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    How to get VPN on Linux?

    It tells you what to do at the end.
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    [FS] [US] GTX 1070 FE - Ended

    Reasonable Offers, TTT.
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    The Official Linux/Unix Desktop Screenshots Megathread

    I have thought about dabbling back into, but i start thinking about the time investment and talk myself out of it, plus Arch has been working just fine.
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    The Official Linux/Unix Desktop Screenshots Megathread

    When When 64 core Threadrippers were announced the first thought I had was making Gentoo usable :D
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    The Official Linux/Unix Desktop Screenshots Megathread

    I have not used Gentoo in 10 years, but I remember compiling KDE for it on my x6 1055t and it taking the better part of half a day. How is it these days with faster CPU's and IO? Looking back on it I probably should have used some RAMFS for compiling from, but I didn't know any better then.
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    Original Half Life 2 dvd activation

    That does not look like my original copy i bought on release day. Mine is a cardboard box with 5 CD's. perhaps there were other versions released at the same time? It does require steam without some hacking. But now the game is DRM free. once you download it you can copy it to any other...
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    The Official Linux/Unix Desktop Screenshots Megathread

    For curiosity sake and science, figured I would compare with my 3800X running Arch.
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    [FS] [US] GTX 1070 FE - Ended

    Fully functional GTX 1070 Founder Edition. Was using it as my GPU pass-through for my gaming VM. I played the Battlefield 2042 Beta for 30 hours with it at 1080 Medium and it averaged over 60 FPS. Was selected for a newegg shuffle and am selling this to help offset the cost of the new GPU. $325...
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    Windows games natively on Steam Linux through Proton (Wine)

    Did you read the part where you can enable it to install anygame in your library? compatibility just is not tested by valve. There will be games that do not work or have small issues.
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    Windows games natively on Steam Linux through Proton (Wine)

    You can install any game, only the whitelisted games have been tested by valve. There is an option in the steam play settings to enable for all games. DX10 games my still not be ready at this point. I am currently downloading Skyrim Special Edition. Also of note, the games I have tried have...
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    Windows games natively on Steam Linux through Proton (Wine)

    https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561
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    How long are you getting from your PSU?

    I have an Antec TruePower 430 Watt from 2003. Still works, but I have had to replace a few capacitors. Its hard to find a new power supply that has a good 5V rail needed by those old computers. Power my Athlon 64 3200+ + Radeon X800 Pro
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    AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition Overview

    The opensourcing of the vulkan driver was not needed for games like F1 2017 ,they already work fine on the opensource RADV driver. Just a note. Also, the AMD driver will not be included with the default opensource driver stack, mesa and has to compiled or packaged separately.
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    The Soul Still Burns - SOULCALIBUR VI Hits PC and Consoles in 2018

    I still play the first one on my dreamcast from time to time (currently playing through shenmue) Cool to see it make its way to PC.
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