Posts Tagged ‘Kubuntu’
October 2026
Pupdate The month started out unusually warm and dry, so we got in some good long walks before the paths turn muddy. By the end of the month their coats were back in use, as it had got cold and wet :( Rachel Parris We’ve been fans of Rachel Parris since first seeing her in […]
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Tags: RCBO, pupdate, solar, Miniature Dachshund, Rachel Parris, Kubuntu, 26.04
Silent PC GPU upgrade
TL;DR Nvidia have ended Linux support for my ‘Pascal’ GTX 1050 Ti GPU. I’ve been able to fit an RTX 5050 card in its place, though the process was problematic due to driver issues. And I’m still concerned that it can only be limited to 110W when my passive cooling is rated up to 75W. […]
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Tags: 1050 Ti, 5050, console, cooling, drivers, GPU, grub, GTX, Kubuntu, Linux, NVidia, Palit, passive, power, RTX, silent, StormX
Silent PC upgrade
TL;DR After 6.5y+ of service my PC needed a refresh – so it has a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and SSD, and I’ve taken the opportunity to switch to Linux. It’s still completely silent, but noticeably faster :) Background I built a Silent PC based on a Streacom DB4 case back in the summer of […]
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Tags: benchmark, CPU, DB4, Intel, Kubuntu, Linux, motherboard, PC, QuietPC, RAM, silent, ssd, Streacom, Ubuntu
