I’m not sure it will, because Asahi isn’t selling anything, and hardware that Apple EOLs is hardware that Apple doesn’t care as much about

I think he’s a tool, but credit where it’s due: it’s great that he’s supporting the movement, and he does have a huge following.

Yeah I’m running 16s and that’s pushing it imo

Holy fuck can you imagine how long it would take to re-stripe a failed drive in a z2 array 😭

I’m saying I want to make a difference by helping to break the hegemony the country I was born in has on the world. I dare say the only people who would call that a bad thing are specifically the sort of people I absolutely fucking detest in this place.

As a unitedstatesian engineer, reading stories about escaping the infuriating (and now, very obviously caustic and manipulative) US monopoly on tech infrastructure companies makes me want to move to the EU and help break the monopoly on that shit. There are other things that make me want to move too, but the opportunity to build some real alternatives that diminish US hegemony over… well, everything, is frankly more than a bit enticing.

x86: it’s easy peasy

arm: asahi is where you need to go, and the most recent chips are not really very well supported

As to the choice between gnome and KDE (desktop environments): Gnome is gonna have more of a ‘macOS’ vibe, while KDE is more of a ‘Windows’ vibe.

And that’s why you validate serverside, not clientside, kids

But also, sweet little utility!

How did they squander being the name in autonomous vacuum devices…? It’s kinda baffling tbh.

That, or TempleOS

I used Rufus to make Linus boot USBs for AGES

Ok well this deserves a closer look. Might slap this on a spare laptop and give it a test drive.

No no - it’s not plagiarism; it’s standardization.

Do you think this is just like an ungoverned ChatGPT?

Ok, sure, you do you. Simply offering a way to do this that works well for me.

Tbh I will usually simply swap out the OEM drive for a bigger and faster (and typically cheaper than the OEM upgrade option, per size) one the second I unbox it (optionally, go through the setup process before taking it out, so it’s ready to go next time you want to plug it in). This lets you not waste space on that “rainy day” contingency (which I’ve almost never actually needed). The one exception (and I keep a dedicated laptop around for this) is automotive diagnostic suites with proprietary USB hardware - I’ve got an old thinkpad still running windows 7. XP would honestly be better, because a lot of that shit doesn’t like “new” versions of windows.

Then do it in two steps. There’s a way forward. Just requires bit of fiddling.