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Oct 2021
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Pre-Built PCs Are About to get MUCH Wors...

LINUS TECH TIPS
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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119)

[0:00] Chapters.

[1:21] Intro.

[1:51] Topic #1: Windows 11 VBS harms gaming performance.

    3:18 Virtual machine & hardware issues.

    7:46 Affected games & change in performance.

    9:52 VBS is not mandated on custom builds.

    13:03 Switching to Linux challenge.

    17:32 Issues with daily driving Linux.

    20:15 Polling which distro to use.

[25:23] Sponsors.

    25:27 TuxCare QEMU & KVM patching.

    27:01 Graphus anti-phishing cloud software.

    28:22 Savage Jerky.

[32:27] Topic #2: Valve's "Deckard" VR headset.

    35:11 Going standalone in the VR market.

    37:46 Pricing of Valve products.

    42:37 Poll: Which Distro should Linus use?

    45:22 Tim Cook meeting with EU competition chief.

[46:48] Topic #3: Amazon's "Astro" house robot.

    48:24 Criticism towards the robot.

    48:52 Pricing & specs.

[52:06] LTTstore new merch & site redesign.

[52:56] Superchats.

[57:20] Topic #4: Asus's RTX 3070 with Noctua fans.

[58:20] Topic #5: Silicon Lottery closing.

[59:14] Topic #6: Steam disables downloading older builds.

[1:00:27] Topic #7: Dune Case has not shipped yet.

[1:01:04] Outro.

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