In an age where we have big monitors and even bigger TVs that can connect to your laptop in all kinds of ways, it seems like a waste not to use them to extend your laptop display. Here we show you how to connect your laptop to an external TV or monitor. Related: 15 Android …
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There is no doubt that the Raspberry Pi 4 is significantly more powerful than its predecessors. It is based on the faster ARM Cortex-A72 microarchitecture and features four cores set at slightly higher clock speeds. The graphics subsystem is also significantly beefed up, running at twice the maximum stock clocks as the outgoing model. Everything …
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The touchpad is an age-old feature, having long replaced the “pointing device” (or what I liked to call the “nipple”) as a standardized alternative to mouse control on a laptop. But if your touchpad stops working while you’re on the move, or in some other situation when you don’t have a spare mouse handy, you …
The Raspberry Pi is a versatile credit card sized computer that can be used for a variety of electronic projects. The advantage of the Raspberry Pi is that you have the flexibility to install different operating systems and you are not limited to the Raspberry Pi operating system. This includes Arch Linux, which is revered …
By default, your Raspberry Pi boots from the SD card containing the operating system. Here we are going to show how you can ditch the microSD card and boot your Raspberry Pi 4 from USB directly from an external SSD drive. Why you should ditch microSD storage While the microSD storage solution is adequate for …
The processor (or processor) is the brain of your computer, so it is essential that it functions correctly and without problems. Under stress, the processor temperature may start to heat up, in which case your PC may start to slow down, crash and – in the long run – the processor may die. So what …
If you buy a laptop and know you plan to run Linux, you can either get any laptop, reformat the hard drive, and install your favorite Linux distro on it, or just get a laptop running Linux directly. from the box. Here are some of the best Linux laptops you can get in 2020. 1. …
By default, many routers have a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) that allows you to connect to your router without needing its SSID and password. However, WPS makes your router vulnerable hacker attacks. Therefore, you may want to disable WPS in some cases. Below we will see how to disable WPS as well as the pros …
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The new Raspberry Pi 4 is significantly more powerful despite sharing the same small form factor as its predecessors. With great performance, however, higher power consumption. The Raspberry Pi 4 therefore generates much more heat than the older Pi models. Without active cooling, the Raspberry Pi 4 will thermally accelerate even under moderate loads. Fortunately, …
The world of technology is constantly changing and it can sometimes be difficult to keep up with the new terminology. The latest USB technology is no exception. When people use jargon like USB-C, USB 3 and Thunderbolt, what does it really mean? Let’s try to clear up some of the confusion. What do letters and …
Whether you run the cable on the sidewalk or just completed it with a live antenna, you will need a good quality cable to connect your antenna to your TV. Coaxial cables are a penny per dozen, but not all are made the same. Here are some of the best coaxial cables you should check …
Raspberry Pi supports several Linux distributions. Most of the time, you just need to flash the system image to an SD card, insert that SD card into your Raspberry Pi and start running it. However, this does not apply to Ubuntu. Installing Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi was a chore, with the need to create an …