Archive for March, 2017

Adventures with the Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler

Posted by delightlylinux in linux on March 21, 2017

📅 March 21, 2017
Whrrrrrrrr. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Whiiiiiiinnnnnnnne…

Guess what? It’s a noisy CPU fan on a stock CPU heat sink. Can we do better?

Is an improvement available that results in lower CPU temperatures and near-silence fan performance?

One CPU cooler that I am impressed with is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. Whenever I build or upgrade a Linux system, I usually purchase one of these little marvels because it works reliably well with almost no noise.

I upgraded the stock AMD CPU cooler on a Linux system using an APU in an FM2 socket because it was too noisy and inefficient. What did I replace it with? Why, the Hyper 212 EVO, of course!

Here are some pictures…

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Typing Practice with speedpad

Posted by delightlylinux in linux on March 10, 2017

📅 March 10, 2017
Can you type faster than a robot?

The Ubuntu Linux repository is filled with lesser-known gems that are surprisingly useful and fun. Speedpad is one of them.

This a typing practice program that displays a random quote from fortune, but you compete against a typing robot.

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