So I just need to do basic tasks like listen to music, stream video, and browse basic websites. Is installing windows 2000 a bad idea? How fucked will I be for drivers?The reason I want to do this for one, it's botnet free, and two it was the most streamlined of classic operating systems. I really have a boner for Windows 2000 and I just want to know if it's even moderately viable to use in this day and age.
>>107705709Perfectly viable with the right hardware, which's much harder to come by than plain XP-ready hardware that's fast enough for modern use, and that's why I recomnend POSReady 2009 instead; it's XP but you can choose to install none of the junk so it operates more or less like Win2k.
>>107705709Not really IMO, I mean sure you can I guess but you would most likely be fucked for drivers unless the machine is from that era though. Many XP drivers are somewhat tweakable (Windows 2000 is version 5.0 and XP is 5.1). I wouldn't bother but give it a shot and report back. You could also install a lightweight Loonix system that only runs a Win2K VM but whatever.
>>107705709With ReactOS you'll at least have a chance of getting a working modern web browser.
>>107706209Then at least go full meme and use Haiku or something. Using an outdated version of Windows because you hate change is more autistic than any freetard OS.
2K strong
I decided I want to hate my life and also try out a new distribution, so I installed NixOS. I do not have a specific use case for it, but I have a goal in which I am trying to give as many Linux distributions as I can a try. I'm running NixOS + GNOME. Safe to say I have no idea what I am doing, but I am going to roll with it anyway. I am going to try to use it for a few weeks or maybe a month. Any advice?
>>107707752> i haven't had this issue using unstableSure, but it's not a matter of 'if', but 'when'.At some point on the unstable channel you're going to find an issue that someone already filed in the Nixpkgs repo. Someone will make a fix, and you'll notice that it was merged into the master branch but not yet built on the unstable channels. So you might switch your channel to the master branch and all of the sudden you're building half a dozen applications from source because it has not yet been built on the official binary cache.Then you'll realize that people are building from the master branch constantly and using the community cachix as a binary cache for that.
>>107707646the release notes are always an interesting read. especially when upgrading versions. i use the nixos options website a lot.
>>107707646>Any Advice?Yeah, order your socks in advance for when you troon out
>>107708065Won't be happening. I expect to look like this after using NixOS for a month.
>>107707713>not running your own bincache on your LAN and using NixOS on all of your computers and VMsshiggy diggy doodly
What exactly is the point of libreboot?
>>107707491Wow, what a throwback.
>>107707566cope
>>107705954Is there no way to evict the glowniggers from my PC without modding and reflashing the BIOS?
>>107707977no.
>>107707977turn it off
Given that free GPU drivers only serve to load and interface with non free firmware that runs on your GPU and there being no free GPU firmware in existence, how practical would falling back to software acceleration with todays processor, especially in multi processor machines, be vs GPUs? How many years behind would this put one hardware wise?
>>107703611About......17 years back in terms of performance, with a current mid to high end CPU.
>>107703611Your CPU also has nonfree firmware. RMS says that nonfree firmware is fine as long as its fixed, i.e., can't be undated.
>>107703611Have a look at the games in TempleOS for 3D software rendering on a modern, multicore CPU.
>>107703712>17 yearsthats actually not bad at fucking alland some games should actually perform pretty welli remember someone running a barebones version of doom 3 on a pentium 4https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/125462-software-rendering/
>>107704654>RMS says that nonfree firmware is fine as long as its fixed, i.e., can't be undated.GPU firmware isn't fixed and can be updated. It's loaded onto the GPU by the driver.>>107706487Do those games actually take full advantage of the CPU or is the rendering done by a single thread?
I HATE THEM DAMN CLANKERS
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So that's what happens in North Korea?
I never understood why this icon means save.
because early on with home computing a typical machine has one or two floppy drives and no hard drive. you boot your os from floppy, load your software from floppy, and save your data to floppy. by the time people were mainly saving to hard disk instead the floppy icon had already become "the save icon". plenty of programs don't use a floppy disk image for saving, but it's recognisable so there's little need to change it
>>107708032I SAID FLOPPY NOT FLAPPY FUCK YOU COCKSUCKING PIECE OF DOGSHIT STUPID SHIT MOTHERFUCKING RETARDED RETARD
>>107708032Floppy disk is not the same as flappy disk. These things got closer to hard disk like performance and capacity back in their early days by having a thin flexible flim disk like a floppy, but rotating at high speeds. Instead of making the head touch the disk like a floppy or float on an air cushion above the disk like a hard disk, it used the Bernoulli principle to draw the disk to a micrometer from the head with air currents. When it's not spinning the disk rests further from the head. This gave it an advantage over hard disks at the time, since if power is lost and the head doesn't retract in time, it doesn't crash down onto the disk. Instead the disk pulls away from the head.
>>107705262ill tell you what... you post your address and country of residence, and I WILL PAY every single expense: hotel, flight, etc... to go to where you are and AND FUCKING KICK YOUR FAGGOT ASS.
>>107708135>>107708148you really fell for my bait?hahahahahahahahahahahahaha>>107708135this nigga is having a meltdown
>>107568585"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."--Edward Snowden>CyberpunkThe FAQ: https://sizeof.cat/post/cyberpunk-faq/What is /cyb/erpunk?: https://pastebin.com/pmn9vzWZHow do I into /cyb/erpunk?: https://pastebin.com/5tpNFQdsHuge list of cyberpunk media: https://sizeof.cat/post/cyberpunk/The cyberdeck: https://pastebin.com/7fE4BVBgCyberlife: https://jinteki.industries/files/cyberlife.7zBibliothek: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4m5hd2065hde8/Bibliothek>PrivacyTools: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Any fans of gothic worlds like those of Coffin of Andy and Leyley? I think they'd be better than our current /cyb/ dystopia. Could they be classified as modern analog cyberpunk?
