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

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Post by komali2 »

ctrl-j wrote: post #140
semi-extrinsic wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 resolut…

You're not wrong, but we all know why it's not better: nobody's paying to make it better, so the only way to get it better is via adoption and a larger community actively trying to make it better.

Basically, yes, it hurts, but maybe try using it more? It's certainly better than nothing, which is what we may have if, I dunno, Adobe collapses or something crazy and all our Photoshop licenses suddenly stop working.

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

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Post by jah6q »

kitchenkarma wrote: post #122

Windows is just a spyware at this point. Never use it for anything serious. Microsoft having more money that they can ever spend, play the "good person" and seduce developers with shiny things, but the underlining strategy to f*ck everyone hard is in play at all times. Don't be a fool.

But they use a heart emoji to prove their love to me and my ecosystem. They can't possibly be misleading me!

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

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Post by fortran77 »

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?

Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects? Many people do really need them!

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

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

iforgotpassword wrote: post #146
AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They use apps on their Linux phones Somehow I doubt Android is what Linux Desktop evangelists imagined. At best this is moving the goal posts significantly. > or happily use any OS that runs a browser since everything is web based today. Apparently that doesn't include Linux, despite it being free, not having invasive telemetry, and not having ads in the application launcher. > Oh and for gaming there is consoles o…

> Somehow I doubt Android is what Linux Desktop evangelists imagined. You must be confusing Android with a desktop OS. It's mobile so they don't fall into the desktop category at all. Which was exactly my point: they simply don't need a desktop OS anymore. > Apparently that doesn't include Linux That reads like you're looking at some statistics that show that 0% of desktop users run Linux. Care pointing to it? > And…

Alright, ignoring everything else, here's what you said:

> Seems to me that DirectX is the last remaining barrier to finally getting the majority of the Windows user base to migrate to Linux.

To which my point was simply "you are very wrong". As far as I can tell, you agree that there are a lot more barriers to moving to Linux from Windows than just DirectX (again, if that were true why haven't office workers moved? Oh yeah, lots of other reasons!).

So what exactly is the point you're trying to make?

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

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Post by jchw »

umvi wrote: post #8
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…

> The duality of modern Microsoft is absolutely astounding. See: http://bonkersworld.net/organizational-charts I don't work there, but I've heard Microsoft is more like a federation of organizations than one giant consistent, cohesive team.

Because its buried far down and I can’t edit my post, I want to hijack this post to point out that it turns out in newer builds MS has actually removed the Candy Crush auto installation.

https://mspoweruser.com/rejoice-windows-users-candy-crush-is...

I didn’t notice because my Windows 10 image is out of date, presumably getting the latest ISO would fix the problem.

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

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Post by outworlder »

ahartmetz wrote: post #131
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.

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.

> but by being forgiving of code that shouldn't work according to spec

So they are not following spec, and that's a good thing?

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

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Post by kazinator »

Razengan wrote: post #12

Things like these is why most Mac converts never want to return to Windows. Not just the issue in TFA/post, which may seem trivial, but the overall “telemetry” debacle and experiences like jtdev’s comment. For all their claims of having reformed, Microsoft will always be that ex you don’t want to do anything with ever again. There are worse horrors than the lack of a physical Escape key, waiting on the other side of…

All my exes live in ... Win32 DLL's: CreateThreadEx, CreateFileEx, WaitForSingleObjectEx, ...

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

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Post by the8472 »

AaronFriel wrote: post #68

OP should install Windows Server Nano or Core to run these or use a non-interactive user session to run builds, e.g.: by running a service with a service account instead of a login session with a user account. The OP is making the equivalent complaint of running a full Ubuntu shell complete with the Ubuntu One store running in the background after starting up Gnome, and complaining that Canonical owes him CPU-time. W…

> Well, yeah, you logged into a interactive user session in a desktop user-oriented operating system!

While it certainly is preferable to use a headless session even a desktop session should quiescence by default, otherwise the operating system would be wasting gigawatts across its install base.

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

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Post by basq »

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?

Gimp/inkscape are not drop in replacements for ps/illustrator. Unless your use case is very basic.
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