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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Why I won't run Windows on my Thelio
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 13:55:05 -0400
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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 <nospam@dfs.com> wrote in
>> <66569e4b$8$1258331$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>:
>> 
>>> On 5/28/2024 11:12 PM, vallor wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 28 May 2024 22:26:01 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote in
>>>> <v363no$viqs$1@dont-email.me>:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/28/2024 10:24 PM, vallor wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 28 May 2024 21:17:06 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> 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."

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Don't tell any big lies today.  Small ones can be just as effective.