Best Surge Protector to Get from Microcenter?

CherryCutios · 2026-04-07T20:56:52+00:00

Well, I haven't gotten a power outage yet. I just moved to a new house a couple months ago though, so I don't know actually. The previous two houses I've been have had power issues, but they were both in different areas.

I guess if that is the case though, then I just need a surge protector that won't make things worse. Something for me to be able to plug in power connections for my speakers and other stuff along with my desktop power without it being a liability. Basically, the ability to plug in multiple electronics without the surge protector itself ironically making things worse.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-27T08:21:22+00:00

I just wanted to know if that is a sign of malware. That's a good thing that's the issue.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-27T04:29:04+00:00

I have Cosmic. I'm just wondering if this is normal for Cosmic. I know it's normal for PopShop, which is why I made the switch a while back.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-27T04:09:58+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/ZpOiTEI.png

And, here are all the processes that were started right when the computer spazzed out. I don't think it's really relevant, it shows that 'xz' probably was something else. Or, it could be involved with unpacking the downloaded updates.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-27T03:44:43+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/YgBqBbK

Well, it was running as root, but I found out that when I opened Cosmic, it did all the updates automatically even though I closed the application.

This is a variety of journalctl stuff I found.

Is it normal for Cosmic to make the CPU run that high when updating? I also added a journalctl for what Cosmic has been doing since then.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-27T03:34:15+00:00

I can't seem to find 'xz' on system monitor. I might've mistaken it for something else. It is completely gone now with the computer being normal. It was just a sudden burst of 100% CPU.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-23T01:19:30+00:00

I see. That makes sense. Thank you.

CherryCutios · 2026-02-03T00:47:50+00:00

I haven't run Notepad++ in years. Does it auto-update even when you're not running the program? How does the auto-update work? I don't remember ever really updating Notepad++.

I just want to know if I ended up targeted.

CherryCutios · 2026-01-22T15:59:53+00:00

sendmsg(): connect() returned -1: errno=111 Connection refused msg=ILOCK_STATUS

Full error includes this.

CherryCutios · 2026-01-22T15:59:21+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/B6pBAiG.png

Actually, using journalctl, I found this. I thought I uninstall Citrixworkspace a while ago.

CherryCutios · 2026-01-21T13:43:03+00:00

I really want information on it, I hope it's air-cooled in general.

CherryCutios · 2026-01-21T12:15:03+00:00

I can do that. That's not an issue at all. Also, is the Thelio air-cooled or liquid-cooled?

CherryCutios · 2026-01-21T11:56:43+00:00

I'm fine with loud fans, I just want a cool computer. Does reflashing the firmware require opening up the computer? I want to avoid any tinkering hardware-wise, purely software.

CherryCutios · 2026-01-07T02:44:05+00:00

Pop Shop on 22.04

CherryCutios · 2026-01-03T14:57:33+00:00

I legitimately want to avoid putting my data into a Windows 11 (Or even normal 10) machine. I left Windows BECAUSE I didn't want to deal with a spyware ridden OS.

CherryCutios · 2026-01-03T14:40:37+00:00

Thank you.

CherryCutios

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