cmnybo @ cmnybo @discuss.tchncs.de

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They are just trying to leech out as much money as possible before the go the way of Digg.

There is no reason to support all distros. They already have an appimage, they could have dropped support for everything but that.

There needs to be some serious fines for amazon when they fail to recall and remove unsafe products.

They look like crap, I won't watch them.

You can specify multiple formats and it will download the first one that's available.

The switches eventually fail, but most mice use the same Omron switches and they are easy enough to replace if you know how to solder. The teflon skates wear out too, but you can find replacement for most name brand mice online.

You just need a program that actually supports the hardware video decoder. I've played 30-40mbps bluray rips on a Raspberry Pi 1B without any issues in kodi. The video played smoothly with no frame drops. The user interface was very sluggish though.

The GPU and video acceleration on the Pi is weird, so software has to be built specifically for it.

It works great on Linux for DVDs and regular blurays.

FreeDNS works pretty well as long as you don't need more than 5 DNS records.

Make sure you get the flash drive from a reputable seller. Sites like amazon have lots of fakes that are actually a much lower capacity than they report.

Another option is a SSD and external enclosure.

Some motherboards can update the BIOS without a CPU installed. Look for a BIOS flash button on the motherboard.

Ebay is probably going to be flooded with damaged Intel CPUs.

So each supercharger will need it's own miniature fusion power plant. Great, now fast charging solid state batteries will always be 30 years away.

The dedicated Intel GPUs have nowhere near as much performance as an RX 7900. The video encoder is very good though.

GPU support is a real mess. Those ARM SOCs are intended for embeded systems, not PCs. None of the manufacturers want to release an open source driver and the blobs typically don't work with a recent kernel.

For ARM on the desktop, I would want an ATX motherboard with a socketed 3+ GHz CPU with 8-16 cores, socketed RAM and a PCIe slot for a desktop GPU.

Almost all Linux software will run natively on ARM if you have a working GPU. Getting windows games to run on ARM with decent performance would probably be difficult. It would probably need a CPU that's been optimized for emulating x86 like what Apple did with theirs.

Basically, yes. The big issue with solid state batteries is figuring out how to mass produce them at a price where someone will actually buy them.

It's not quite there for desktop use yet, but it probably won't be too much longer.

I've never had LibreOffice crash my computer. Sure, it crashes occasionally, but it never takes anything else with it.

If you're putting enough stuff into a spreadsheet to crash it, it's time to move to a real database.

If you don't release your source code due to security concerns, you just announced to the world that your software is vulnerable and you're relying on security through obscurity.

To use secure boot correctly, you need disable or delete the keys that come preinstalled and add your own keys. Then you have to sign the kernel and any drivers yourself. It is possible to automate the signing the kernel and kernel modules though. Just make sure the private key is kept secure. If someone else gets a hold of it, they can create code that your computer will trust.