great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

Might be a necropost but I got this from my grandparents (my moms to be exact) today.

The rig

Yeah it only has an i3-2100 and 4GB RAM but it's still leagues better than what I currently have.

Unfortunately there's her Microsoft (she did tell me the ) but no wifi. Without it I CANNOT use it.

Front audio does not work.

Probably gonna turn it into a low end sleeper.

Might be good to re-install Windows, to be honest. Fresh installs of Windows are always great and speedy.

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

Might be a necropost but I got this from my grandparents (my moms to be exact) today.

The rig

Yeah it only has an i3-2100 and 4GB RAM but it's still leagues better than what I currently have.

Unfortunately there's her Microsoft (she did tell me the ) but no wifi. Without it I CANNOT use it.

Front audio does not work.

Probably gonna turn it into a low end sleeper.

Might be good to re-install Windows, to be honest. Fresh installs of Windows are always great and speedy.

I don't think running windows on that thing is going to be a nice experience. Especially if it doesn't has SSD.

Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

I don't think running windows on that thing is going to be a nice experience. Especially if it doesn't has SSD.

It seems he installed Mint on it. You're right as well, but at the same time, he didn't really specify if the computer has a SSD or not. If it doesn't, that would be the easiest and least expensive upgrade. Next will be RAM.

Recently I've tried Helix editor. Loving it so far. It's better than vim I guess

My favourite mouse is still Razer's Deathadder. Idk how tacky Razer is or how there's a bunch of better mice on the market, this one fits great in my hand and I love it

Will these be good upgrades to put into my current PC?

https://ca.partpicker.com/list/ZKtyjH *my mobo for reference

I will also probably throw in a used 3570

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

Will these be good upgrades to put into my current PC?

https://ca.partpicker.com/list/ZKtyjH *my mobo for reference

I will also probably throw in a used 3570

The GPU is very weak, but considering your situation, I guess it is an improvement. Everything else is fine.

There's a new Firefox fork named Zen Browser. It is in alpha at the moment, but I'm hoping that it will become better and better overtime. For the moment, I haven't tried, but I plan to.

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

There's a new Firefox fork named Zen Browser. It is in alpha at the moment, but I'm hoping that it will become better and better overtime. For the moment, I haven't tried, but I plan to.

that's not something you hear very often (firefox forks)

what's the difference with firefox

I'm back!

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

what's the difference with firefox

Zen says:

1. that it is built with hardware optimizations put in place for a smoother experience and I agree with them
2. it has some extra features like a sidebar
3. it has a new design language (it follows GNOME's styling mostly)
4. split tabs
5. vertical tabs

It is good. I don't like the vertical tabs too much, however.

TL;DR: Avoid this prebuilds like the plaque. In general, try to avoid prebuilds.

Hey winny, trying out the live mode of Linux Mint won't do anything with my PC right? Like my data is still there right?

Rhythm32 wrote: 5ti6u

Hey winny, trying out the live mode of Linux Mint won't do anything with my PC right? Like my data is still there right?

Yes, unless you go in and directly interact with stuff on the drive, which you shouldn't do at all! It will lead to data loss most likely.

TL;DR: 13th and 14th gen Us are mostly safe. Use the newest BIOS update for the motherboard you're buying and use the defaults. The entire situation seems to be a mixture of motherboard vendors pushing power to the absolute limit, poor microcode leading problems with boosting, variable quality control and management weirdness, alongside workloads being weird themselves.

I have been pwned in a data breach from The Internet Archive. Data was names, emails and s. If you have an there, might good to check if everything is fine.



In related news, some clown group on Twitter are such anti-social Twitter brainrot retards that they decide to DDOS The Internet Archive because the US government owns them and they enable Israel, expect the archive is ran by a non-profit, not the US government. Twitter retards being Twitter retards.

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

I have been pwned in a data breach from The Internet Archive. Data was names, emails and s. If you have an there, might good to check if everything is fine.

In related news, some clown group on Twitter are such anti-social Twitter brainrot retards that they decide to DDOS The Internet Archive because the US government owns them and they enable Israel, expect the archive is ran by a non-profit, not the US government. Twitter retards being Twitter retards.

These guys are beyond retarded. full stop. They should've attack Visa or Mastercard or something.

Or is it an inside job by greedy corpos who are hell bent on destroying internet archive on the grounds of "copyright violaion"........ Who knows

Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

Or is it an inside job by greedy corpos who are hell bent on destroying internet archive on the grounds of "copyright violaion"........ Who knows

I 100% see American companies doing that. They love this type of shit.

