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   AbsoluteFail (absolutefail@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:08:06 JST AbsoluteFail

   What the hell is Microsoft doing?
   https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-12-ai-pc-ram-requirements/

   They force a GUI no one liked with windows 8. Then come back to form with windows 10. Only to make a half step back to that shitty UI with windows 11. Now they are blowing up the memory and CPU requirements for "AI PC"s. Something I'm sure no one really wants.

   As a Linux user we need to open source Windows and build a distro people actually want. Letting MS destroy the PC market isn't a good thing for anyone

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:08:01 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • MartinJJ
     Microsoft and big cpu manufacturers have always work in tandem to create an artificial need to new hardware / software.
     
     I've taken more than a handful of computers that crunch running windows 10 or 11 and installed kde plasma and they run way fucking better. Windows is a fat hog.
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     MartinJJ (martinjj@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:08:02 JST MartinJJ

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     It’s nuts they are going to integrate that AI nonsense into every part, but it’s probably great business selling new pc’s because the old ones won’t be good enough anymore. They are again creating a huge upgrade and security problem. Still waiting for them pushing a monthly subscription model on everyone also, making it all even worse.
     🧐

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     Dan_Hulson (dan_hulson@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:10:36 JST Dan_Hulson

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     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ Windows has always been overblown shite and it's getting worse but still it's better than going around telling everybody btw I use Arch
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:10:36 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • MartinJJ
     But I do, for desktop. I like debian for cli / servers.
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     ExtraSpecialK (extraspecialk@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:12:31 JST ExtraSpecialK

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     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ Right! As CPUs become more powerful, I think it enables lazy programmers who forget (or never had to learn) how to do more with less. So they become less efficient.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:16:45 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • ExtraSpecialK
     This could become a huge problem in the future too, especially if hardware becomes the bottleneck. What if efficiencies get lost?
     
     I mean... look what people were doing with the Atari ST or Amiga 500. The 500 had a 7mhz 68000 and max 128mb ram, though often far less.
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     Dan_Hulson (dan_hulson@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:18:18 JST Dan_Hulson

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     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ I'm mad about Windows this week it forced an update on me and it somehow killed my ssd bootdrive so just been out and bought these
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:18:18 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • MartinJJ
     Unless you're doing something only windows can do, just dump it. It's a joke. I only have two cpus with windows. One runs quickbooks, and the other studio one and a bunch of plugins.
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     Dan_Hulson (dan_hulson@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:22:59 JST Dan_Hulson

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     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ I only use my Puter to call people nigger online and the odd bit of gaming and it seems gaming is better supported on Windows
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:25:39 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • MartinJJ
     I only retrogame, so retroarch, xemu, dolphin, pcsx2, and open arena are all I need. I have like 100,000+ games. Why do I need steam? 🤔
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     Dan_Hulson (dan_hulson@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:28:01 JST Dan_Hulson

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     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ Oh I never said I have Steam I like to pirate and not bother playing the games just to upset corporations 😤
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:28:01 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     > I download games, delete them, and then download them again, so it costs them twice as much.
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     Living Space Studios :verified: (livingspacestudios@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:32:18 JST Living Space Studios :verified:

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     • Dan_Hulson
     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ @Dan_Hulson Most Steam games run on my Linux Mint with very little configuration, anyway.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:39:28 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Living Space Studios :verified:
     Plus, linux is great if you get into the networking features. I have multiple mpd daemons (one per family member) that can output to any cpu in the house issuing pulse. I have an irc server, so I can send instructions to my kids when they're like.... "how do you do this...." I have a mumble server for voice over ip. I have a kabanboard for keeping track of stuff. Plus my NAS, and using wake-on-lan plus cron to auto-update everything while we're sleeping. And there's rsync, sftp, sshfs.
     
     Windows has samba. Smfh.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:40:00 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Living Space Studios :verified:
     And I can script like a mf'er too.
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     Jonaschuzzlewit (jonaschuzzlewit@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:44:10 JST Jonaschuzzlewit

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     • Living Space Studios :verified:
     I have one Linux set up and it is so much faster than my windows one. I hate windows.
     
     Wish I was even semi pc literate so I could do more. Using Windows is like going to bed using flypaper sheets. Gates is a true villain
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:44:10 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Jonaschuzzlewit
     Serverfault.com, superuser.com, and wiki.archlinux.org are great resources if man or -h or --help don't get you the answers you need.
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     Living Space Studios :verified: (livingspacestudios@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:46:45 JST Living Space Studios :verified:

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     • MartinJJ
     @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ @Dan_Hulson The thing I really like about Linux is that it doesn't break File Explorer with random, mandatory updates that you can't opt out of and then destroy your hard drives, forcing you to have to reformat drives and download sketchy third party File Explorers from websites that look like they're a front for trafficking arms to the Taliban.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:46:45 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Living Space Studios :verified:
     ls & find. Plus bash / zsh aliases. Konsole for kde is capable of making files and directories open on click, but you lose the ability to click to highlight / middle button to paste to the command line.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:48:18 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Jonaschuzzlewit
     Patience is really the key. Linux is like a Chevy, you gotta take your time and get sone grease on you, but when it's cherried out, it's really sweet.
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     Jonaschuzzlewit (jonaschuzzlewit@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:48:19 JST Jonaschuzzlewit

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     Thanks. I am going to build a pc this year and get back into it a bit. Trying to escape the windows trap outside of work related stuff. It went from sucking to unbearable
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:55:38 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Jonaschuzzlewit
     Manjaro KDE Plasma is good too. It's arch based, but has its own tested repository and a graphical updater and graphical installer. The KDE Plasma desktop is also very familiar to windows users, though it has way more features when you really dig in.
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     Living Space Studios :verified: (livingspacestudios@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 22:55:39 JST Living Space Studios :verified:

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     • Jonaschuzzlewit
     @Jonaschuzzlewit @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ @Dan_Hulson I'd suggest getting an Ubuntu based distro to start with because they're relatively simple to get into for newcomers and they have most if not all the features a basic user would want from a PC. Some people will try to talk you into Arch and/or Gentoo but they require a bit more knowledge to use and it's easy to break stuff. I'd recommend Linux Mint but straight Ubuntu is also fine.
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     Whitewall_Blasphemy (whitewall_blasphemy@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 23:05:03 JST Whitewall_Blasphemy

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     • MartinJJ
     @Dan_Hulson @Humpleupagus @AbsoluteFail @MartinJJ Arch is not a necessity or normally required.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 23:09:08 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • MartinJJ
     You're talking to Dan.... the guy who dresses like this to do artwork on the computer.
     
     I keep telling him "Gimp is a program, not a lifestyle," but he just stares at me and keeps his lips zipped. 😒