4 ms·
not saying they don't exist, but to penetrate that 1% market share to be relevant they have not. I did call out things like raspi and such as still viable for t
by gabereiser 4y ago
not saying they don't exist, but to penetrate that 1% market share to be relevant they have not. I did call out things like raspi and such as still viable for tinkering but not the same way that I was introduced to computers with the Apple II and later the 386/486DX revolution. Around Pentium II things got anti-tinker and ever since 2007 it's been pretty much a consumer-only market. Walled gardens and locked down OS's, complete with injected ads and tracking.
- asddubs 4y agoat least on x86 you're still able to install whatever operating system you want, even if only for legacy reasons
- gabereiser 4y agoNew motherboards have safe boot enabled and you can’t disable it in UEFI. So no, you can’t.
- asddubs 4y agonot universally true, gigabyte motherboards definitely allow you to disable this
- mixmastamyk 4y agoNope, my new laptop allows disabling. Also many distros are installable anyway/have been signed.
- mmphosis 4y agoexcept that on x86 you are forced to always run an undocumented modified version of Minix