be metrying to enjoy computing like a normal personbuy new shiny ARM laptop/tablet/whatever because "future of computing bro"boot itrealize the entire thing is basically a phone with a keyboardwant to install linuxbootloader: lockedwant to install another OSvendor: "lol no"remember on x86 you can grab literally any PC from the last 25 yearsslap on linux, *bsd, windows, templeOS, whatever cursed thing you wantit just bootsARM world:every device its own weird boardcustom firmwarerandom boot chainvendor blobs everywheresupport dies after 2 years"open architecture btw"meanwhile x86 from 2008:still booting modern linux like a champARM fans: "but efficiency!!!"cool broshame the computer isn't actually minefeels like the industry reinvented the PCbut worselocked downfragmenteddisposableimagine taking the most open ecosystem in computing historyand replacing it with smartphone firmware hellthanks ARMvery coolmfw the "future of computing" is basically an appliance you can't controljust like the mainframe erawe went full circlenever go full circle
>>108360598thats a cool visual novel anon, i've played thru it like 3 times its really cozy and the soundtrack is super nice, good taste!sry about the computer situation..
>>108360598Oh no it's just like x86 architecture in the 80s. It will clearly never progress, just like x86.
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>>108360598I bought a chink NAS and it's exactly like that. It's kind of growing on me though. That firmware is just a custom linux distro and it's very sleek.
>>108361502ofc, when all chips go military pre WW3 they tell ya datacenter story.
