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- Comment on When I retire I can I get a decent home for about 200k in canada with about an acre to live on that is out in the boondocks, and grow some weed and vegetables? Other questions inside. 22 minutes ago:
You’ll likely be limited to Starlink Internet service or xplornet. I hear the performance is fine but high latency and affected by poor weather.
- Comment on When I retire I can I get a decent home for about 200k in canada with about an acre to live on that is out in the boondocks, and grow some weed and vegetables? Other questions inside. 2 hours ago:
Only if you’re willing to live north of the 60th parallel.
(Assuming you retire in 30 years, trying to factor in their growing residential crisis)
- Comment on WTF is a meter? 2 days ago:
Measure me please 🥺
- Comment on What is wrong with Pop OS? 2 days ago:
To preface this thought, I believe most distros are fine when matched with the users technical appetite and expectations. I also feel that focusing on the question “which distro?” first is a trap. I would suggest exploring the various window managers first and see what common distros offer it.
For example if you want to use cosmic but would would rather use something popular there is the Fedora COSMIC Spin. Or if you’re just looking for a solid alternative that feels like windows there’s Kubuntu LTS 26.04.
PopOS is essentially maintaining an fork of Ubuntu’s LTS branch with a rolling release kernel and recently bolting on an experimental (not to be read as unstable) window manager.
Personally I feel this makes it a poor choice for users that don’t want frequent updates and/or are uncomfortable with troubleshooting issues.
If you’re leaning on first party support for hardware that ships with popOS that would make it a reasonable candidate.
I don’t see much in the value PopOS provides over Ubuntu flavours like Kubuntu. Or the various spins of Fedora. I would expect the 26.04 release of Ubuntu to cover nearly all first time users and most hardware configurations better than popOS. (With the exception of their own hardware releases.)
Additionally I disagree with the way they maintain their kernel. I would suggest to users that benefit from these frequent updates or value being on the bleeding edge to consider a rolling release such as OpenSUSE TW. (Or Arch if you want to make your computer your hobby and have a strong appetite for technical challenges)
Ultimately it’s fine, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed using popOS if you like their window manager. There are less users using it so problems that arise may take longer to resolve or be detected by the community. Personally if you’re going to be using something based on Ubuntu id suggest just using that or one of their main “flavours”. Especially given your desire for something that just works.
Please forgive any mistakes, I didn’t intend to write this much and it’s late. Hopefully I did alright with exploring the topic without any significant bias or error. I welcome any feedback or corrections.
- Comment on Red Bull gives pads wings 2 days ago:
Better than vodka and a tampon 🤭
- Comment on Calm Horizon 4 days ago:
- Comment on Apple Airpod Subwoofer 6 days ago:
Any recommended songs? haha
- Comment on When is the best time to leave your dog in the car without getting a window smashed from a wannabe hero? Info Inside 1 week ago:
Are you saying you leave the car running while fueling the car?
If so, that’s a easy way to meet Jesus early.
- Comment on Wing boy 4 weeks ago:
I was reading Dune in the bath and the book fell in. I thought it was hilarious as I just got done the part where they were desperate for water. I provided enough water for the entire story. 😭
- Comment on Distro for upgrading a 15 year old Mac? 5 weeks ago:
I agree with the Ubuntu based suggestions but if you’re ok waiting towards the end of this month 26.04 LTS is about to come out. That should provide a better long term experience.
If it needs to be now the older 24.04 LTS version is fine.
- Comment on Can't win 5 weeks ago:
I wish this was true lol
- Comment on I dare you! 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on How come Dish Network or other satelite services. Do not allow you to create a playlist? Like if I record 5 different episodes of Sunday Morning why cant I just put it on play and it goes thru each? 5 weeks ago:
Oh I wasn’t suggesting it as a fix. Just saying what you’re describing was kinda possible in the 90s. Like others mentioned your provider may have a DVR solution capable of it, but I’ve never seen one. Sorry if I caused any confusion.
- Comment on How come Dish Network or other satelite services. Do not allow you to create a playlist? Like if I record 5 different episodes of Sunday Morning why cant I just put it on play and it goes thru each? 5 weeks ago:
It was possible to setup your VCR to record at specific times. The fancy ones could even change the channel for it.
- Comment on Wrong answers only - what is this? 1 month ago:
angry child simulator - 1999
- Comment on Looks like meat's back on the menu! 1 month ago:
well, everclear is a reasonable antiseptic. So maybe they cancel each other out?
- Comment on What to do with a 10-year-old Macbook Air? 1 month ago:
Could put the latest available OSX on it and sell it for $300. People buy old apple stuff like vintage clothes.
- Comment on What a nice blue and black dress. 1 month ago:
I was one of those gold & white people.
- Comment on Share this with 5 people or it gets ya 1 month ago:
We have a real winner here 🫡
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Looks like you’re referring to the laptop version of these parts.
The 1650 was a weird chip for an gone era. But I’d expect it to work, marginally less performance to the 1060.
If you have a thunderbolt port you could look into using an Intel b580 in an egpu case if shopping for another system is out of the question. (Bad market currently)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I understand that. It’s just that this entire argument doesn’t qualify. The OS has no out of spec influence over the modem due to its design. Its entirely self-contained component with its own firmware and driver stack. The OS is at the mercy of the modem’s firmware and that firmware prevents this exact scenario described.
- Comment on W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions) 2 months ago:
Steam makes OS unique modifications to the game, trying to share the same game drive between them causes an update war and corruption.
I’ve tried it a few times, never goes well long term. Generally, I partition the drive and only use windows for problematic games like pubg.
Also, if you enjoy workshop features in games with a native Linux version like Left4Dead 2 or Garry’s mod. I would recommend you force the windows version by selecting proton in the compatibility section under properties for that game. Some workshop mods don’t play nice on Linux and its like playing whack-a-mole solving it.
- Comment on W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions) 2 months ago:
Something I want to tag on for anyone pondering this.
Steam on Linux will be unstable if you try to use your NTFS drive for games. As the support of the filesystem isn’t consistent.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
That’s a bit of a huge stretch.
People can load custom operating systems on their computer all they want without turning their wifi and Bluetooth adapter into a two way software defined radio.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
You got me curious, looks like it became a standard in 2021. Pretty old for a performance laptop but I’d imagine that it took awhile for the manufacturers to catch up. Thanks
For anyone curious tomshardware.com/…/the-usb-power-delivery-pd-spec…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
That’s a goofy design choice.
The standard is capable of 240w
- Comment on They're great every month of the year 2 months ago:
One cigarette a month is probably a reasonable limit.
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- Comment on silent hill 2 months ago:
