Review of Razer Blade (2016)

I have spent all of my last 5 years in the Mac world. I had a Macbook Air (2011) at home and a Macbook Pro (2014) at work. I had gotten used to how well Apple integrated its hardware and software, and how all applications “just worked”. Was it good? Yes. Was it boring? Yes, as well. So I thought…

So, installing Ubuntu 17.04 or 17.10 on a Razer Blade(2016, i7, 1080p matte display and GTX1060) isn’t exactly a breeze. Here are things that I had to tweak to get a functional Linux machine

TL;DR — Google has a very customer-unfriendly policy for Pixel phones in India. My phone has spent the better part of the last 2 months in the service center, with very little chance of becoming functional ever again. Replacements? Ha! Banish the thought!

Here’s my first medium post.. please be patient with some of my ramblings :)

I grew up in Bangalore in the 90's, when Bangalore was not yet the Silicon Valley of India. One thing that has become a part of Bangalore’s vanishing past are the Iyengar bakeries dotted across…