How to get useful information about your Nvidia adapter on Linux.

Using an Nvidia graphics adapter on Linux is very useful, it allows gaming and using 3D modeling software. But if you need to know what processes are using your adapter, then you need to install a useful utility. This is called nvtop. Install it like this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[/] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt install nvtop┌──[[email protected]]─[/] └──╼ … Read more

How to get the brand and model of your graphics card with the command line.

This command will print out the model and make of your graphics card. This is another command to run on an unknown computer to see what hardware is in it. jason@eyjafjallajkull:~$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12 | head -n 1 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks XT [Radeon … Read more

Interesting new hardware component for building a thin client PC. PCoIP PCI express card.

This is a PCI Express card that allows you to build a thin client PC. This hardware agnostic and would be very useful for re-purposing an old computer and using it to access computing resources on a home server. A thin client computer is one that does not run an operating system per se, only … Read more