Truscape

Failure rates and RMAs might be more common when manufacturers save a buck. Samsung SSDs for example are expensive AF, but they have a good reputation for reliablility and lifespan.

Of course, being diligent about backing up your data means that you might benefit from the savings with less worry about the risk. Or you could use the cheaper SSD for something like a Steam library where you may not care as much about long term data preservation.

Word of warning though: super cheap end might end up with you getting scammed, or things like SSDs without DRAM caches, which are slower than even HDDs.

Wasn’t there development of a linux translation layer for CUDA workloads to run on AMD GPUs? I haven’t heard about it in a while, but I’d imagine that’d help the situation.

Memory includes SSDs. NAND flash chips for storage + small DRAM cache.

You could purchase some prepaid debit gift cards at a store with cash and use those, if you want something traditional.

the fediverse in a nutshell (unmonetized environment that doesn’t reward ragebait blatantly)

“You don’t want a criminal lawyer. You want a ‘criminal’ lawyer.”

• Jesse (Yeah Science) Pinkman

The EU member states have not demonstrated to be reliable allies of the internet, especially in our current times.

The hardware is hardware, my guy. Most people running desktop linux are using hardware mainly comprised from the work of companies with shitty reputations.

GOS has a set of required specs to ensure the security it’s famous for, and the pixel happened to meet them due to their developer-focused design implementations. Luckily, Motorola can now see the economic opportunity of leaning into that as well.

A backup of the existing database would probably be a good move at this point.

Theoretically? Although we’d need to do some testing first as a community before we confirm that’s the case (or build a solution to it).

You can run it through Winboat or via a standard VM, but like Adobe they hate you running it via Wine, and will try to block you from doing so.

So your best bet will be VM+GPU passthrough.

Yarr.

Cannonical is definitely not dodging the “enshittified part of the Linux Ecosystem” allegations.

At the time that was the case as well - drone activity during the “war on terror” was widespread and largely indiscriminate in targeting.

Depends on the fork. The MPL largely allows the forks to do as they please, so feel free to check their blog posts and patch notes for reference.

… You do realize that security patches are upstreamed, correct? These forks just don’t include the ads, AI, or built-in VPN.

Firefox Forks (Waterfox/Librewolf/Ironfox) my beloved

Probably would just be drone dropped tbh

Even FOSS software? The Linux Foundation’s headquartered in the US.

I do get the rationale, but honestly you could just change that to “proprietary software” and you’d have more options with just as much data security.

Yup, FreeCAD, Cura slicer, and my printer only hooked up to the outlet.

Theoretically you could also make your own printer from scratch with a few DVD drives and hard drives from a local ewaste facility.