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Linux Weekly 9: The Future Belongs to Those Who Build Value, Not Extract It

Posted by wendell on Fri, 05/15/2026 - 19:44

It was another busy week for Wendell, but Linux never stops!

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/linux-weekly-2026-05-15/250232

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Creating a ZFS Pool of Mismatched Old Storage!

Posted by wendell on Thu, 05/14/2026 - 12:58

Who says you need the newest stuff to fulfill your self-hosting storage dreams? Not Wendell!!
Check out the forum post here:
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/buddy-backup-and-more-storage-server-pa…

eBay Affiliate Listing for Disk Shelf: https://ebay.us/iA3zrO

0:00 Intro
1:44 Basement Hoard and Disk Shelf
7:10 Controller Machine
11:39 Software and ZFS AnyRaid
17:23 What's the Catch?
19:27 Running It
27:18 Conclusion

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Falcon North West 9950x3D2 Fragbox Review and Community Engagement

Posted by wendell on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 15:01

Wendell was given another Falcon, but this time, Wendell wants to give it away for some outside testing!

Check out the forum post about it here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/9950x3d2-falcon-northwest-community-giv…

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Linux Weekly 8: Small News, Long Projects

Posted by wendell on Fri, 05/08/2026 - 19:25

It was another busy week for Wendell, but Linux never stops!

0:00 Intro
00:24 News
3:24 Project Storage
7:55 Project Networking
18:52 Outro
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Computer Janitor Wendell to the Rescue!!

Posted by wendell on Thu, 05/07/2026 - 15:32

Wendell was called to Boston for his computer janitoring skills to help Chef @NickDiGiovanni get his kitchen hooked up with some delicious networking!

Check out the forum post here:
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/chef-nick-modern-problems-require-moder…

Check out 45 Drives: https://www.45drives.com/products/hybrid-storage-server-storinator-f8x2/

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Reviewing the MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 from MSI

Posted by wendell on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 17:00

MSI sent Wendell an Ultra Wide monitor to prove him wrong. But did it work?
https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MPG-341CQR-QD-OLED-X36/Overview

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Down With 16:9 Aspect Ratios! BenQ RD280UG Programming Monitor Review

Posted by wendell on Sun, 05/03/2026 - 15:55

Check it out here:
RD280UG official website https://benqurl.biz/4mNScAF
Amazon page https://benqurl.biz/4vqeEUl

OR show off YOUR programming setup in the forum

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Linux Weekly 7: Security, Security, Security...

Posted by wendell on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 17:44

It's been a heck of a week for Wendell, and maybe for you too.

0:00 Intro
1:08 Security Updates
17:45 Project Updates

Links to Articles here:
https://ringmast4r.substack.com/p/we-may-be-living-through-the-most

https://copy.fail/

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/etr-cve-2026-41940-cpanel-whm-authenti…

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/cisa-adds-actively-exploited.html

https://www.rescana.com/post/fast16-malware-pre-stuxnet-cyber-sabotage-…

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AMD: What's up with the ECC 5200 Limit in the latest AGESA 1.3.0.0?? Oopsie not intentional (I hope)

Posted by wendell on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 17:44

What is happening?!? ECC issues of course... what?

0:00 Intro
0:11 ECC Memory on AM5
1:38 Something Weird is Happening
3:47 Our Testing Gigabyte
6:23 ASUS
7:01 Linux Users
8:27 ASRock
10:00 Why is this Happening?
13:43 Conclusion

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The FORBIDDEN Motherboard!! Hacking More Lanes into AM5: LR-Link Broadcom PCIe Expansion

Posted by wendell on Thu, 04/30/2026 - 17:02

Does it exist? Not yet. Wendell has to do some wendelling to make it work!

0:00 Intro
0:29 Backstory
1:35 Comparisons
5:06 Chipsets and Lanes
10:19 What Things Currently Look Like
11:16 Good News Bad News
14:53 Performance with Current Set Up
20:38 So What Does the Ideal Motherboard Look Like?

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