So, I’ve been using Cockpit to manage my servers remotely since I started using Fedora Server a couple years ago. It’s free, built-in and works really well. So what’s not to like? Ooops! That’s what’s not to like. I’ve had these internal errors happening for some time and I’ve realized that the updates stopped working.…

This is just a snippet, looking at the x230-18GP, or more accurately, taking it apart to look at its insides. It’s a lovely L3 switch that runs linux, has 16+2 ports and a 240W PoE budget for PoE and PoE+ devices. That’s 15W and 30W respectively. It uses around 20W in idle, which isn’t too…

This is a teardowna nd analysis of the Liquid LQD300, which is a HHHL PCIe add-on card. It claims to be an enterprise-grade drive, but is constructed in a way that would make me question that in some ways. As mentined above, we’re talking about a HHHL card, like a Samsung PM1735 or Intel’s P3/4xxx…

I was recently looking for a device that could play 4K video at 24fps and apparently finding such a device isn’t as simple as I thought. I would like something better than the built-in media player in my TV, but the list below should paint a better picture of that: That’s quite a list, especially…

I’ve recently got my hands on a CDE5520, this is the 55″ part of Viewsonic’s CDE20 series. It’s a large format commercial display, that’s why I called it a monitor. It doesn’t have any built-in TV tuners, just two HDMI inputs. There is a fairly barebones android-based system running on it as well, which is…

With the emergence of cheap 2.5Gbps solutions, I see them integrated into more and more devices, such as mid-range motherboards, not necessarily top-of-the-range 802.11ax access points and even some laptops. Switching is also fairly inexpensive, an 8-port model with a 10Gb SFP+ uplink can be had for £75. Sure, this is unbranded Chinese stuff, but…

For most people, the above probably doesn’t mean much, but those who have a hunch that this article will be about an Engineering Sample are right. I found a cheap Chinese mATX motherboard on Aliexpress which is really interesting for two reasons. One has already been explained by the title, the next will be obvious…