Moving to Southern Europe My life took an unexpected turn when I moved to Canada, and now another significant change is on the horizon. If fate has its way, I will spend the rest of my days in beautiful southern Europe, where I have discovered a truly special place. While…
This blog post will document how I installed Ubuntu 23.04 on my Zephyrus G15 gaming laptop. Everything works as expected Previously, I used Fedora 37 / 38 which is easy to install and, as far as I can tell, runs flawlessly on the Zephyrus G15. To prepare the laptop for…
Not conting the server, Linux can be divided into primary and secondarry distributions. One of the key identifies of which is which are the user numbers. After all, if a distribution has a huge following, then the developers must be doing something right. As always, there are the exceptions to…
Why I am using Windows 11 these days Update Januray 31, 2024Since writing the article, I have installed Ubuntu on my ASUS Zephyrus G15 because I use it mostly for generating images with Automatic1111 and other AI-powered software. Original article:A few weeks ago, I bought a new ASUS Zephyrus G15…
This blog post is about making Gnome 42 look like macOS Monterey which is my favorite Gnome 42 theme. Gnome 42 theming is back Me and countless other Gnome users were disappointed when Gnome 42 broke theme compatibility with the upgrade from Gnome 41 to Gnome 42. Thanks to a…
Yesterday, I’ve spent a bit of time to install three Linux distributions on my new ASUS Zephyrus G15 laptop. Since none of the installs were to my satisfaction, I decided to remove Linux and stay with Windows 10 until more features work under Linux. UPDATE: My Zephyrus G15 is back…
August 29, 2024Currently, CachyOS KDE Edition and Manjaro Gnome Minimal Edition run exceptionally well on my Zephyrus G15. Timeline of install and updates is here Since writing this article, I have moved on to the KDE desktop which offers advantages for web design such as included KWrite, Kate and flawless…
I just rendered the Blender Classroom test scene on my ASUS Zephyrus G15 which took 33.25 seconds to complete. *** SEE UPDATE (bottom of blog post) The test render was done on the Windows 10 Pro platform which performs similarly to Linux when the GPU render option is used. The…
Can a Zephyrus G15 laptop running Linux power two external monitors? Yes. To test this, I’ve booted EndeavourOS with two 1440p Ultrawide monitors connected to my new ASUS Zephyrus G15 laptop. One panel via HDMI and the other via USB C. System details As already mentioned, I am running EndeavourOS…