Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why I won't run Windows on my Thelio Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 13:55:05 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: <66524006$0$1258327$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6652ae90$0$7183$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <66534360$0$6557$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <665489c7$0$7182$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6655dd49$0$7068$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6Ip5O.49637$In22.7454@fx11.iad> <66568211$2$8094$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <66569e4b$8$1258331$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:55:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="56bdc0f4f5c13dfc3802eeb2a99b7397"; logging-data="1310888"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/b9v9w9kuHX61PzoFzJAKB" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Xy2pxAt//chn0CrKPigZ5dhkhBM= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 4199 Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On 2024-05-28 11:49 p.m., vallor wrote: >> On Tue, 28 May 2024 23:17:32 -0400, DFS wrote in >> <66569e4b$8$1258331$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>: >> >>> On 5/28/2024 11:12 PM, vallor wrote: >>>> On Tue, 28 May 2024 22:26:01 -0400, DFS wrote in >>>> : >>>> >>>>> On 5/28/2024 10:24 PM, vallor wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 28 May 2024 21:17:06 -0400, DFS wrote in >>>>>> <66568211$2$8094$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 5/28/2024 2:50 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2024-05-28 9:34 a.m., DFS wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you bought a machine which was designed to run Linux, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I didn't know there was such a thing. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does that mean Windows won't run on them? >>>>>> >>>>>> I wouldn't want to try to run Windows on this system, unless it was >>>>>> in a virt. >>>>> >>>>> Why? >>>> >>>> First, I don't want Microsoft to get its greasy fingers on my EFI. >>>> >>>> Second, it probably doesn't have drivers for the custom daughterboard >>>> that runs the cooling, and I'm not willing to spend the time to chase >>>> down Windows drivers. >>>> >>>> Third...there's no need. The system is perfectly fine with what it >>>> has, >>>> and needs nothing that Windows has to offer. If that changed, maybe >>>> I'd rethink it. >>> >>> >>> What are the exact specs of the hardware? >> This is the 1.0 version, I have the 1.1 version: >> >> https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/thelio-mega-r1.0/README.html >> >> With a AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. 256G of ECC memory. >> >> NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti >> >> If the daughterboard isn't supported on Windows, all the cooling >> fans will run full-speed, which would be annoying. > > Wow, that'll run the rotating cube marvelously! :P Heh, I see in aptitude (on Ubuntu) the compiz package, plus some additional packages like compiz-gnome and compiz-mate. Not gonna install it, just noting it. "Compiz Reloaded is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project and the community around the Compiz Windows Manager." -- Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.