Why are you not using OpenBSD? It is the most secure operating system on the market.
>>108519245Because......Linux is better
>>108521974It makes you gay
>>108519245I want to, *whine*, but... * I need multi-lib * I need my laptop's fans to not go roar - two graphics cards - please someone tell Theo about CPU scaling
>>108523932You don't need any of that
>>108523472ngl i'd rather tolerate a gay than a nigger
Which way /g/?
>>108519506i love debian as a software, but absolutely despise the people that run it. it's very conflicting.
>>108519506Left, obviously. I have a job and I use it for work.Though, I'm considering swapping off from windows completely since I mainly use it for games. But I'm not sure which distro to install.
>>108525784The Last judge, making sure only those who are free of sin are able to enter the Citadel.
>>108525846But do you despise these girls
this is ai generated
Post your desks.
Is it better than a few years ago? >>108525564yiffy
>>108525771God damn. Literally few days ago I remembered this fag used to post and disappeared a while ago.You can go disappear again.
>>108525990Mad?
I don't really have time to even use my PC these days.
>>108525217Donkey OP, where's the link to the previous thread?
>>108423989Don't buy anything other than IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook)Why ThinkPad?>Used machines are plentiful and cheap>Utilitarian design: e.g. mix of old and new ports, stable keyboard layout>Easy to repair, upgrade (some models) & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals, spare parts easy to obtain>Usable in cramped quarters thanks to the TrackPoint>Excellent Linux & *BSD supportThinkWiki - General infohttps://www.thinkwiki.org/Model generations:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>108525835Applying epoxy to RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read-Only Memory) is generally not recommended for several reasons:1. **Heat Dissipation**: Both RAM and ROM generate heat during operation, and covering them with epoxy can impede their ability to dissipate heat. This could lead to overheating and potential damage to the components.2. **Electrical Insulation**: Epoxy acts as an insulator, which means it could interfere with the electrical connections necessary for RAM and ROM to function properly.3. **Irreversibility**: Once epoxy is applied and cured, it is very difficult to remove without damaging the underlying components. This makes any repair or upgrade impossible without replacing the entire component.4. **Practicality**: There are no practical benefits to encasing RAM or ROM in epoxy for typical use cases. While epoxy can be used to ruggedize electronics for specific industrial applications, this is not common for consumer-grade RAM and ROM[1][4].Therefore, it is not safe or advisable to put epoxy on RAM or ROM unless there is a specific need for ruggedization and the potential risks are mitigated through careful engineering.Citations:[1] https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/putting-a-computer-into-epoxy.2576890/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
what's the point of installing coreboot? doesn't it make the battery limit thing not work anymore? will it increase my laptop's performance in any way?
>>108526242coreboot boots way faster and removes BS component whitelist limitations put in place by lenovo, also it removes the glowieware in your CPU (me_cleaner) if you're into that
MacBook Neo on my lap.
>>108526395how is it
I want to buy a 14.2" MacBook Pro, but I can't decide on the chip. My tasks are:1. Various daily tasks, such as web browsing, potentially some multitasking.2. Software development, webshit and some C/C++/Go/Rust.3. DAW4. Image editing, no more than one 5000x5000 (or less) image at a time.5. 3D modeling, 3D animation, 3D rendering (if it's animated in the first place, then it's no more than 5-10 minutes).The choice is between the base M5, the M5 Pro and the M5 Max chips. M5 Max is obviously the best, but I've heard bad things about battery life, thermal throttling, fan noise of the M5 Max chip in the 14" chassis, so I'm really unsure about it. M5 Pro is next best thing, but it has a significantly weaker GPU, the M5 Max's GPU is twice as powerful. I'm not considering the base M5 too much, but I've decided to include it anyway.In general it feels a little weird to me how I got upsold to the M5 Pro from the base M5, but I can't figure out at all whether I want to go to the M5 Max even though the increase in price is roughly the same.What do you suggest?
>>108525261Why is base M5 enough for this?
>>108525587Well just because it can be done on an M1 doesn't mean it's an optimal variant. I want something actually powerful enough to do it all snappy and quickly
>>108525459Good question, this is actually my first MacBook and the reason I'm buying it is because, essentially, I want a unix-like environment for dev work, while still being able to run a DAW and something like Photoshop, i.e. "creative" apps. Currently I own a cheap laptop that I don't use to do anything except web browsing, and the reason for that is that I've always been using a desktop PC for everything at home, and the laptop has been delegated to being a "mobile computer" that I only use outside of home, but I think I want to change this with this MacBook purchase. The idea is that perhaps my laptop will become the primary computing device, with a docking station + monitor + keyboard + mouse at home, and a desktop PC will do things that don't feel like they're "fit" for a laptop.Regarding the desktop PC, I honestly don't know exactly because I (try to) run stuff in a Windows VM and everything's lagging really hard, but it probably wouldn't be lagging outside of a VM.
