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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: MacOS Sequoia vs. Linux Mint
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:22:04 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-16 à 05:37, RonB a écrit :
>> On 2024-12-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> Le 2024-12-14 à 11:21, RonB a écrit :
>>>> On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> Le 2024-12-13 à 22:07, DFS a écrit :
>>>>>> On 12/13/2024 10:40 AM, vallor wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a lot easier to update Linux than Windows or MacOS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe, maybe not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The massive update to Win11 24H2 was a few mouse clicks.  Absolutely no
>>>>>> other user input was required.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I would challenge Scotty the Hutt's accessment there. If you
>>>>> update daily, Linux is vastly superior to Windows in that area. However,
>>>>> if you're like my wife and reject updates months at a time, there is a
>>>>> great chance that you will damage your operating system the moment you
>>>>> decide to go through with them on the Linux side. Windows is generally
>>>>> better with seldom-used machines.
>>>>
>>>> I'll challenge that statement. I know better. I've updated many Linux
>>>> machines after months of not turning them on. Even "ancient" computers from
>>>> pre-2010 update quickly and cleanly when using Linux and fast Internet.
>>>>
>>>> As I've mentioned before (several times) this assumes you're using a
>>>> business machine with an Intel GPU. I have read about (not personally
>>>> experienced) issues with Nvidia GPUs and Linux upgrades. But I've also seen
>>>> upgrades cause BSODs in my wife's laptop that used a Nvidia (I always just
>>>> disabled the Nvidia GPU, since it also had an Intel GPU) — so I'm putting
>>>> some of that on Nvidia.
>>>
>>> That's pretty fair. I think that most people who face issues in Linux
>>> are going to be the ones using an NVIDIA GPU. Unfortunately, that's the
>>> default for a machine capable of producing enough teraflops to play
>>> today's game. You can get AMD-equipped machines, but they're generally
>>> mid-range. I know that the version of this laptop produced a year after
>>> this one released had all its internals made by AMD, but it apparently
>>> suffered disgusting heating issues as a result. I imagine it was
>>> fantastic under Linux though.
>> 
>> I don't play Windows video games, so I'll take your word for it. It's odd,
>> though, that more gaming laptops wouldn't use Ryzen CPUs and AMD GPUs —
>> which seem to be the preference in gaming desktops. Maybe they use too much
>> power for laptops?
>
> AMD CPUs offer excellent performance while they're plugged in, but run 
> rather underwhelmingly the moment they are forced to rely on the 
> battery. Intel is better in that regard. There are tons of laptops using 
> AMD CPUs though. However, even then, they tend to use NVIDIA GPUs.

That makes sense. As I mentioned in another thread, I purposely look for 
lower-powered machines. Mostly because I don't like the sound of fans (and I 
don't need high powered ones).

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