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Jeff Geerling

@geerlingguy
33 posts
2026-03-05
MacBook Neo looks like a great low-spec Mac—but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 port supports DisplayPort! https://www.macrumors.com/...
2026-03-05 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Apple unveils the $599+ MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 Pro chip, side-firing speakers, a 1080p webcam, two USB-C ports, and Touch ID

Apple debuts a new entry-level MacBook at just the right time  —  Apple finally took the wraps off its long-rumored budget laptop.

MacBook Neo looks like a great low-spec Mac—but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 port supports DisplayPort! https://www.macrumors.com/...
2026-03-05 View on X
MacRumors

Apple's MacBook Neo has two USB-C ports with different specs: one is USB-C 3 with up to 10 Gb/s transfer speeds, and the other is USB-C 2, limited to 480 Mb/s

what are the trade-offs?Zac Hall /9to5Mac:MacBook Neo will warn you if you plug a display into the wrong USB-C portJuli Clover /MacRumors:MacBook Neo Can Only Drive One External Di...

2026-03-04
MacBook Neo looks like a great low-spec Mac—but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 port supports DisplayPort! https://www.macrumors.com/...
2026-03-04 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Apple unveils the $599+ MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 Pro chip, side-firing speakers, a 1080p webcam, two USB-C ports, and Touch ID

Apple debuts a new entry-level MacBook at just the right time  —  Apple finally took the wraps off its long-rumored budget laptop.

MacBook Neo looks like a great low-spec Mac—but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 port supports DisplayPort! https://www.macrumors.com/...
2026-03-04 View on X
MacRumors

Apple's MacBook Neo has two USB-C ports with different specs: one is USB-C 3 with up to 10 Gb/s transfer speeds, and the other is USB-C 2, limited to 480 Mb/s

but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 ...

2026-01-14
Apple just announced a subscription plan for their pro apps... AND they still allow you to buy the full version, with a perpetual license??? What madness, maybe other companies could take note. https://www.apple.com/...
2026-01-14 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils Apple Creator Studio, a “groundbreaking collection” of creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro for $13/month or $129/year

2025-10-21
Ah us-east-1. The primary region for so many apps. Also to many app dev's surprise, the *only* region they ever tested without backup/failover elsewhere
2025-10-21 View on X
CNBC

AWS says services have “returned to normal operations” after a US-EAST-1 outage, first reported on October 20 at 3:11am ET, that affected major services

Amazon Web Services, a leader in the cloud infrastructure market, reported a major outage on Monday that took down numerous major websites.

2025-10-20
Ah us-east-1. The primary region for so many apps. Also to many app dev's surprise, the *only* region they ever tested without backup/failover elsewhere
2025-10-20 View on X
The Verge

AWS says “the underlying DNS issue” is mitigated and most “operations are succeeding normally” after a huge US-EAST-1 outage; some services are still “impacted”

The cause of the AWS outage is currently unclear.

2025-02-16
https://marcan.st/... Sad to see this, burnout is a scourge on almost all worthwhile software projects, and especially in open source. This is why I have no shame in saying no as a default: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/ ...
2025-02-16 View on X
The Register

Hector Martin, lead of Asahi Linux distribution for Apple Silicon, resigns, citing burnout, demanding users, and Linus Torvalds's handling of Rust integration

I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won  —  Hector Martin, project lead of Asahi Linux, resigned that project early Friday …

2024-12-10
Raspberry Pi also launched a Pi Monitor, it's a 15.6" IPS LCD, with a nifty kickstand that adjusts to any angle, with nail-hanger hooks on it, plus VESA mounting screw holes. I set up a #Pi500 dev workstation with two of them: [image]
2024-12-10 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports

Such thoughtful design!  👏  —  (also note the new Raspberry Pi 500)  —  https://www.raspberrypi.com/ ...  [image] X: Jeff Geerling / @geerlingguy : This picture, unfortunately, was...

This picture, unfortunately, was taken *after* I had attempted to solder on my own M.2 socket (and failed miserably, lol). The #Pi500 includes pads for both an M.2 socket and PoE support, but alas, they are unpopulated. [image]
2024-12-10 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports

Such thoughtful design!  👏  —  (also note the new Raspberry Pi 500)  —  https://www.raspberrypi.com/ ...  [image] X: Jeff Geerling / @geerlingguy : This picture, unfortunately, was...

The Raspberry Pi 500 launches today, for $90. Raspberry Pi sent one to test, and of course the first thing I did was rip the shell apart to see if it had an M.2 slot inside... #Pi500 🧵 [image]
2024-12-10 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports

Such thoughtful design!  👏  —  (also note the new Raspberry Pi 500)  —  https://www.raspberrypi.com/ ...  [image] X: Jeff Geerling / @geerlingguy : This picture, unfortunately, was...

2024-12-09
Raspberry Pi also launched a Pi Monitor, it's a 15.6" IPS LCD, with a nifty kickstand that adjusts to any angle, with nail-hanger hooks on it, plus VESA mounting screw holes. I set up a #Pi500 dev workstation with two of them: [image]
2024-12-09 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports

Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released …

This picture, unfortunately, was taken *after* I had attempted to solder on my own M.2 socket (and failed miserably, lol). The #Pi500 includes pads for both an M.2 socket and PoE support, but alas, they are unpopulated. [image]
2024-12-09 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports

Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released …

The Raspberry Pi 500 launches today, for $90. Raspberry Pi sent one to test, and of course the first thing I did was rip the shell apart to see if it had an M.2 slot inside... #Pi500 🧵 [image]
2024-12-09 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports

Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released …

2024-11-16
Okay, maybe there is _one_ good use for AI. https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/ ...
2024-11-16 View on X
PCMag

UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

In an ingenious move to combat the UK's growing fraud epidemic, O2 has unveiled their newest team member - an AI-powered “Head of Scammer Relations” named Daisy. … Seth Ruden : One...

2024-11-15
Okay, maybe there is _one_ good use for AI. https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/ ...
2024-11-15 View on X
PCMag

UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

After a survey found that 71% of Brits want revenge on scammers, mobile operator O2 deploys Daisy, an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line to waste their time.

2024-11-02
I hope @pixelmator's tooling is merged into Photos... making it a better Aperture replacement. So many great workflow features from Aperture are still just missing entirely still, and things like keywords are still horribly broken. Lightroom is... okay...ish.
2024-11-02 View on X
9to5Mac

Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval, “to reach an even wider audience”

Apple is acquiring the popular photo editing company Pixelmator.  The Pixelmator Team announced the news in a blog post …

2024-10-18
Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit, refunds all orders https://www.jeffgeerling.com/ ... [image]
2024-10-18 View on X
XDA Developers

Qualcomm cancels the Snapdragon Dev Kit, which was supposed to ship in June, and will offer refunds, as the product failed to meet its “standards of excellence”

refunds customers for mini PC, ends sales and support for the device immediately Bluesky: Scary Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : ouch - but you can already get a laptop w...

2024-10-14
Looks like Automattic is forking individual plugins now? It's like the Drupal 8 / Backdrop situation, except with everyone bridge being burned down as we go.
2024-10-14 View on X
TechCrunch

Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF's team says the plugin was taken away “without consent”

It's super late at night on Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. Edward Targett / The Stack : Wordpress Wars: Forking crazy nuclear takeover triggers fury Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : WordP...

2024-10-13
Looks like Automattic is forking individual plugins now? It's like the Drupal 8 / Backdrop situation, except with everyone bridge being burned down as we go.
2024-10-13 View on X
TechCrunch

Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF team says the plugin was taken away “without consent”

The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues …