Budget Intel Gaming Rig ($500)

Recently I built my first gaming rig (also my first PC build) with a measly
budget of $500.
The specs:

Case: Antec 300
CPU: Intel Pentium E6300 Wolfdale
PSU: Antec EA650 650W
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 4830
HDD: Western Digital Cavier SE 320GB
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-G31-ES2l LGA 775 Intel µATX
RAM: OCZ SLI-Ready 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

Everything was purchased from Newegg and [...]

Arch Linux and the HP Compaq 2710p

I recently received a HP Compaq 2710p and I’m quite surprised by the performance of this convienent tablet.
After using it for a few weeks, I can say that it works well with GNU/Linux (Arch Linux in particular).  There are a few issues, however:

Use of the stylus occasionally conflicts with the default mouse.
Brightness of the screen [...]