Show Notes
Jim finally gets his hands on an AMD Ryzen 9 laptop, some great news about Wi-Fi 6e, and our take on FreeBSD on the desktop.
Plus Intel's surprisingly overclockable laptop CPU, why you shouldn't freak out about 5G, and the incredible creativity of the Demoscene. Links: Asus ROG Zephyrus G14—Ryzen 7nm mobile is here, and it’s awesome
Linux on Laptops: ASUS Zephyrus G14 with Ryzen 9 4900HS
Intel’s 10th-generation H-series laptop CPUs break 5GHz | Ars Technica
Wi-Fi 6E becomes official—the FCC will vote on rules this month
Celebs share rumors linking 5G to coronavirus, nutjobs burn cell towers
Not-actually Linux distro review: FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE
Not actually Linux distro review deux: GhostBSD
MOD (file format) - Wikipedia
AT&T.MOD (YouTube)
DJ Moses Rising—Ice Cream Trance (YouTube)
Farbrausch—The Product (64K Intro, 2000)
Farbrausch—Poem to a Horse (64K Intro, 2002)
Finland accepts the Demoscene on its national UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity
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