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    Help in regards to running GUI on linux on a 2011 mac mini with broken dGPU

    Hello, Basically i bought a cheap mac mini 2011 (i5 2520m, radeon hd 6630m) and its dGPU seems to be faulty due to the chronic solder issue. However i was trying running arch linux on it, using the igpu. With "radeon.modeset=0" or "modprobe.blacklist=radeon" I can launch tty, but the $DISPLAY...
  2. Kai Robinson

    How to: Use Ollama with unsupported GPU

    nVidia has CUDA, AMD has ROCm and then...if you're not lucky, you have nothing, for GPU accelerated LLM workloads? NO! Because Ollama now supports Vulkan! This means that if, like me, you have a machine that's not cutting edge, you can still leverage the power of the GPU to accelerate the...
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    PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI

    Hi All, I recently scored a wonderful PB Ti 1 GHz, top specs (1 GHz, Radeon 64), complete with everything, down to the plastic wraps. I am glad I could reacquaint with this ultra-cool machine, as it reminds me of when I was (well… twenty years) younger and I used to own a wonderful 667 DVI...
  4. Kai Robinson

    Time for an Athlon-XP Build - Project Middlesex (Now with pretty pictures!)

    Almost 20 years ago (jesus, that hurts to say now), I was nearly ready to begin my computing course at Middlesex University in North London. Disappointment of the course and ineptitude of the University aside, I had put together a damn good rig to handle almost everything that you could throw...