Mostly computer thought's and stuff I've done!
Was working with STG USA on my HDMI audio issue. They eventually said “They don’t support Linux”. My reply was as follows… It’s a shame because other than HDMI audio, it seems like a nice computer. Also there are many YouTube videos showing Linux running on this computer. I did ask Amazon’s AI “Rufus” BEFORE …
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Along with the Blu-Ray player I just bought, I bought a couple old Disney animation classic’s, starting in the 1940s… in Blu-Ray. I mocked a older guy recently about having Frozen, in his collection. I still think it’s odd. But I often enjoy animated videos, especially old classics, because of nostalgia and the vibrant colors. …
My recent external DVD player purchase didn’t read Blu-Ray’s… on purpose. I thought there wasn’t significant difference in quality, for a more costly disc. But now I realize that was probably due to me watching the Blu-Ray’s on a not so great TV (720p or less). I also fairly recently upgraded my computer monitor because …
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ sudo dmidecode –type bios[sudo] password for bill: # dmidecode 3.3Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.SMBIOS 2.8 present.Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytesBIOS Information Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: A.30 Release Date: 04/23/2018 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 16 MB Characteristics: PCI is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot …
OK, Just to make sure there wasn’t something strange about a Linux computer attached to to the HDMI input on my Magnavox TV (which BTW has other working HDMI devices attached to it)…. I moved my living room TV (yes it’s small) next to Main Linux Desktop Without shutting down I unplugged my smaller LG …
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Linux Mint Mate was a better choice than LibrELEC to try getting HDMI audio working. But as of now it still doesn’t work. If I can’t get HDMI audio working very soon I’m strongly considering trying Batocera linux, which was mostly developed for retro gaming. But I hear that it includes Kodi. So I downloaded …
From Mate bill@bill-HP-EliteDesk-800-G5-Desktop-Mini:~$ inxi -FxxxrzSystem: Kernel: 6.17.0-22-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.2 wm: marco v: 1.26.2 with: mate-panel tools: mate-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 nobleMachine: Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Desktop Mini …
Very aggravating. I’m sure the answers out there. Googling is tricky sometimes. The answer might be the 50th google response that I never make it to, because I gave up. Another person with the exact same problem could post the same question in a slightly different way and the very 1st hit could solve the …
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Why am I listening to conservative businessman Patrick Bet-David talking about ram prices. Because it’s not technical it’s supply and demand. And these AI data centers are needing a lot of RAM. He also talked about RAM becoming cheaper because Google has recently developed TurboQuant, a software level compression algorithm that drastically reduces the need …
BTW the Configurable Option card slot on the back of my computer is also a Display Port.