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  • lemonuri@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.mlCheap and good mini-PCs for gaming?
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    10 months ago

    I would recommend to get a Fujitsu esprimo small form factor pc or a lenovo sff with an i5 6500 cpu. They sell used for less that 100 euros. Get a half size gpu (gtx 1650 or 1050 ti or amd rx 6400). And you will have a perfect pc for gaining in 1080p in your living room on the cheap. Those pcs are a good compromise for speed and size, any smaller and they will get way too hot. Also these are well build office PCs, that will run very quiet.

    I would recommend pop_os as a distro. Its made for gaining and I use it as my daily driver.


  • lemonuri@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.mlGood printers?
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    1 year ago

    I bought the hl 5240 around ten years ago and still use the same drum. I buy ink powder every couple of years on eBay to refill it.

    It will refuse to print every couple of thousand pages to force you to replace the drum, but that is just a kind of planned obsolescence in form of an internal timer. I think some sort of this shit will happen on every printer nowadays. Its only purpose is to create a hole in your pocket and produces a lot of plastic waste.

    I found a kind of konami code you can enter for this model to reset the drum counter on the interweb, though, so its not an issue for this model.

    So before you buy check if such a code exists for the model you have chosen, before buying one that will waste your time and money.

    Power off; open front cover; hold go button while powering on until only 3 lights are lit (it should take around 15 sec.); press go 2 times; wait 20-30 seconds then press go five times; close front cover.