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

Or is it an inside job by greedy corpos who are hell bent on destroying internet archive on the grounds of "copyright violaion"........ Who knows

I 100% see American companies doing that. They love this type of shit.

A french company did that too and they won 😭😭😭

Corne2Plum3 wrote: 3y1z1p

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

Or is it an inside job by greedy corpos who are hell bent on destroying internet archive on the grounds of "copyright violaion"........ Who knows

I 100% see American companies doing that. They love this type of shit.

A french company did that too and they won 😭😭😭

American copyright law 💀

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Corne2Plum3 wrote: 3y1z1p

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

Or is it an inside job by greedy corpos who are hell bent on destroying internet archive on the grounds of "copyright violaion"........ Who knows

I 100% see American companies doing that. They love this type of shit.

A french company did that too and they won 😭😭😭

American copyright law 💀

it's also possible that the attackers are just dumbasses

z0z wrote: 2h2d46

it's also possible that the attackers are just dumbasses

Oh, they most certainly are, but conspiracy theories are fun :3

New Intel Us launching on October 24th, 2024. This gen is named Arrow Lake and it will have a new naming scheme.



Intel Core i9-14900K -> Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Intel Core i7-14700K -> Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Intel Core i5-14500K -> Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Intel is doing what AMD did with Zen5: lay out the groundwork for new stuff in the future. The most notable change between the 14th gen and this new line is the fact that Intel says they have reduced the power consumption by half, while having the same performance as the 14900K. That would be really good for Intel. It seems they're working on a new socket too, with better pressure on the U, so the need for a frame is removed.

I'm personally intrigued to see how these new chips perform.

More details below:

I'm too used to the "i" branding who thought it would be a good idea to ditch it?

huh, now just gotta wait for the 5090

It's amazing how far we have come in 25 years. I can only hope that things will progress at the same rate for the next 25.

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

New Intel Us launching on October 24th, 2024. This gen is named Arrow Lake and it will have a new naming scheme.



Intel Core i9-14900K -> Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Intel Core i7-14700K -> Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Intel Core i5-14500K -> Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Intel is doing what AMD did with Zen5: lay out the groundwork for new stuff in the future. The most notable change between the 14th gen and this new line is the fact that Intel says they have reduced the power consumption by half, while having the same performance as the 14900K. That would be really good for Intel. It seems they're working on a new socket too, with better pressure on the U, so the need for a frame is removed.

I'm personally intrigued to see how these new chips perform.

More details below:

what nm?
intel still has a shit ton of catching up to do

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

what nm?
intel still has a shit ton of catching up to do

I think they're using TSMC's 3nm.

Core 2 Duo > Core ultra

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

what nm?
intel still has a shit ton of catching up to do

I think they're using TSMC's 3nm.

ha they bit the bullet
but also scary how dependent we are on TSMC for cutting edge chips dam

Intel's own chip fab seems to be going to plan, so says Intel.

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

what nm?
intel still has a shit ton of catching up to do

I think they're using TSMC's 3nm.

ha they bit the bullet
but also scary how dependent we are on TSMC for cutting edge chips dam

at least they're trying to putting to put something in the us for continuity

man, idk what intel has done these last few gens, they just don't make them as tasty anymore

yummy

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

man, idk what intel has done these last few gens, they just don't make them as tasty anymore

How tf does this happen

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

man, idk what intel has done these last few gens, they just don't make them as tasty anymore

My soul has exit this Earth's atmosphere

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LinuxMintGamer wrote: 2p5i3w

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

man, idk what intel has done these last few gens, they just don't make them as tasty anymore

How tf does this happen

It was probably turned into a keychain and the circuit board yielded

A blog has surfaced from a laptop manufacturer, condemning the entire coreboot project for being unprofessional.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Malibal-Suggests-No-Coreboot

After a search online, I found this reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/15v2y21/stay_away_from_malibal/

The article is also getting more and more personal and heated up as the post went on, which felt weird, but I dismissed at first. Seeing this thread, my original hunch was right. They also stopped selling in and Poland and Texas, as well as cutting communications with AMD entirely simply because they had bad experiences with coreboot maintainers and consultants. They might be childish too, but it seems Malibal took very personally. Very strange behavior overall.

coreboot did nothing wrong

What should I put on this old school laptop (preferably 32 bit stuff because it's on a 32 bit version of Windows (despite having a 64 bit U) and also preferably software that doesn't require )

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

What should I put on this old school laptop (preferably 32 bit stuff because it's on a 32 bit version of Windows (despite having a 64 bit U) and also preferably software that doesn't require )

If the U is 64-bit, then the Windows version is wrongly installed. Since the U is 64-bit, perhaps try Linux on it? Maybe make it into some sort of local network file server? Maybe a Jellyfin instance?