>>107707070This is what I was just reading btw https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/250529027https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android/18152
>>107707096Maybe if it was more high tech it would count
>>107698681>no repliesNice one lads.
>>107698775>Basically Hobocore/Greyman is the closest thing to the real life /cyb/ spirit,I keep on saying this,Techwear and Latex are more a fetish than a realistic fashion sense for people into that.Privacy is all about blending and not looking obnoxious.
My biggest hard drive a 12Tb WD JUST FAILED DURING THESe prices
>>107696098its an external drive innit?
>>107704403I see, I will remember this, thanks>>107704458oh okay, looks like I am good to go
>>107706045you got a pretty cheap deal then nicegood as in how long it lasts with respect to how much you paid for it
satania
>>107696098Should have spent that money on a Real Doll instead. All that hording time wasted...
How long until HTTPS has PQC? The NSA has been storing every packet for over a decade now.
o.o
>NSA has been storing every packet for over a decade nowmost of it is porn, great use of tax money
>>107708098I've got a packet the NSA can sniff, if you know what I'm saying...
Has anybody here used elementary os? if so, what is your opinion? I plan to install a new distro and this one seems interesting.
Another distro for trannies and jeets. I'm white so I'll be always rocking the newest Ubuntu desktop LTS release.
>>107698095I have. I really like how it looks and I think Pantheon is really good. However I moved to Debian and haven't looked back, it's too stable.
>>107698095It's pretty polished (looks wise) but not the most `power-user friendly.
>>107698095it's the only "modern" one that have not-retarded and coherent GUI designGNOME is trashKDE is unstable
>>107698095Lipstick on a Linux pig.The problem remains the same.The geek stuff is one click away from you at any moment.Lurking like a B-grade movie villian.
Why havent you given your light bulbs to the botnet yet?
>>107702703I’m ssh’ed into one of my lightbulbs posting this.
>light bulb uses energy even when off>it's also a botnet
>>107702703Next stop is smart breakers shutting down your entire house for several hours in the middle of winter... wait, nevermind, new jeetcode is broken, enjoy freezing to death :3
>>107703391>I don't like how it breaks the wall switchGet new wall switches that are literally buttons and are better integrated on IoT stuff
>>107702703I was almost ready to go full IoT. Then home assistants came out, set the Orwellian threat level to midnight, and that's a wrap.I'm fine with just replacing every bulb in my home with LED and placing some on digital timers. None of this needs to be "smart".
>Linus Torvalds uses fedora with gnome>Terry Davis uses ubuntu with unity>Richard Stallman hasn't never installed linux>meanwhile 4chan autists need ultra-personalized arch + windows managers and dual monitors to feel productiveexplain yourselves.
>>107689769you still haven't realized that /g/ is the same as /b/ but slightly more technology related ?
>>107689769>dual monitorsOnce you're used to all the space it's hard to go back to just one.
>>107705022His memory will continue long after you are dead and buried.
>>107706799/g/ has slightly less explicit pornograhy than /b/
>>107707882>>107706799/g/ has rules for NSFW content i got banned before for
out of all the technologies that have become incredibly homogenized over the years, why are graphics cards still so all over the place?you can immediately tell what a 16GB RAM stick does compared to a 4GB one. But whenever you go into the system requirements of any game ever, the GPU is always something like>NVIDIA G-SPOT KKK9000.02/3^6 X
>>107706461I don't really agree, at least for gaming purposes.RAM sticks have long model numbers and details like CL latencies too, but you can boil it down to "16GB stick".For GPUs, I usually just look at the minimum and recommended Nvidia cards. That immediately tells me what ballpark we're in, even if I'm using and AMD or Intel GPU.e.g. if a game needs a 2070 and you're even slightly familiar with computer hardware, you'll have a rough idea of how your card compares to a 2070. Just like everyone knows roughly how much $100 is regardless of their local currency.
>>107707187As someone who hasn't kept up with graphics cards within the last 10 years since i don't game, I disagree with your disagreement. I still know exactly what 16 vs 32GB RAM means when I see it. I've known the difference since 4GB was the latest and greatest. I have no fucking clue about any of this 5070, 2090 whatever shit is because I'm not constantly exposed to it like you are.
>>107706461>you can immediately tell what a 16GB RAM stick does compared to a 4GB oneIf you ignore latencies, sure.
>>107706461you can 'stick' it up your arse
>>107707973why is that your first thought?Like, genuinely asking here
are there any good attention grabbing laptops that aren't gaming ones? (as in not like the pic)I hate how drab and boring a lot of modern laptops are. It's like they're designed for people who are anti-social.
>>107701927Attach RGB lighting strips to any laptop of your choice
>>107707856I saved up for mine and was about to buy and the price increased by like 200 bucks. I was so pissed. Still am actually
>>107701927Framework 12 Bubblegum
>>107701927Do you want a functioning laptop? Get a drab looking one.Do you want to start conversations? Put stickers on it that are relevant to your interests.Do you just want a fashion statement? Get Apple products.
any thinkbook plus generationtheres eink lid ones, one had a super widescreen display and a tablet in the palmrest, ones a weird convertible tablet thingthis one has a roll up displayor really any weird business laptop, X1 fold comes to mindotherwise proper sony vaio's, anything generally fuckhuge like a 18"+ machine of any formbut the real answer is if you want people to notice your laptop, macbook
