My wife bought a laptop around when Win11 was just coming out. It has a Celeron based CPU but 16GB of RAM which is decent enough. After trying the "upgrade" to Win11 it ran so poorly as to basically be unusable.
My wife got a newer laptop and the old one sat in a drawer for a year until I threw Debian on it, which runs better than the original win10. Since it's a lower power CPU the battery lasts a long time too, making it a good browsing/coding device
I used to know a gal who did SW at night, though at the time I wasn't aware of her occupation. She'd regularly hang out with my buddy and I. One day he was complaining about his back and she offered him a massage, then offered me one as well as I'd been known to have a bad shoulder While it wasn't the absolute best massage I'd had, it was up there above most places covered by my medical.
I could 100% see people paying for company and a non-sexual contact from somebody like that. She was good with people and had a sense for now to relax people physically and emotionally.
Big tech in general. At this point the only one I still have faith in not too fuck over customers "because they can" is Valve.
Yup, and you won't be able to build your own PC because the same assholes pulling this shit are sucking up all the hardware resources for "AI"
Isn't this also a play on the "I choose the bear" thing where men are all essentially called "potential rapists"?
There are some in-between boards as well. I've an Intel 12th gen board that comes in DDR4 and DDR5 varieties. Either one will be an upgrade from an 11th gen, but it will be a bit faster with the DDR5 board.
They can get a phallic shaped rocket from Bezos. I wonder who is going to supply the volcano lair?
Agreed. Multi-pairing is such an underrated feature. It's especially great when it comes with a hardware selector (in case you've got multiple devices paired in range).
I picked up a Logitech mouse that pairs up to 3 devices and has a button+LED's on the bottom to switch between. It's awesome
Jokes aside it kinda is, but as a white guy who actually like hot food I've also been known to say "and don't make it white guy spicy, be real"
If they've already got a 4B there's no reason not to use it for one of the many low-power low-profile uses, especially when the cost of PC components is going nuts now
I was thinking on that yesterday.Mass local storage affordable? No no no, better to drive those prices way up so that we can sell you "cloud" services instead.
Honestly - depending on the hardware and the specific game - sometimes better than on Windows.
For Steam itself, the experience is functionally identical up to a point. There's a "start" menu entry, it checks for updates and it has a tray icon that allows navigating the standard library/store/chat dialogs. In order to run games that aren't native to Linux, you need to essentially check a box in the master settings to allow the Proton compatibility later that can (usually) run those games on Linux.
What it's running on and the specific game matters though, since some hardware isn't always compatible or requires additional work to get running, and some games won't work on Linux. Usually the latter is due to Windows-specific anti-cheat or DRM (ironically,often the same DRM also f***s up Windows systems or causes performance issues). Regarding hardware: AMD graphics cards are the easiest to get up and running with. Nvidia is getting better with newer devices. Intel is generally pretty good for compatibility though I've had to mess around for some of the Arc based cards in some cases.
It's usually peripherals that can be a pain and especially with newer stuff. For example, there is no built-in kernel module for the Ethernet card on my current motherboard. Getting it up required finding source for the driver online, and running some commands to compile it for my kernel. Annoyingly, the vendor's code doesn't work with DKMS (which would do this automatically on kernel updates) so I need to re-run this whenever a newer kernel comes out. Eventually the driver will likely make it's way to the mainstream kernel and then not require manual work. My previous several boards never required such manual intervention, but this one came out recently and I hadn't checked in the specific hardware.
One other issue is games on Steam that require a 3rd-party launcher (EA, Ubisoft, etc). These sometimes break when updated and often aren't so friendly with offline play without an Internet connection. That said I've played through plenty of EA/Origin games and an Ubisoft (at home with wifi) just fine.
Most games say whether they're Deck compatible. If they are, that should also mean they're Linux compatible. You can also check https://www.protondb.com/ for compatibility ratings.
While this all sounds like there's a lot of BUT's, I've been using Linux as a desktop for years and since the Deck came out compatibility has gone up FAST. I used to dual-boot Windows for a few games - mostly VR - but now even those games tend to run fine on Linux. It's mostly the 3rd-party stuff or shooters with heavy anti-cheat that area an issue. You won't be playing the newest Battlefield or Fortnite, but there are plenty of AAA games and others that run just fine on Linux (and again, sometimes better than Windows at least on my devices)