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eGPU on Arch Linux – Not As Hard As I Expected
A few years ago, I bought a bulky nVidia RTX 3080 GPU as part of my venture into crypto mining, I also DIYed a thermal pad upgrade for it so it runs cooler and quieter. But since the PoS merge of Ethereum in 2022, it’s no longer mine-able using GPUs so my 3080 started to…
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Solved: Python Telegram Bot Hangs
I’ve upgraded my Telegram game bot Word Squad to use the latest V21 Python Telegram Bot(PTB) framework, from a distant V13 which I built this bot with 2 years ago. Along the way I upgraded a few components too, such as Python 3.9 –> 3.12, redis 6 –> 7, etc. After I made all the…
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A Free Unlimited Wordle Spinoff Running in Telegram
It’s been a while and this game I built is quite stable now. A few things about this game(I called it word squad): Feel free to join https://t.me/+nGN2rDrGBJExY2U1 for a spin or use the QR below: UPDATE: 6-letter games are now open, user /game6 to start one! 🙂
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My Last Dota 2 Game
I started playing Dota 2 in 2014 because: It was a fun game Can run natively on Linux I picked it up again when the lock down started in 2020, and played quite a lot in the following months. Until I thought I have had enough Dota, because: The game was getting more complicated and…
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Running Minecraft Server in Kubernetes Cluster
A month ago I had an idea to run a Minecraft server in my garage Kubernetes lab. I though it might interest my little Minecraft player at home with some Kubernetes and GitOps stuff but that failed miserably. But at least I knew how to host a Minecraft server in Kubernetes, with ArgoCD too. First…
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Fedora 31, Optimus, Bumblebee and Steam
My laptop(XPS 15) has Nvidia 1050 Ti but I never used it to play games, because I replaced Windows 10 with Fedora Linux on the first day, not even a dual boot. I’ve tried Bumblebee to run Linux native games on Nvidia a few years ago but it wasn’t stable enough. After I upgraded the…
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Install Nvidia 396 Driver for Ubuntu 18.04
Just some quick notes to upgrade Nvidia driver from 390 to 396 on Ubuntu 18.04. By default Ubuntu 18.04 only has Nvidia driver 390. # add ubuntu official ppa for nvidia# all commands below run as rootadd-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppaapt update# install 396 filesapt install nvidia-dkms-396 nvidia-driver-396 nvidia-compute-utils-396 libnvidia-compute-396# reboot at the end. After reboot, the new…
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PS4 SSD Upgrade Made Easy With Linux
Even the latest PS4 Pro model comes with an HDD. I can’t remember when was last laptop shipped with HDD but I can imagine what an SSD upgrade brings to an old PS4. The only issue is, if I put the new SSD drive in straight away I’ll need to install the PS4 OS and…