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

What should I put on this old school laptop (preferably 32 bit stuff because it's on a 32 bit version of Windows (despite having a 64 bit U) and also preferably software that doesn't require )

If the U is 64-bit, then the Windows version is wrongly installed. Since the U is 64-bit, perhaps try Linux on it? Maybe make it into some sort of local network file server? Maybe a Jellyfin instance?

It used to be common to install 32 bits windows on lower-end 64 bits devices. Since 32 bits windows are allegedly use less resources to run.

Uhm... What do I do if my battery kept itself safe one day and now I can only use my laptop if it has AC power?

You could use it as a desktop (what I did) until you get a new battery.

Corne2Plum3 wrote: 3y1z1p

If you're a Chrome , either do not update or better, run away from it, they finally decided to kill adblockers!!!


https://mashable.com/article/google-chrome-kills-ad-blockers?test_uuid=01iI2GpryXngy77uIpA3Y4B&test_variant=a
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/software/google-chrome-is-killing-one-of-the-internets-most-popular-ad-blockers
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2423294/google-is-killing-one-of-chromes-biggest-ad-blockers.html

They aren't. The API request that adblockers like uBlock Origin used were also used for malicious usage, so Google saw it as a security risk. I don't like this change either, but they aren't doing this to kill adblockers specifically. uBlock Origin Lite works just fine on Chrome from my testing for a casual . Google understands that if they actually go after adblockers, head on, they will lose their influence and power, more or less immediately.

This is a spectrum regarding internet privacy. Where are y'all sitting? Personally, towards the privacy-conscious point.

the image uses wojacks and the word normie I can't do this

Patatitta wrote: 5t25

the image uses wojacks and the word normie I can't do this

I find it a bit cringe too, but the core idea is certainly better than "use this; if you don't, you're stupid and you get spied on by everybody".

I'd like to be more towards privacy-conscious ppl but I, as with many ppl, needs Google (and also GitHub for me (owned by Microsoft)) for school/work. And also use mainstream social media (not something most people don't even know what it is like Signal) to connect with ppl.

Why is the pic so low res? Can barely read it.

I sit somewhere between privacy conscious and activist according to this. I don't really sacrifice convenience that much, like I still use windows, switching to a privacy focused linux distro is way too inconvenient to be worth it for me.

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

switching to a privacy focused linux distro is way too inconvenient to be worth it for me.

I mean... such distros are hardcore even for me.

i seem to land in the middle

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

This is a spectrum regarding internet privacy. Where are y'all sitting? Personally, towards the privacy-conscious point.

guess im normie

wtf ghosts are literal deep level military agents

normie

and "the gost" is probably on his 4th burnout + hospitalized for paranoia.

dont be "the ghost".

Polyspora wrote: 4i695

normie

and "the gost" is probably on his 4th burnout + hospitalized for paranoia.

Or some drug lords wanted by the CIA. Or Edward Snowden

Jangsoodlor wrote: 4z5t12

Polyspora wrote: 4i695

normie

and "the gost" is probably on his 4th burnout + hospitalized for paranoia.

Or some drug lords wanted by the CIA. Or Edward Snowden

probably some person doing journalism in a hostile country

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

I think for the most part I'm at normal, though I tend to randomly go to stage 2 or 3. For the most part though I'm at normal, since all my information is probably out there already.

I knew someone at stage 3, and was very close to stage 4. Really complicated OpSec. They were a pretty fucked up individual.

These new Intel Us are kind of weird. The launch was rushed and the power efficiency claim is very weird. The pricing for these Us is really bad too. That doesn't mean there aren't some good things here, but it's too little for anything significant. I'm disappointed with this new generation of Us, but at the same time, both of these generations are switching to new architectures. Let's hope that the next one will be better.

Intel right now:

I think we should start making our own U's

abraker wrote: 6cx2d

Intel right now:

More or less, yes. I think it's time for a mindset shift to happen, almost a decade after Ryzen 1000.

Me who's still using a 2nd gen i3:

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

Me who's still using a 2nd gen i3:

See if your motherboard an i7 nicely, because I can imagine 2nd gen i7 will be rock solid.

These thin clients are honestly super freaking cool. I love how boring they look, yet behind them is some super cool ass stuff. That keyboard also looks awesome!

