About this episode
Ben discusses his experience installing Ubuntu for gaming while Matt reflects on past PC gaming challenges.
Ben wipes his PC over Thanksgiving and installs Ubuntu for gaming. Matt recalls the dark days of himem.sys and IRQ conflicts. The universe was created last Thursday, and someone gets a hangover.
People in this episode
Hosts: Ben Rady, Matt Godbolt
Topics covered
- Linux gaming
- Ubuntu installation
- PC gaming history
- technology
- gaming challenges
Keywords
- Linux
- gaming
- Ubuntu
- PC
- IRQ conflicts
- himem.sys
- Thanksgiving
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ubuntu
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