Skaarg

I used Linux off an on for project/mess-around PCs from 2005-2011ish during high school and early college. Usually just sticking to Ubuntu for play around machines or just straight Debian when doing Server stuff. After 2009ish I really got back into bleeding edge PC gaming so Linux definitely wasn't an option on my main PC. Back in August last year I watched the Wendell/Linus video on Linux Gaming. How much Linux gaming had improved really impressed me, and I was becoming more and more annoyed with Windows 10. So in the beginning of September I decided to dive in and install Linux Mint on my 2nd SSD. Since then the only thing I've booted into Windows for was to play PUBG or Apex Legends occasionally. I play Overwatch, FFXIV, and several new releases (DMC5 works damn near perfect) with little to no messing with things. Since then I've taken the rest of this 2nd SSD to just be Linux Mint. It used to have a 2nd partition for some Windows games, and I'm going to change my 3TB storage drive to EXT4 soon from NTFS, but I need to move everything to my wife's PC over the network first since I don't have a large enough external drive. I also have a newer laptop and an old Dell SFF PC I plan on using as a steam streaming/kodi box that are both exclusively running Linux. The laptop has had it since November, and the Dell I just bought last week from a university surplus sale. Within the next year or so I want to build a new PC, and to be honest I'm very much considering going straight Linux on it, and only having a VM for the Windows things I rarely need.

I just actually bought an Optiplex 755 SFF today which is fairly similar to the 780, but even smaller. From what I've been reading about the highest end you can go is a low profile, single slot GT 1030. If you don't need a whole lot of performance, but you want something newer go with a GT 730 or an R7 240. Also don't know if your system has a Core 2 Duo like most (mine luckily had a C2Q Q6600), but you could likely upgrade to a Q9650 and decent boost in CPU performance for $20. I plan on doing this at some point to my system.

The LG 29ea73 tends to run in the $330-400 range from what I've seen, and the Dell u2913wm seems to be in the $400-450 range.

Judging by the votes it looks like it's about to become Slick's Tech Tips.

I'm excited to give that launcher that can be highly customized a spin. Looks like a great device. First phone in a while I've felt could replace my Galaxy Note 2.

Just wanted to point out one thing because of this "so my first thought was a 27" monitor, but then i saw 29" ultra wide monitors". A 29" ultrawide 21:9 monitor is going to have the screen height of a ~23" 16:9 monitor. You're going to want a 34" 21:9 monitor if you want the same screen height as a 27" 16:9. Using a DPI Calculator that gives monitor dimensions might help you decide on something you like best.

If people want a similar deal just different games with some options, buy a refurbished 32GB Wii U from Nintendo for $200. It even comes with the same 1 year warranty as a new system. https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod150200 Then buy Mario Kart 8 for $48 from Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8/?tag=linustechtips-20 Then register Mario Kart 8 on Club Nintendo and you get 1 of 4 games for free. The games are New Super Mario Bros U, Zelda WindWaker HD, Wii Party U, and Pikmin 3. I would honestly consider this to be a much better deal.

Unfortunately for consoles they have a rendering resolution set in the engine that they will render it at. Then the Xbox One has it's own scaling chip for upscaling to 1080p. So you most likely won't see any benefit at all.

Thanks to Darrin Lynch for joining us today.

I'd be up for another live stream like this. It has actually been very interesting and informative. I especially liked that a couple hardball questions got thrown in. Huge thanks to Darrin and thanks for hosting this Linus!

To jump on the graphics question being discussed now. Why can't we have more chips with Iris Pro?

Whooo we're starting! Another question. The overclockable Pentium is awesome, but can we please get an i3?

Why hasn't Intel Iris Pro been seen in more CPUs that aren't used by Apple? I would think the demand from Windows users would be there. I know I use my Intel HD Graphics to power monitors that never do anything demanding or only light gaming.