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Trying Linux after using Windows for decades
  • Better multimonitor support, VRR, and HDR are some of the promises I think. I want all of these things but not enough to switch away from Linux Mint. I'll be happy when Wayland makes its way in over the next couple of years.

  • As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play extra ads when I pause a video
  • There's also the cost to transcode the video and audio streams into different formats so they don't have to do it on demand whenever someone watches a video. That's a lot of compute cost plus they have to store all of those additional transcodes which is more storage cost.

  • Linux continues to be above 4% on the desktop
  • I'm not such a monkey, and I could probably contribute if I put my mind to it, but I just don't have the time.... Instead I try to contribute documentation and money when I can. Everything helps!

  • am I reading this right, that my cpu just died?
  • I have a Ryzen 3700x that had similar problems. In my case disabling Precision Boost Overdrive and regular Precision Boost eliminated the crashes. PB being just the regular boosting behavior of the CPU. With it turned off the CPU basically only adjusts its frequency between the idle frequency of like 800 MHz to the base clock (3.6 GHz or whatever).

    I think basically what happened was the BIOS was running the CPU too hot and eventually it just couldn't stably boost to the higher frequencies which would cause problems. It's an easy thing to try and see if it works for you. In my case I was able to salvage the CPU by putting it into a server whose workload doesn't benefit from moment to moment super high CPU clock speeds.

  • Is it possible to use a Thunderbolt hub "in reverse"?

    I have an LG-38WN95C monitor which has a single Thunderbolt 3 port, which I use for my work M1 Macbook Pro. It's really convenient to have a single cable running from my laptop to my monitor.

    But is it possible to achieve something similar with a full desktop PC? My PC has discrete graphics and a motherboard with no video-capable Thunderbolt output.

    I was thinking of using a Thunderbolt hub, but most of them look like they are for use cases where the Thunderbolt cable plugs into the host machine, and then the monitor and peripherals branch off from the hub using DisplayPort / HDMI and USB.

    But I want to do the reverse for the video signal. I want the hub's Thunderbolt cable plugged into my monitor, with the hub's DisplayPort link used as an input, not an output, which is passed to the monitor.

    I feel like Thunderbolt's bi-directional-ness and daisy-chainability should mean this is possible, but I have little experience using Thunderbolt and I find it difficult to understand what hardware is capable of what behaviors. And with Thunderbolt hubs as expensive as they are, I am hesitant to drop significant money on a blind experiment.

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    What is this creature?

    Location: New England

    It's body is almost 2" long. Antennae and tail put it over 6" long.

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    Everyone talking about Memmy and Mlem while I'm over here like

    All words are made up but Jerboa Dipodidae sounds extra made up.

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    Everyone talking about Memmy and Mlem and I'm just over here like
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    All words are made up but Jerboa Dipodidae sounds extra made up.

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    What's the current state of printers on Linux? Are there any decent options?

    Years ago, Brother printers seemed to be one of the few feasible options. What's the printer landscape like today? Are there any plug and play options that aren't part of some ink scam?

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