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US sanctions massively setback RISC-V.

We would have had the Milk-V OASIS last year , something better by now, and the answer to “as good as ARM” would be yes.

But Sophgo, the company making the SoC was accused of helping Huawei get access to restricted technology. So TSMC refused to make their chips. And the Milk-V OASIS was cancelled.

Massive blow to RISC-V.

People are going to say Thinkpad but I am going to say 2013 to 2017 MacBook Air. Inexpensive. Light. Good looking. A joy to use. Faster than you think. And well supported under Linux (I use EndeavourOS on them myself).

Negotiations behind the scenes are probably tough. Canada is not letting the US push them around.

So, Trump acts tough and applies pressure publicly.

1 - maybe it works and Canada caves

2 - if Canada does not cave, he can sign whatever and simply announce that it is the best deal ever (like he did with NAFTA / USMCA). He has already shown his supporters how hard he fought.

3 - if anybody makes a big deal that he got a bad deal, he can always break the agreement (like he did with USMCA)

This seems to be positioning Ubuntu as a data center OS. There are several RVA23 chips due out but they are all for the data center (tenstorrent, Alibaba, ventana, etc).

There is the SiFive P870 but I do not think anybody has licensed that so it may never get made.

I have also heard rumours of Expressif chips but I do not know the details.

Agree on the Linux. You do not need the GNU though.

Chimera Linux is based in Spain. Maybe use that.

When I switched my mother, her only complaint was that the scroll bars were not as wide in Facebook.

My mother, 80 years old, uses Linux Mint.

It is a myth that Windows is easier to use than Windows. It is just what you know and it came with your computer.

I will believe it when I see it for China. They will probably just keep pirating Windows.

India is at something like 15% Linux though and probably going up.

I only watch US media with Canadian actors. So, I guess most of it.

As one practical example, a malicious program may monitor your key presses to extract your passwords (in web browsers or sudo).

Or it could be taking screenshots behind the scenes and sending that data remotely or to a local AI.

Or turning on your mic and….

The digital dependence on the US is much like the energy dependence on Russia.

Europe is ditching Russian energy. They may ditch US tech.

“It’s more like gnu”

You are correct. GNU has the bad habit of only working with itself as well. Systemd only works with Glibc so it fits in well.

The reality is that GNU is just a subset of the Red Hat Linux platform these days. Systemd is another part. GNOME is the other big chunk. They are all designed to work with each other and do not care if they work with anything else.

You cannot even decouple SystemD from Glibc, never mind separating the various components from each other. It is a bunch of processes but it is designed as a monolith.

Though I see Systemd as an improvement, I still do not like it.

The Chimera Linux FAQ captures my thoughts quite well:

https://chimera-linux.org/docs/faq#what-is-the-projects-take-on-systemd

One of the ironies with System76 is that they are taking so long to release their Wayland-only desktop that they are becoming one of the last bastions of Xorg.

I am confused. Autoclicker does not work?

https://github.com/konkitoman/autoclicker

Or do you mean keyboard input?

https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool

Accessibility is better than reported on Wayland. It is being taken seriously.

https://github.com/splondike/wayland-accessibility-notes/blob/main/talon-requirements.md

A big factor in Europe right now is a shifting relationship with the US.

Companies, governments, and individuals have some incentive to find alternatives to big US tech. For operating systems, Linux is really the only option.

When Linux hits 10%, you will see hardware ship with Linux drivers day one.