I may be a Linux newbie with only eight months of experience on my belt, but there's one thing that has already solidified itself in my mind: KDE Plasma is awesome. When I distro hopped a little while ago, I would always install KDE Plasma on whatever OS I landed on. Not only did it mean I knew where things were the moment I landed in brave new worlds, but it also made everything feel like home.

It's no secret that I've fallen in love with Proxmox's versatility. And while I've dabbled with other virtualization platforms like Incus, I always seem to come back to my first crush. It's hard not to get mesmerized by how easy it is to throw up LXC containers, or virtual machines, or whole operating systems when I need them, while running on what seems like a tiny footprint of resources.

With 2025 about to finish up, we've seen a huge shake-up in the browser scene. We've seen Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge go all-in on becoming an AI browser, with Firefox taking things a little more delicately. The other two are going full-speed ahead, whether its users are into AI or not.

If you tried to log into Arc Raiders on any platform tonight and encountered an error, it's not an issue with your Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, PC, or internet connection -- the popular extraction shooter's servers are currently offline. Players are reporting login failures, long queues, and getting stuck on loading screens.

If you've been trying to access Steam and wondering why nothing can connect, don't worry; it's not just you. As it turns out, Steam has been experiencing some downtime this Christmas Eve, likely as everyone floods onto the Steam store to purchase last-minute Christmas presents. In fact, this is the second time the website has gone down today, as Valve struggles to keep the website afloat amidst the holiday rush.

The PC hardware world is in a strange, slightly absurd place right now. DRAM prices are spiraling, VRAM is suddenly a luxury, and "RAMflation" has entered the gamer lexicon like it's been here forever. We're staring at 64GB kits selling for the price of an entire console, while GPU rumors suggest that future cards might ship to board partners without memory at all, leaving AIB partners to source it themselves like we're back in the wild west of PC hardware.

You might think that monitoring your home network requires an expensive, extensive dashboard or perhaps some enterprise-grade software. I used to think the same. However, the more time I've spent running, configuring, and monitoring my home network, I've realized that's not necessarily true. While it's true that you might want something a bit more advanced if you are a network administrator, you'll be surprised by how much you can learn about what's happening on your network using tools you already have or free software that takes minutes to set up.

When you have a high-end GPU like the RTX 4090 or 5090, it may seem like you're supposed to play all games at native 4K resolution. After all, your card has all the horsepower needed to do so. But the thing is, chasing that resolution still comes with compromises, especially with many modern AAA titles supporting ray tracing. Although the PC community has been pushing toward 4K gaming for almost a decade now, even the most powerful GPUs can struggle at this resolution if you plan to max out all the settings.

I thought I had reached peak productivity with Obsidian’s local-first, networked note-taking. I was wrong. By connecting Gemini to my vault, I have unlocked a level of insight that manual linking simply can’t match. From summarizing complex research to drafting a quick project plan, this AI-powered workflow hasn’t saved me time — it has upgraded my entire research process.

We talk a lot about laptops here, and for most people, that means you're either using a Windows or macOS product. If you're a Windows user, but have been thinking about moving over to macOS, it's hard to say whether you're going to like it.

In a lengthy recent LinkedIn post, notable Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt highlighted a high-profile job opening on a team focused on replacing C++ and C code at the tech giant with a combination of Rust and AI assistance by the ambitious date of 2030. In the post, Hunt writes that his overarching goal is for a lone engineer to be able to write millions of lines of code per month.

The current PC hardware landscape is unfriendly to say the least. The DRAM price hike has made building a new PC basically untenable, and many are turning to the used market to at least try and offset costs a little bit. If you've made an upgrade to your system recently, or have older RAM lying around, you might be tempted to jump into the used market to make a buck, and while I wouldn't blame anyone for that, there are other ways to use your extra RAM that don't involve selling it.