480: Taming the Beast

Linus Tech Tips blows it again, and we clean up. Plus, we push System76's updated Thelio Workstation to the breaking point.

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• Intel Arc GPUs NOT supporting Linux any time soon
• Please Buy Intel GPUs. - LTT
• Intel Arc Graphics Running On Fully Open-Source Linux Driver - Phoronix — A common misconception or confusion I've heard many times over the past number of months has been questioning whether Intel's discrete GPU driver support on Linux is open-source or is closed-source, etc. Well, it's fully open-source aside from the usual firmware caveat and running on Linux.
• The new Thelio — We believed that we could make an open hardware desktop that’s powerful, compact, quiet, beautiful, upgradable, backed by lifetime support, and manufactured in the United States—so we did. Customize your components, your software, even your aesthetic with swappable accents made for any mindset.
• System76 Thelio AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 24, X250-kernel, Devone-kernel Benchmark Comparison
• System76 Thelio vs Dev One - Workstation Benchmark
• Thelio, Devone, X250 - Workstation Benchmark Comparison
• System76 Thelio AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 24 - Time Linux Kernel Benchmark
• Unigene Superposition
• UNIGINE Superposition Video - 8K 60 FPS - YouTube
• Why do people love NixOS so much?
• Nix team creation - Announcements - NixOS Discourse