Running a ChatGPT Type SystemRunning a ChatGPT Type System
Alpaca I’ve just done some experiments running ChatGPT type programs. The first one I tried was Alpaca [1] (because I saw an alphabetical list of such systems). Here’s the 4GB[...]
Cheap Peripherals for WorkCheap Peripherals for Work
A problem with a lot of the purchase of peripherals is that they don’t match the needs of the users and often get thrown away long before they wear out.[...]
BOINC and Idle UsersBOINC and Idle Users
The BOINC distributed computing client in Debian (Bookworm and previous releases) can check the idle time via the X11 protocol and run GPU jobs when the interactive user is idle,[...]
Do Not Use …Do Not Use …
When I connect my Desklab USB-C monitor [1] (which has been vastly underused for the last 3 years) into a Linux system the display type is listed as “DO NOT[...]
PinePhonePro First ImpressionPinePhonePro First Impression
Hardware I received my PinePhone Pro [1] on Thursday, it seems in many ways better than the Purism Librem 5 [2] that I have previously written about. The PinePhone is[...]
Dell 32″ 4K Monitor and DisplayPort SwitchDell 32″ 4K Monitor and DisplayPort Switch
After determining that the Philips 43″ monitor was too large for my taste as well as not having a clear enough display [1] I bought a Dell 32″ 4K monitor[...]
Do Desktop Computers Make Sense?Do Desktop Computers Make Sense?
Laptop vs Desktop Price Currently the smaller and cheaper USB-C docks start at about $25 and Dell has a new Vostro with 8G of RAM and 2*USB-C ports for $788.[...]
Links May 2023Links May 2023
Petter Reinholdtsen wrote an interesting blog post about their work on packaging speech to text for Debian [1]. The work of the Debian Deep Learning Team seems really interesting and[...]
Genesis GV60Genesis GV60
I recently test drove a Genesis GV70, but the GV60 [1] which I didn’t test drive is a nicer car. The GV70 and GV60 are all electric so they are[...]
Considering ConvergenceConsidering Convergence
What is Convergence In 2013 Kyle Rankin (at the time Linux Journal columnist and CSO of Purism) wrote a Linux Journal article about Linux convergence [1] (which means using a[...]