>>108524734M5 PRO 18 core cpu has the same cpu core amount as m5 max the only difference are GPU cores.Just buy the 16 inch m5 pro 18 cpu core version.
>>108526344>the same cpu core amountI know, but I have 3D rendering as a use case>Just buy the 16 inchI'm buying the 14 inch specifically
Are you device hoarding? I bought a used Samsung S24 on eBay because I wanted a better camera and battery life for my vacation. I just sold my old S21 FE to someone else. Why would you spend $1k for a brand new device that is only marginally better than older models? Plus I'm saving the planet by reusing old devices.
>>108525913A little bit. I just won something that was made in 2001 for $25.
>>108526308>My pixel gets 7 years of software updates>updootingYour phone will be slow as shit with tons of bugs long before 7 years from the bloated updates.
>>108525991>better cameracamera are physically limited by the amount of light that passes through the lens.phones have such small lenses that 99% of the camera is post-processing. Yeah, I know you can increase exposure, but that's not possible for videos. and for long exposure photos, you need to stabilize the phone, photograph a static object.if you export the raw pixels at the highest resolution, you'll get an horrendous image with noise, aberrations, blur due to exposure, etc.it's legit impressive how much processing happens in your phone.
>>108526331I bought a pixel 5 years ago, and everything still runs as smooth as when I got it. I had the battery changed last year, and now it's good to go for at least 5 more years.Maybe it's a (You) problem for running bloated apps
>>108526075there are linux-based devices. they are typically more expensive than android, but that's because phone companies make their margins on software that comes pre-installed on the phone.For me there's only my music client that doesn't have a good linux equivalent. The desktop client wasn't made for phones at all sadly.
This year's Debian Project Leadership election has only ONE candidate and it's a Pajeeta (Sruthi Chandran):>She is inactive on the mailing lists, and her Salsa profile is private so we can't even see what her coding contributions are.>She's run for DPL 4 times before; lost each time>Her entire platform is just about diversity and bitching about cis males>She intends to formally incorporate Debian in the US, which would force Debian to introduce age verificationHer only claim to fame is organizing DebConf23, an event where a Debian developer literally fucking DIED because basic health & safety measures were not followed.A much more qualified candidate was hospitalized during the nomination window and couldn't apply in time, yet she has refused to reopen nominations.Debian is FUCKED unless the Debian developers all vote NOTA (None of the above).
>>108524265>>108525211>https://dr.jones.dk/This guy went through the jungles of India to find the ancient essence of Debian.
>>108495496I am so, so glad that dumb cuck Andreas Tille is gone. You have no idea.No wonder nobody competent wanted to contend.
>>108525274>>108525211>mailing list janny doesn't publish the message of anon shitflinging >mailing list janny DOES publish the message from the bicha defender, without the original context>now it looks like the bicha defender is defending pedophiliaBASED JANNY
>>108525211>denmark>phdChecks out.
>>108524544>debian is second on servers behind ubuntuGoalpost and totally unfounded claim parroted from 25+ years ago. Typical Debian cultist rhetoric.>and as result we're widely present on desktops as wellYeah, it's the distro that runs well in VMs and then turns into a trainwreck on real hardware. Usually there's a frankendebian involved.
if you didn't have a internet connection, what would you do all day?could you even do it? don't you need internet for banking stuff, medical stuff, work, etc?i spend like 15 hours per day sitting on my computer, watching youtube videos, browsing 4chan, researching some random self-improvement thing that i then don't really implement into my life, etc.i've tried to figure out whether I could get rid of it, or severely limit access. maybe whitelist .gov and .org websites, my bank, my medical portal... IDK.this is especially important for porn. I'm so sick of it and it's kind of impossible to avoid since you "need" an internet connection, and you can literally just go onto google images for porn, or an AI image gen/chatbot site, or whatever. Are you not going to put google images on your whitelist, you know what i mean? how do you avoid this stuff anymore?
>>108525370>>108525530not a very good point to make when you post sluts from an online gameat least post a book or dvd cover or a soldering station next time
>>108525279>hang out with gf>go to park>read books>work out >play with cat>offline videogames>watch TV>make music in FL/Guitar
>>108525740>play some minecraft modpack1.7.10 was 12 years ago. The magic is long gone.
>>108525327can you share your exact playnite settings like in a screenshot unless this can personally identify you?
>>108525652Any advice on switching that mentality? How are you even here if supposedly you stopped wasting time in this stuff?
I use emacsThe only language I know well is CMy preferred build system is a shell/bat scriptI don't even know how to vibe codeGive it to me straight, /g/, am I obsolete?
