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by throw555chip 3y ago
As a dev, wish I worked there, IBM was the only other place I worked where many devs and even a few thousand ordinary users like marketing, ran Linux. Also, I wasn't aware RedHat removed KDE, what an odd and crappy move. KDE rocks. Gno
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> Honestly, when it comes to "just working," desktop Linux is worse today than it was when I first installed it on my budget laptop in 2007. I bought a new Alienware PC in summer 2022, installed Ubuntu immediately, wiping Windo
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> I hope the community really gets behind Snap or Flatpak NO. No. No. No Snap. No flatpak. No rolling release distribution nightmares either. Standard LTS for me (with snap and flatpak disabled with an apt preferences file).
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> We should be using rolling release distros like Arch/Void/OpenSUSE No thanks, standard Ubuntu or Kubuntu are great. I don't want a rolling release nightmare like Windows. Steam screwed up by not using at least Debian (ba
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> Adobe is not the only problem. Hardware support, codecs, media support. Hardware, old to the newest, works the same or better on my Dell, HP and Lenovo machines and has for close to 2 decades.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
I've used nvidia for close to 2 decades on various PC hardware machines, desktops to laptops, Dell, HP, Lenovo and nvidia (binary drivers in the Ubuntu/Kubuntu distribution) work 100%. Zero issues. Old and new machines. Very odd e
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by throw555chip 3y ago
RPI has crap, buy Dell, HP or Lenovo.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
I have a mix of systems, have had for several decades, Linux works on all of them, old and new, no issues, seems odd what you're saying, almost like it was entirely made up.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> switched from Windows to Linux this year, and the biggest issue has been drivers and hardware compatibility It's not 1999, this hasn't been an issue for me on any Dell, HP or Lenovo system in 2 decades.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
Yes Google "Ubuntu 2022" or "Kubuntu 2022" if you prefer KDE (I do), install and run it, that's all you have to do.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> Still greatly prefer the Linux machine for everything else but the reliability of knowing that my peripherals are going to work for meetings has been important. As a long time Ubuntu user, used to use Skype, now Teams, Google Meet, Goo
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by throw555chip 3y ago
The following Dell laptop would be better than a vendor locked in Chromebook: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-lap...
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GNU C Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability(nvd.nist.gov)
3 points by throw555chip 3y ago|0 comments
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by throw555chip 3y ago
Pretty, seems to run efficiently in the browser.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
If a massive vacuum cleaner absorbs the world's knowledge from the Internet and regurgitates it using the same AI technology we've had for decades; that's a level of theft the world cannot allow.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
I don't see the relevance to the topic?
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by throw555chip 3y ago
~35K to now ~36K, why? How!!?
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by throw555chip 3y ago
Wouldn't stock buybacks be a sign the US is in recession, regardless what the media says?
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by throw555chip 3y ago
I agree with the sentiment but at least they didn't get away with it.
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by throw555chip 3y ago
Windows is on a lot of desktops but I think it's fair to say the world runs on Linux, if the US Government ever wises up to this; maybe they will develop the balls to act in America's best interest and split Microsoft, Google and
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Authors sue Meta, Microsoft, Bloomberg in latest AI copyright clash(reuters.com)
1 points by throw555chip 3y ago|2 comments
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OpenAI, Microsoft hit with new US consumer privacy class action(reuters.com)
28 points by throw555chip 3y ago|1 comments
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FTC Will Require Microsoft to Pay $20M(ftc.gov)
3 points by throw555chip 3y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: What continues pumping up the us stock markets?
2 points by throw555chip 3y ago|9 comments
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Theory – Microsoft bankrupted by ChatGPT copyright lawsuites (made up)
2 points by throw555chip 3y ago|2 comments
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by throw555chip 3y ago
There were plenty of hyped crypto coin companies supposedly worth billions too and we found out otherwise.
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Ask HN: Watch YT on Firefox but not Chrome unless I turn on history?
1 points by throw555chip 3y ago|0 comments
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by throw555chip 3y ago
Which is unusual since it's been around since 1956: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intellig... "The field of AI research was founded at a workshop held on the campus of Dartmouth College,
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by throw555chip 3y ago
Actually some continue to use wooden wheels: https://dcrwheels.co.uk/custom-wheelsets/building-with-woode... "Ghisallo have been making rims since the 1940s"
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by throw555chip 3y ago
> should send you a Slack message with their question instead? > you can mute your slack notifications. These things can be done from home or a remote location, what was the point of forcing them to come into the office in the first p

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