So uhh... new Intel GPUs soon.
This is a must-win for Intel as if these suck, they're done.
nice necropost ngl

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

So uhh... new Intel GPUs soon.
This is a must-win for Intel as if these suck, they're done.
nice necropost ngl

12 and 10GB VRAM iirc, not great for 2025.
It's cheap but for that price it's like buying an older AMD/Nvidia GPU but with more risk of compatibility issues.

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

So uhh... new Intel GPUs soon.
This is a must-win for Intel as if these suck, they're done.
nice necropost ngl

12 and 10GB VRAM iirc, not great for 2025.
It's cheap but for that price it's like buying an older AMD/Nvidia GPU but with more risk of compatibility issues.

At 250$, 12GB or 10GB of VRAM is much better than what AMD or Nvidia are offering at this price point and going over 10GBs will be hard, considering the fact that this price point, we're still in the budget territory, with no expectations of going over 1080p in many cases and no ray tracing either. We will have to see its performance, because at this price point, Intel can gain some marketshare from AMD and Nvidia IF it is actually a good card. We shall see.

3 of these corps fighting for marketshare

VWith increased popularity of running local LLMs, imagine if we could upgrade VRAM more effortlessly

The Arc B580 is out. Only read the TechPowerUp's review so far, where they give praise to its relative efficiency and great value compared to what AMD and Nvidia currently offers. Others seem to be saying the same thing: it's a no cut corners, actually decent budget card.

ittedly, it is a little late to the party, but for the moment, this is the answer for a decent priced, budget card if you're looking to build something actually budget and get all new parts. Obviously, older titles won't work as well, but report everything to Intel and I'm optimistic that they will look into it and figure it out.

Oh, Microsoft...

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Oh, Microsoft...

average corp

How is it possible that my AIO HP PC's motherboard got faulty just by not powering on the PC for a few weeks? Also they're saying that the hard disk is also damaged. I literally pain stakingly installed Linux Mint via dual boot into windows. That was tough. But now, all of this has gone to waste.

But yeah, they're saying that they'll upgrade the ram from 4 GN to 8 GB. They'll also upgrade the HDD to SSD. Maybe I'll also opt in to upgrade the monitor and the processor if possible.

Rhythm32 wrote: 5ti6u

How is it possible that my AIO HP PC's motherboard got faulty just by not powering on the PC for a few weeks?

On a motherboard, you have a lot of sensitive components that need require a precise voltage to function, like your processor or graphics accelerator. As such, there are components like VRMs (voltage regulator modules) and capacitors that filter things out. It's possible that one or more of those components went bad. It's also possible that the power supply for that AIO went bad.

recently picked up an intel u, but it was a gift from my mom and it's actually a keychain lol

xch00F wrote: 576j2p

recently picked up an intel u, but it was a gift from my mom and it's actually a keychain lol

Intel U Keychain? Sounds cool! Mind sharing a pic of it?

it's literally an intel u lmao I was so confused unwrapping it. included my previous keychain for shits and giggles
you can't see it due to the lighting but it's a pentium g870

xch00F wrote: 576j2p

it's literally an intel u lmao I was so confused unwrapping it. included my previous keychain for shits and giggles
you can't see it due to the lighting but it's a pentium g870

Looks cool, not gonna lie.



I find it a bit weird how even when Apple does something utterly stupid, Apple s don't seem to be that bothered when Apple upsell them storage like a crypto rugpull. No disrespect towards Jeff, I find him cool. It's just that I don't know why Apple s have this type of response.

xch00F wrote: 576j2p

it's literally an intel u lmao I was so confused unwrapping it. included my previous keychain for shits and giggles
you can't see it due to the lighting but it's a pentium g870

I thought the orange object on the right was a Final Fantasy XIV job stone

it is, it came with the fanfest bag lol

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Privacy conscious and pseudononymous.

sighs that's another one

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

sighs that's another one

Watch out for AMD's new GPU series. I don't have high hopes, but at the same time, I do. Please don't fuck it up, AMD...

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

great_elmo wrote: 6o1l6a

sighs that's another one

Watch out for AMD's new GPU series. I don't have high hopes, but at the same time, I do. Please don't fuck it up, AMD...

I really hope they don't fuck this up but deep down I'm like 80% sure they will.

I now feel ashamed for having an Intel chip on my laptop

BluePyTheDeer_ wrote: 4m3m27

I now feel ashamed for having an Intel chip on my laptop

you don't owe any company any loyalty, you alsos shouldn't be ashamed of owning any products. Your pc doesn't define your status.

