Nope. Firefox. Thunderbird too IIRC. Even comes with VLC now.Does Kubuntu still install with Konqueror and KMail as the default web browser and mail client?
Nope. Firefox. Thunderbird too IIRC. Even comes with VLC now.Does Kubuntu still install with Konqueror and KMail as the default web browser and mail client?
You could say that. I haven't used any in several years though. I mostly use a laptop and for some reason the dual boot isn't as friendly.Yeah... Those distros never change their Desktop Environments... Guess your a KDE person?
Nope. Firefox. Thunderbird too IIRC. Even comes with VLC now.
I'll be chased off of W10P by lack of security updates when that happens.
Two roads I could follow: there are hacks that allow upgrades to W11P while not conforming to the TPMS * SecureBoot * Whatever Other Stuff On Their List; or build a new machine. I'm inclined to go the latter route, just need to get around to the build. What has been holding me back for some time is the chaos in the graphics card marketplace.
Meanwhile I keep seeing stuff about W11 being a basket case fraught with potential irrecoverable loss of OS integrity...
Cheers!
Pi 5 has been released, so it's almost time to look at it (and the alternatives). With winter approaching, it's time to put a light weight Linux distro on an older laptop.For most of my "at home" calculation / digital communication needs, a hypothetical next generation Raspberry PI may be the "sweet spot".
"Retirement date" is still Oct 2025. 100s of days left to procrastinate investigating alternatives for my next primary computer.As of today, Windows 10 gets update for roughly 4 [at that time] more years (support ends mid-Oct 2025 ). Plenty of time to investigate alternatives. So, for me, at home, no reason to buy new hardware for the next two or three years.
My Windows 10 laptop only serves as a home theater PC. I expect I'll install Ubuntu on it when Win10 “dies." The increase in MS overreach makes me eager to finally say goodbye to Windows.100s of days left
My Windows 10 laptop only serves as a home theater PC. I expect I'll install Ubuntu on it when Win10 “dies." The increase in MS overreach makes me eager to finally say goodbye to Windows.
In contrast, I'm not feeling ready to replace Android with a Linux phone, and must therefore accept some Google in my life even though I avoid their apps (browsing, messages, search).
As if these efforts really protects me from the surveillance government-industrial complex <sigh>.
Happy Computing!
Most of what I currently do with my laptop (Windows 10) could be done with WiFi disabled. The other activities require a web browser.My Windows 10 laptop only serves as a home theater PC. I expect I'll install Ubuntu on it when Win10 “dies."
... and maybe you can run Win 11 on ARMSOC devices or ARM/GPU systems.
There are a handful of non-Intel hardware architectures that Windows used to run on.... and maybe you can run Win 11 on ARMSOC devices or ARM/GPU systems
For fun, I looked at Dell and learned I could buy a Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Win11 Inspiron 14 (fanless, 3.18 lbs., 1920x1080, 8MB) for $300 today. I don't want it, though it could make a fine machine if Ubuntu runs on itWindows on ARM probably will not be on my "let's take a look at it" list
What would Frank Zappa (or Nanook of the North) have to say about MS "spyware"? I think you've nailed it, @balrog .Great Googly Moogly
Seeing as how I work in tech, I feel like I should "get" what MS is driving at here. It really just seems like an ARM based PC. There's obviously going to be compatibility problems as the vast majority of applications for windows are not compiled for ARM. Does the average user need/want this AI feature?The way MS has binded "Recall" to Qualcomm's SnapdragonX SOCs for their NPUs is curious considering there are GPUs that sport an order of magnitude higher TOPs. Perhaps they just picked the easiest to implement for the initial release, because - for example - the NVIDIA RTX 4090 that companies are still spending stupid money on for AI and was banned for sale to the PRC has at least 10x more hardware available to inference engines in the form of Tensor cores...
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Good lord that’s a mouthful of acronymic grape nuts to chew through, @day_trippr !
Have you looked at the AI related sessions from Build 2024?Seeing as how I work in tech, I feel like I should "get" what MS is driving at here.
No serious PC is gonna run on ARM any time soon. I'd guess that MS compiling for ARM architecture is another failed attempt to get into mobile/?? space.Seeing as how I work in tech, I feel like I should "get" what MS is driving at here. It really just seems like an ARM based PC. There's obviously going to be compatibility problems as the vast majority of applications for windows are not compiled for ARM. Does the average user need/want this AI feature?
In my world, ARM is king. I'm a designer of things, and almost all of my things are ARM M0 - M4. But for the desktop, Intel/AMD are so far advanced. I don't game, but I build a new PC ever few years and it's incredible what I'm running right now. Not ARM territory.I wouldn't be quite so quick to dismiss the evolution of ARM architecture at this point. There is a fairly decent threat to Intel's traditional CISC designs and marketing thereof that could gain momentum with Microsoft's encouragement...
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well yea... I'm a bricklayer.You're living in a silo. You need to get out more.
fwiw, I have almost a dozen US patents on computer architecture...
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Yeah, but absolutely no mention of VR or hacking NORAD.I learned something new about day-trippr today.
"Serious" is a somewhat flexible term.No serious PC is gonna run on ARM any time soon.
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