in Windows. But in Linux, you better research that shit son!

Hopefully Valve can make Linux more streamlined with their upcoming Steam OS overhaul as then, I'd be more interested.

Apple M1 Pro Review - Is It Really Faster than Intel/AMD?

TLDW: M1 is very App dependent as x86 has it's own set of accelerators that the M1 doesn't have. Continues to get rolfstomped in gaming but majority of the games aren't running Native. Performance/Watt is nuts.

It's good to see someone do some tests that aren't just, oh look, here are apps that Apple is great in vs x86 thus it means M1 is better hurr durr. In reality, it is very app dependent. And some people do think that developers will start making AAA games to play on Mac but yea I doubt that. The affordable M1 is a potato in terms of GPU and these M1 macs cost $2000+. Only someone with a good load of cash will be buying it and there's a pretty good chance they have a gaming setup with consoles/windows already. The power efficiency is excellent though. Unmatched by x86 thus far but then again, we don't have any x86 CPUs on TSMCs 5nm just yet.

But regardless of which, if there's one thing Apple has finally managed to do is make a Macbook truly unique device in the market. So while before, I'd laugh at people that got a Macbook, now I wouldn't blame you for buying one just for that portable mini-LED display alone.