BluePyTheDeer_ wrote: 4m3m27

I now feel ashamed for having an Intel chip on my laptop

Dawg what? Chill. If that chip works for your use case, then use it without shame.

BluePyTheDeer_ wrote: 4m3m27

I now feel ashamed for having an Intel chip on my laptop

anyways, I'll restore your mental retardness

intel is one of the top investors of risc-v

meaning that they're pro free market and a competitive one at that.

risc-v is an open source assembler already found in use by many corporations, its an architecture that just might substitute x64 and ARM in the future.

your favorite to hate chip company is actively investing in a better future for you.

when a GTX 750 ti for $150 can turn any office computer into a gaming powerhouse that can play any game available?

How times have changed.

Tad Fibonacci wrote: 476g6d

when a GTX 750 ti for $150 can turn any office computer into a gaming powerhouse that can play any game available?

How times have changed.

Still could, if you choose not to play slop

Isshiki Kaname wrote: 6cd23

Tad Fibonacci wrote: 476g6d

when a GTX 750 ti for $150 can turn any office computer into a gaming powerhouse that can play any game available?

How times have changed.

Still could, if you choose not to play slop

Elden Ring ain't slop.

Tad Fibonacci wrote: 476g6d

when a GTX 750 ti for $150 can turn any office computer into a gaming powerhouse that can play any game available?

How times have changed.

8GB VRAM minimum requirement lol.

Isshiki Kaname wrote: 6cd23

Tad Fibonacci wrote: 476g6d

when a GTX 750 ti for $150 can turn any office computer into a gaming powerhouse that can play any game available?

How times have changed.

Still could, if you choose not to play slop

I do agree with the sentiment that there are MANY good games that have close to 0 system requirements but I also agree with tad's point that a 750TI will immidietly allow you to play every single game. The point was not how many good games it can run, it was just how much it can run and handle, in general.

Looks interesting, gotta wait to see actual price and performance though.
It'll likely be out of stock for months in any case.

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

Looks interesting, gotta wait to see actual price and performance though.
It'll likely be out of stock for months in any case.

I wouldn't put my hopes too high into AMD. If they don't have stock issues, their drivers will very likely be sucky for a few months. We'll see, though.

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

Looks interesting, gotta wait to see actual price and performance though.
It'll likely be out of stock for months in any case.

I wouldn't put my hopes too high into AMD. If they don't have stock issues, their drivers will very likely be sucky for a few months. We'll see, though.

Stores have been stocking 9070s and 9070xts for months now and some people even got them early so stock seems to be good.

And AMD drivers have been consistently good for the past decade. And they even said that their day 1 driver is the most polished it's ever been, probably because the cards were supposed to be on sale earlier but got delayed so the driver team got extra time to iron out issues.

"Hurr durr bad AMD drivers" is a thing 15 - 20 years ago. Not now.

Tad Fibonacci wrote: 476g6d

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

Looks interesting, gotta wait to see actual price and performance though.
It'll likely be out of stock for months in any case.

I wouldn't put my hopes too high into AMD. If they don't have stock issues, their drivers will very likely be sucky for a few months. We'll see, though.

Stores have been stocking 9070s and 9070xts for months now and some people even got them early so stock seems to be good.

And AMD drivers have been consistently good for the past decade. And they even said that their day 1 driver is the most polished it's ever been, probably because the cards were supposed to be on sale earlier but got delayed so the driver team got extra time to iron out issues.

"Hurr durr bad AMD drivers" is a thing 15 - 20 years ago. Not now.

I mean when has a company delivered on their word

Tad Fibonacci wrote: 476g6d

Winnyace wrote: 182q6t

Karmine wrote: 6c5h1b

Looks interesting, gotta wait to see actual price and performance though.
It'll likely be out of stock for months in any case.

I wouldn't put my hopes too high into AMD. If they don't have stock issues, their drivers will very likely be sucky for a few months. We'll see, though.

Stores have been stocking 9070s and 9070xts for months now and some people even got them early so stock seems to be good.

And AMD drivers have been consistently good for the past decade. And they even said that their day 1 driver is the most polished it's ever been, probably because the cards were supposed to be on sale earlier but got delayed so the driver team got extra time to iron out issues.

"Hurr durr bad AMD drivers" is a thing 15 - 20 years ago. Not now.

As I said in my original comment, we'll see how things fold out. I'm hopeful that AMD will deliver something nice.