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They really advertise to you inside the operating system? I've been a Linux user for 20 years so I don't know.
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The rising prevalence of comments like this is concerning, and I’m worried this indicates the existence of a large number people using AI this way that don’t warn us.
I am sure I will get all kinds of hate for saying this: despite the extra up front cost, apple stuff is a better value. Lets take device lifetime: I have a 2013 MBP 15 and 2015 MBP 15. I use them for intensive things like music production. Both devices work flawlessly. I also a System 76 Oryx Pro which cost more than any mac I own. The webcam failed 5 months in, several keys don't work anymore, and it gets hotter tha…
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Does that mean that paying for an OS means your time has negative value? Surely the time spent installing, configuring, and messing around with your personal desktop or laptop after already having paid for a complete OS is tantamount to buying a prebuilt PC, taking it apart, and putting it back together with a few missing screws. Zero is still greater than any negative number.
The argument is that you will lose relatively less money from the time wasted. So instead of wasting $1000 worth of time, you only are wasting $200 of time. An operating system that lets you waste less money, means that you will save money. Saving money is what can make purchasing something worth it.
Phrased another way, you're paying more for a limited set of tools, it's not that you must spend $1000 worth of man hours to configure the minutiae of a Linux system, it's that exploring 100% of the configuration options on Mac (or even windows to a lesser extent) is so limited you only have $200 man hours of total possible configuration space.
Confusing analogy aside, you just have less possible room to move and thus people spend less time moving. That doesn't mean you must move on Linux, just that you have the freedom to do so.
While it has its issues, this is where Linux does still shine. It keeps the spirit of computing free alive and well.
I can remote in if needed to show her something, but she doesn't need me to.
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> How did the author even get a windows 11 install From Microsoft? https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
If you were going to download an os to install that you wanted your kid to be able to tinker with and reinstall and you had not used windows in 8 to 10 years why would you download windows 11 rather than ubuntu or Mint?
That OS is used by millions of people. It is loaded with obnoxious advertising and news. Nothing false in this article. There have been countless complaints about this crap forced into Windows 11.
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Yes. I own two. A t410 and a t450. Definitely more durable but no resale value. I use them for experimental linux installs these days.
I tend not to see thinkpads for resale value, but I think they do fit with the "lasting the test of time" test. The parts are easily available, cheap, and virtually everything is user replaceable. It's great.
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Same here, but I only boot into Windows for VR. I'm waiting for Valve to stop hyperfocusing on the Steam Deck and get SteamVR to behave well under Linux. Once that happens I can bin Windows off for good.
I made the mistake it getting a Rift, it is gathering dust now that Facebook has gotten their creepy hands on it. I wonder if Linux is a fundamentally much better platform for VR than windows? The problems are mostly latency related, right? And the openness of the platform means that Valve can really tinker to their hearts’ content.
No Oculus headsets shipped to consumers until after the acquisition by Facebook. The DK1 from the Kickstarter started shipping a few days after the acquisition.
>I wonder if Linux is a fundamentally much better platform for VR than windows?
The most popular OS for VR is the one running on the Quest headsets and uses Linux. For quickly evolving technology like VR I believe Linux is a better fit, but in the long run I don't think it's a fundamentally better base.
>The problems are mostly latency related, right?
Latency isn't a big issue with VR due to reprojection and latency is important for normal games too. The amount of people on Windows who want lower latency for FPS games far outnumber the people who want low latency for VR. For VR you are likely just talking to the graphics driver and can bypass the operating systems compositer with your own.