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Strix G15 (G532) Sound under Ubuntu Noble Numbat 24.04


You should no longer need the audio workaround from previous fixes. On Noble, change the line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to With the above single line, my G15 now has sound that operates properly, volume control works without the workarounds. I have not tested the headphone jack yet but it likely will be functional now.

LTT is the Fox News of Tech Journalism


I've had Linus Sebastian and his entire media group blocked for well over a year, now, following his completely bullshit and braindead "hey, let's exploit this known PopOS Steam installation bug for views!" but if you gave him a pass for it, you might want to reconsider. Not only does GN go through several examples […]

NVD makes up vulnerability severity levels | daniel.haxx.se


CVSS is a shitty system Anyone who ever gets a problem reported for their project and tries to assess and set a CVSS score will immediately realize what an imperfect, simplified and one-dimensional concept this is. Source: NVD makes up vulnerability severity levels | daniel.haxx.se Looks like I'm not the only one constantly irritated by […]

Sustainability Re/CC


OpenSource.com has a really good article about sustainability up, focused around the sudden popularity of Mastodon, and how us FOSS people can keep things going for the foreseeable future, by participating in distributed systems. Just as an FYI, or if you were wondering: The systems that power CyborgCentral and its services are all run on […]

Ubuntu 22.10 on the Asus ROG Strix G15


Upgrading my laptop to the new Ubuntu release broke the audio, but that isn't really news - the sound system in many ASUS laptops, specifically the ALC294 chip in these machines tends to be a real pain to get working. This guide is mainly for myself, but I figured other people might appreciate it. These […]

Stable Stranding


Oh don't mind me, I'm just dicking around with Stable Diffusion and getting it to generate a Death Stranding 2 cast pulled directly out of my butt This AI is simply amazing - turning out fully-rendered realistic 3D artwork off nothing but my laptop's NVidia GPU, based on prompting. And it KNOWS things, like what […]

Preliminary Testing Ubuntu on the Steam Deck


Ubuntu 22.04 runs on Steam Deck fairly well right off the USB. Booting from the drive and getting to a desktop is no big deal, and the "Try Ubuntu" desktop mode starts up and runs. The things that seem to work were: The graphics stack - video is accelerated properly, and the GPU seems active. […]