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Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by ahartmetz »

marcosdumay wrote: post #109
godelski wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do graphics, but on the scientific side, we all use Linux. Except when the lab provides us Macs, then we get frustrated and just remote in. I'm just trying to detangle the type of graphics being mentioned. I do wish Nvidia drivers were better, but maybe that'll happen with ROCs coming out soon.

> I do wish Nvidia drivers were better Get AMD. Why do people insist on getting Nvidia cards and then complain that those aren't aimed at them? Get the one that is selling to you.

Cannot reply to sibling... Nvidia doesn't have simply the best OpenGL implementation, it has the fastest and most forgiving implementation. No argument about speed (or Cuda), but by being forgiving of code that shouldn't work according to spec, it creates lock-in and makes more conformant implementations look bad.

Also, on Linux, AMD's OpenGL implementation - which is just Mesa - is very high quality.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by simplyinfinity »

specktr wrote: post #59
simplyinfinity wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

every day on my laptop and my desktop pc. all runing without disabling the telemetry. laptop has 5hrs of battery daily, pc is runing fine. Except when i open chrome... chrome eats my ram

I meant no disrespect, I'm/was curious to know about your experience with windows. Personally I use linux distros 95% of the time and notice a significant increase in battery life and decrease in ram/cpu utilization compared to when using windows on the same system. ~8Gb (or more) vs 2.4Gb for the ram and 80% cpu utilization vs 10-15%. I'm curious how much of that difference is the background processes installing can…

I've been using windows for the past 15 years. First 6 as a normal user/gamer then as a developer with php then as .Net developer. I do use linux but only on servers/vms. I've had the occasional issues with windows, not gonna lie, it's far from perfect. But i've rarely seen CPU hogging when idle. One time i can recall is when the windows update service was doing something and for few hours i had 80+ % cpu usage then it updated and it stopped. And one time something was wrong with the search indexing service, rebuilding the search cache fixed that issue.

As for ram, i have no problem of windws/apps using all the ram i have available, that means they will hit the disk less often and be snappier, in most cases

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by cameronbrown »

iforgotpassword wrote: post #40
AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #10

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You are ludicrously incorrect, just as everyone for the past 2 decades has been when they have predicted the year of the Linux Desktop. This trend will continue until Linux Desktop people stop underestimating what users actually do with computers.

> This trend will continue until Linux Desktop people stop underestimating what users actually do with computers. Nothing. They use apps on their Linux phones, or happily use any OS that runs a browser since everything is web based today. Oh and for gaming there is consoles of course, which crushes the PC gaming market in pretty much any discipline. The only people remaining dependent on desktops (or laptops) will be…

> Oh and for gaming there is consoles of course, which crushes the PC gaming market in pretty much any discipline.

PC overtook console gaming in terms of revenue over five years ago. There's a vastly more players on PC nowadays.

https://www.pcr-online.biz/2014/04/25/pc-games-have-surpasse...

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by pndy »

specktr wrote: post #27
simplyinfinity wrote: post #3

The guy probably has infected machine... which is far more likely than MS runing ad farm

Have you used windows 10 recently? I didn't realize how bad it was until I installed a fresh copy of windows 10. My backup windows machine has so many registry patches to disable the crapware that I didn't recall how bad it truly is by default.

Despite of having a smooth upgrade/update from 1803 to 1903 (which for first time in my case carried group policies and tweaks done with 3rd party tools) I also still had to do the various tweaks in registry, mostly with help of rights elevation tool because with standard administrator I couldn't do a literal, pardon the word, shit because MS has decided I shouldn't tamper with stuff, settings they decided are best for me.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by xbkingx »

skrebbel wrote: post #23

So the objection is that Internet Explorer has msn.com as its default homepage. This is fair, it's ridiculous and a relic from a long gone age. But so is Internet Explorer. What kind of super old Windows version were these people running? What caused IE to open out of the blue? Windows has plenty flaws but randomly open browsers is not one I'm familiar with.

IE still ships in Win 10, even though Edge is the default.

Yes, it sucks, but there are tons of archaic corporate programs and government sites that require it. Some oddly coded old programs will still launch IE if you click links in their About windows (probably hardcoded to launch IE instead of using the system's default url handler).

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by raxxorrax »

fortran77 wrote: post #66
parliament32 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ads in the start menu and on the lock screen are apparently perfectly normal to end users now. It's honestly just sad.

But these weren't ads on the start menu. He was talking about ads in a web page that the browser he chose to run (Edge is now the standard browser, not IE) displayed.

The unmodified login screen sometimes features ads. Have only seen stuff from MS itself though.

"Show suggestions occasionally in Start" in the useless redundant new settings app is something that should be a completely optional component and not intrinsic to the operating system.

I mean the pictures are nice, but it is personalized by proclamation, so they have to farm at least some data.

All this stuff needs to be patched out yesterday in my opinion.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by urda »

kitchenkarma wrote: post #128
jchw wrote: post #2

The duality of modern Microsoft is absolutely astounding. How they can simultaneously do incredible things for Github, and open source Windows components, while continuing to not fix the most user hostile Windows ever produced, is completely bonkers. My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush, but unfortunately without killing the network and…

I don't think Microsoft is doing incredible things. They are baiting the developers and just use the strategy of locking people into their constellation of spying services. Acquiring GitHub they got access to all private repositiories and insight to what other companies are doing. This is despicable.

> Acquiring GitHub they got access to all private repositiories and insight to what other companies are doing. This is despicable.

Spreading disinformation in 2019 is despicable itself.

- Microsoft already handles data from competitors in other portions of their corporation. If it was discovered that Microsoft and / or GitHub actors were acting in bad faith with private repositories, that would immediately erode the trust of their Azure platform.

- Most projects are more than just the code. It's often build toolchains, pipelines, and other specific knowledge around said code.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by wtallis »

TylerE wrote: post #127
marcosdumay wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I do wish Nvidia drivers were better Get AMD. Why do people insist on getting Nvidia cards and then complain that those aren't aimed at them? Get the one that is selling to you.

Because both times I bought an AMD (ATI at the time) card, it failed prematurely (out of warranty, but < 2 years of life) and the drivers sucked balls.

Where are you buying graphics cards with less than two years of warranty? If your GPU budget is that slim, you should probably be relying on integrated GPUs.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by duhballs »

jchw wrote: post #2

The duality of modern Microsoft is absolutely astounding. How they can simultaneously do incredible things for Github, and open source Windows components, while continuing to not fix the most user hostile Windows ever produced, is completely bonkers. My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush, but unfortunately without killing the network and…

this past weekend my windows 10 host installed candy crush (and other stuff) without asking me. I honestly thought I had been hacked. My other favorite thing is bing in the start menu. They changed the gpo/registry setting to disable it like twice, and didn't even have safe search enabled on it!

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by ctrl-j »

semi-extrinsic wrote: post #82
chefandy wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux machines are fantastic if you don't need to use commercial software for things like graphics, as many web-focused developers do.

Between Gimp, Inkscape and Krita, what are the things not covered in this domain?

For some simple photo manipulation Gimp works - but it seems a lot harder to use. Plus it's missing non-destructive adjustment layers, and the brush engine is nowhere near as advanced as photoshop.

Inkscape is similar - everything is a little harder to do - and there's some basic things that don't seem to be in the application at all. Does Inkscape support multiple artboards yet? What about exporting multiple resolutions without duplicating the assets? The symbol support also was very lackluster when I used it last.

Krita lags horribly every time I've tried to use it.

I like the notion that there are open source replacements for these systems.. and I'd love to drop my $50+ per month subscription - but the alternatives aren't yet equivalents.

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