Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:13:02 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <17bc1de93bb4055f$981$3331982$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <65f600a1$0$8233$426a74cc@news.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:13:02 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="78ba2b90a8b77714b0ee640ce09bf867"; logging-data="1692781"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18GAfiKoCVvO1+RN0evpIOc9kCyfxl81Vo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:xiOdsqG7ENgexx5T01x5yhQO1Is= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3203 On 3/20/24 5:46 AM, vallor wrote: > On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:36:53 -0400, -hh > wrote in : > >> And who sells hardware with Linux OS preinstalled out of the box? That >> alone takes some searching for the retailers, so that's even more touch >> labor time spent. > > If only there were some kind of global database that > one could query for such information... > > BTW, what hh really wants in a Linux system is something > running ChromeOS. You telling me he can't find a Chromebook? I've found that the off-the-box ChromeOS solutions have been pretty lightweight on hardware specifications. > (Not to mention the offerings by System76, as well as Dell.) And HP. They've offered some decent towers with Ubuntu, but there's still then the DIY search for Apps. > Oh, you'd better go to a Linux vendor, though -- otherwise, you'll > spend "hours and hours" to "make it work". > > Right? Anybody else have that experience? "hours and hours"? Let's not forget how DFS has frequently ribbed chrisv about how chrisv had refused to show spending the time to optimize a build on NewEgg because it would take too many hours...think it was part of the "more choices are always better" which backfired on chrisv due to it being a clear example of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do. > BTW, this Linux workstation (bought "turnkey") blows the doors > off Mrs. vallor's new Mac Studio. And this turnkey is ... what? And what came pre-installed and are you still using the same? > My benchmark: running Foocus, > which uses pytorch, which is apparently not well-supported > on the Mac Studio. Maybe someday... Different tools for different jobs... ....and yet quite ironic that even Mrs. Vallor chose to buy Apple, despite having an in-house Linux IT family member expert support. -hh