>>108526313>I use Zed>The only language I know well is JavaScript>I don't even know how to vibe codeI am not obsolete
>>108526313Get a job.
>>108526313>uses emacs>doesn't know elisp welllarp larp larp sahur
>>108526313You have been obsolete for 20 years.
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>>108521368ZFS native encryption isn't as good as luks. Even the freebsd installer uses their own encryption over zfs native encryption for zfs drives.
>>108519274Haven't tried yet. Still trying to figure all this out (i.e. gaming on Linux)
>>108525952How did a cute ikea shark become a mascot for failed men, loneliness and mental illness? I liked sharks growing up :(
>>108526345Who cares if you like the Shark, you like the Shark, its even in Elona+ and its in my house. It's not like its a flag or anything, you're allowed to continue to enjoy it.
>>108526345I blame Gura
soul | soulless
>>108525271 nice try andromedan you'll have to make your own water
>>108523930>anti soul fog
>>108524623Every single picture ever taken has required subjective decisions on exposure. There's no such thing as absolute truth in photography. If the original RAW photo had been exposed longer would that make it "real"?
the new one looks more soulful though
>>108525941>subjective decisions on exposureWell yes, but most of the time the goal is to mimic what human eyes see.
Humanoid robots make NO sense whatsoever. A vanity project at best. A robotic arm on wheels or TARS is the most optimal design.
TARSCASEKIPPPLEXSNEDCUNY
>>108524449>TARDthat thing sucks because it has no feet so expect it to wear out those square edges as well as any interior flooring you have at home .There's no place to stick your dickThey didn't indicate that it can dispense lemonade or rocky road ice cream.And its too bulky to not have the bull in a china shop effect in your home.>>108524772You're priorities are out of order. Read my post
>>108525882It has feet
>>108524449The point of humanoid robots is they can quickly take over for current human orientated systems. So early on you have human robots, but as new systems are being made, they'll be suited to cater to more specialized robots.
Is this actually a sound argument? Saying we only had the technology to land on the moon in the 1970's sounds really stupid and fuels disbelief no matter how you phrase it.
>>108525194100% this, every software company I've worked at has this exact problem of esoteric systems that were built 5+ years ago by people who left the company leaving no documentation and a ton of bugs and quirks. And if you touch that code, it breaks in all manner of ways because it was designed with assumptions in mind that were built for the needs of the project back then. I imagine it's even worse for hardware and manufacturing.>>108525019Because it's not all purpose better. Looking at the code from the 90s, it was much better at running with very low memory footprint for instance, while today apps are often just browsers with a ton of waste. It's a tradeoff for the most part. A modern CPU for instance will require more power and run much hotter for example, which could be a real problem in vacuum. Not that I'm a rocket scientist or anything.
>>108518420His reasoning is sound, lostech is very real.Compare some modern tech:>Software: You CANNOT find a program with a UI that wastes tons of memory to load electron jsreact frameworks. you CANNOT find an internet browser that won't rape the SSD 3 tabs in unless you have a terabyte of RAM to waste.Efficient software programming is DEAD and will stay DEAD due to vibecoding and the word for victory.>Aerospace: Planes like the 747, the SR-71 and even things like the F-22, E-3, and B-52 are built using technology we don't understand anymore and cannot replace it's parts for, if they break they're lost.Don't attribute to a conspiracy what can also be blamed on societal decay.
>>108525873>in the 60s
>>108518602reddit
>>108518420It was obviously fake: https://luogocomune.net/americanmoonNow the people doing it for real won't be able to brag about it.
Wait, there's another desktop environment called Pantheon?
>>108525006> Based on Ubuntu LTS> PaidThat's interesting. Ubuntu seems a bit cucked in this situation. Some random dude takes credit for their work. I mean, they do the same, but at least they shilled debian for long enough for it to become actually usable. It is worth something.
>>108524396>yet another pagan name
>>108525501Yet another tech-illiterate nigger.
>>108524396>space between items is 2x marginsuch an amateur mistake
>>108524396That tranny somehow managed to make GNOME less efficient and less customizable. It's honestly an impressive feat of engineering.
I hope you're not still buying air in cans from the air can jews to dust your electronics when chink blowers exist!
>>108525523There's an epidemic of broke-ass people driving around on bald tires. I'm paying a poor and stupid tax so I can stop and maneuver around shaniqa's busted nissan or hunter's ram truck he can barely afford to own.
>>108525182>$8 per can is cheapThey used to be two dollars.
>>108525622You'd think Americans would be more careful considering their medical bills
>>108525141>I buy my air.nigger, it's freejust breathe in, nigger
Idk I just use a regular compressor with a dryer on it. You own a compressor right?
