That’s funny! If someone was trying to infect my PC via e-mail, I would expect them to be sending pdf files.

Also check out ELKS for your even older CPUs.

You have the best list here, but you forgot Wipeout series. Futuristic racing with weapons, set to electronic music.

This image classification, which does not currently apply to videos, works on-device and is powered by Android System SafetyCore, which “doesn’t send identifiable data or any of the classified content or results to Google servers.”

It’s opt-in for adults but automatically activated for children’s devices.

So it’s creating and adding new data that didn’t exist in the original image, presumably using “AI” since it requires a server-side update.

I saw a laptop ad where they referred to the storage as ROM, e.g. “500GB ROM/16GB RAM” 😂

Then again, EPROMs are rewritable yet “read-only”…

They might have to eschew morals and start gaslighting the populace to regain influence.

Wait…

They go out of their way to block Linux. There was “Vinegar” bootstrapper, then “Grapejuice”, leading to the current closed-source “Sober” client that streamlines running Roblox for ARM Android on x86_64 Linux PC.

No problem. I think in my case only Wine/Proton games were doing it and native Linux games were fine. I shake my fist at Nvidia and carry on. 😂

Try this setting: Display Configuration > Screen tearing: Allow in fullscreen windows. Whatever it’s set to, try the other setting. I had a similar issue once and this fixed it. The issue came back a long time later and switching it again fixed it. 🤷‍♂️

It’s a difficult issue to pin down. I’ve also read about video stuttering while trying to stay synched to pipewire audio which is having buffer underruns, even if your audio sounds fine. To check the audio buffer, you install and run pw-top and then watch it while you are having the video problem.

That’s completely accurate.

He loves to dish out insults but can’t handle it being done to him even in jest. What a strong man.

Sorry, I was not trying to put words in your mouth. I just usually hear, “Linux not good for me because it doesn’t support my setup well enough” when it should be “Linux not good for me because the manufacturers of my hardware don’t support Linux well enough”. Trying to put blame where it belongs in hopes of raising awareness to both users and manufacturers.

I also mistakenly thought you mentioned a newer Nvidia card when you are considering AMD. 🤦‍♂️ Good luck in your computing future!

It’s not the fault of the creators of an operating system that Nvidia refuses to write comparable drivers. Nvidia are the only ones with the technical knowledge of the GPU’s internals that is necessary to write the 100% functional driver. Open-source Nouveau drivers exist but are less functional because of this, its programmers have to try to reverse-engineer and do a lot of guesswork and testing, and for free.

Basically: If you value FOSS software at all, buy from manufacturers that are friendlier to FOSS software, or you may unknowingly lock yourself out of it.

Edit: Buying newer (especially of Nvidia) is probably a bad idea if you intend to run Linux. Older cards have had more time for them to fix the inevitable bugs. I run a GTX980Ti 😅 with the closed-source drivers on an Arch-based system and I’m honestly surprised a video driver update hasn’t seriously broken anything yet.

I maintain dozens of the black & silver Optiplexes, they’re used in Raw Thrills arcade games like The Fast and the Furious, Big Buck Hunter Pro, Guitar Hero Arcade… They are workhorses; usually clean it and recap the power supply (which are kind of a bitch to disassemble) and they’re good for another few years.

I still run into the blue/grey ones like your picture, but not in use. Usually stored in the basement of a bar.

My personal collection includes a couple of first-generation Optiplexes, the beige GX1. Dell is a bigger part of my life than I ever imagined or hoped. 😅

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I’m not sure, but there may be a pattern here.

They’re going to be sad when they find out that tiny dicktator mushrooms only give a puff of spore dust.

He wasn’t even arrested, just kidnapped and going to be deported without being charged with anything.

…and defund NOAA.

Play Store… Don’t forget that Google can take your apps away. I bought PicSay Pro for making memes over a decade ago and now it’s no longer available. Of course I dumped it to apk for manual transfer to other devices but how long before “unknown” app installation is taken away?

I’d like access to serial port over USB for running 3D printers and robots off of devices that would otherwise be e-waste, but it’s hit-or-miss and the battery charging problem that was already mentioned here.