Linux, Windows, Mac, Lenovo
Here are a list of completely free applications for MacOS. I discovered them in 2022 and wanted to share them with everyone. HARDWARE INFORMATION CATEGORY Stats Project homepage Stats is an application that allows you to monitor your macOS system. Battery level Bluetooth devices CPU utilization Disk utilization Fan/s control GPU utilization Memory usage Network […]
ArchLinux has several graphical package managers like Pamac. When you’re already in the shell, it’s faster to stay there. One of the annoyance I often have is that when I search for a package, I do a search, then filter the results with GREP, then sort the results to a pager and then try to […]
It seems than when you dig in Firefox settings, it’s filled of their VPN ads. I was wondering if it was possible to do something about it and found something. If you open type this in the URL about:config , you will have access to hidden settings. To disable the VPN ads you need to […]
2022-07-04 ThinkBook 14 G2 ARE - ThinkBook 15 G2 ARE Summary of changes ================== General Information: version FACN32WW 1. Optimize the setup menu information. 2. Enhancement to address Security vulnerability - LEN-77637 3. Enhancement to address Security vulnerability: CVE-2020-12944 : Insufficient validation of BIOS image length by ASP Firmware could lead to arbitrary code execution. […]
This is an overview of the difference in the current line up of Apple processors. It’s interesting to see that they went from DDR4 top DDR5 ram between the M1 and the M1 Pro. M1 Processor Characteristics RAM : DDR4 (up to 16GB)Transistors : 16 billion (5nm)CPU cores : 8 : 4 high performance (12MB L2 […]
Update 2022-09-09 : I corrected a few typos This article will unlock the full power of your processor. The laptops these days seem to be locked out of their full potential. NOTE: If you want to investigate on your machine, I recommend adding the following tools. Arch : pacman -S btop cpupower turbostat Ubuntu / […]
Lenovo just released a new firmware for the ThinkBook 15 G2 ARE AMD: FACN31WW(V1.14). Note 1: This firmware doesn’t fix the suspend issue, refer to my previous post for how to fix it. Note 2: If you run Linux only on that machine, refer to my previous post about how to update. Summary of changes […]
If you have this motherboard or anything using the same ACL4080 chipset, you may notice that your audio won’t be working. This can be fixed through a simple mod. Reboot your computer, when you have the boot menu of your distro, choose to edit the boot parameters. On the line that starts with Linux add […]
I’ll be writing a new post about my new PC soon. I can’t start assembly yet as I’m still waiting for my CPU cooler and thermal paste. I have a good GPU but I will only show it in the next post.
Some laptops from Lenovo, like the ThinkBook, aren’t updatable from Linux. Lenovo could provide a way to install a new Linux firmware but they don’t. Lenovo only provides a method to update it from Windows. If had time to kill and If you had kept a backup of the Windows install that came with your […]