2021: Linux on the desktop, Free Software 9/11

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flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

ithingy: either it works or it obviously doesn't and you can swap it out for working kit early

microsoft: it's kinda broken but this workaround might help you oh no it's failed wait maybe it works

which one of these belongs in a flight bag

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:08

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 20:19

ClassActionFursuit: Mar 15, 2006

flakeloaf posted:

ithingy: either it works or it obviously doesn't and you can swap it out for working kit early

microsoft: it's kinda broken but this workaround might help you oh no it's failed wait maybe it works

which one of these belongs in a flight bag

i guess that depends on how much microsoft is willing to pay

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:27

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

And the iPad can't run the flight manual software that one "tech savvy" employee wrote in visual basic 20 years ago and that has never been updated after he quit

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:36

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

it's difficult to overstate just how mediocre the surface pro is as a computing device. even when it works, it's at best acceptable, but not actually very good for any given task and you'll spend a bunch of time adapting to how awkward it is to use

but much of the time it does't "work". every single generation has hardware issues, and even where those aren't causing you problems microsoft just plain old sucks at platform support. also the accessories are all garbage, including the basically mandatory ones, like the type cover, and they will randomly stop working for no apparent reason until you do a little voodoo song and dance

infernal machines fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Feb 16, 2018

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:41

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

its amazing how msft managed to turn an apple-like plan for controlling the hardware and the software into something even less reliable then a random shitbox dell

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:44

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

infernal machines posted:

it's difficult to overstate just how mediocre the surface pro is as a computing device. even when it works, it's at best acceptable, but not actually very good for any given task and you'll spend a bunch of time adapting to how awkward it is to use

but much of the time it does't "work". every single generation has hardware issues, and even where those aren't causing you problems microsoft just plain old sucks at platform support. also the accessories are all garbage, including the basically mandatory ones, like the type cover, and they will randomly stop working for no apparent reason until you do a little voodoo song and dance

yes yes that's all very interesting but can it run nesticle

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:44

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

flakeloaf posted:

yes yes that's all very interesting but can it run nesticle

nope. not unless you're using dosbox anyway. it ships with 64bit windows so no 16bit app support

# ? Feb 16, 2018 16:46

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

infernal machines posted:

nope. not unless you're using dosbox anyway. it ships with 64bit windows so no 16bit app support

I'll have you know nesticle is a perfectly valid win32 application and runs great on 64-bit windows 10 (but not the stupid desperate S version that tries to force people to use "modern" apps)

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:08

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

r u ready to WALK posted:

And the iPad can't run the flight manual software that one "tech savvy" employee wrote in visual basic 20 years ago and that has never been updated after he quit

Microsoft dumped the ARM surfaces on Delta and had to pay Jeppesen to port their software

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:14

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/14/a-major-bug-is-forcing-microsoft-to-rebuild-skype-for-windows/ hahaha

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:33

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

they're just gonna turn it off and send everyone to the UWP skype app.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:36

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Shaggar posted:

they're just gonna turn it off and send everyone to the UWP skype app.

i hope they turn your monitor off along the way

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:37

Fiedler: Jun 29, 2002; I, for one, welcome our new mouse overlords.

cinci zoo sniper posted:

https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/14/a-major-bug-is-forcing-microsoft-to-rebuild-skype-for-windows/ hahaha

That headline is wrong, but that's to be expected of tech bloggers: a *minor* bug in the Skype for Windows *installer* *was* fixed back in October.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 17:57

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

cinci zoo sniper posted:

i hope they turn your monitor off along the way

# ? Feb 16, 2018 19:13

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

windows 10 on arm: exactly as lovely as you expected and evidently based on some connectix poo poo from 20 years ago

# ? Feb 19, 2018 21:10

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...de-7cb03ae3c933

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# ? Feb 20, 2018 04:05

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

anthonypants posted:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...de-7cb03ae3c933

lol RIP

# ? Feb 20, 2018 04:07

The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

infernal machines posted:

windows 10 on arm: exactly as lovely as you expected and evidently based on some connectix poo poo from 20 years ago

emulating x86 on arm has to be terrible as far as performance and battery life go

not that it matters since idk who would actually want this thing

# ? Feb 20, 2018 04:22

Bulgakov: Mar 8, 2009; рукописи не горят

lmao it oughta take one forgotten server in a closet to service those dozens of people for years

# ? Feb 20, 2018 04:28

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

The_Franz posted:

emulating x86 on arm has to be terrible as far as performance and battery life go

not that it matters since idk who would actually want this thing

it has rough feature parity with an xda project for windows rt from 2013, but presumably worse performance, since that was basically just a wine/reactos shim and didn't have to emulate anything

# ? Feb 20, 2018 04:44

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

what if you had the terrible performance of an early netbook, but in a somehow even more awkward form factor?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 04:46

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

anthonypants posted:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...de-7cb03ae3c933

poor Linux Archduke

# ? Feb 20, 2018 05:53

Trashman: Sep 11, 2000; You trash eating stink bag!; Fun Shoe

heres a minor microsoft lol.

somehow xls is no longer associated with excel on my laptop, when I double click excel isn't in the list of supported programs, when I try to set the default I see this...

other excel files are ok though :confused:

# ? Feb 20, 2018 07:33

ClassActionFursuit: Mar 15, 2006

anthonypants posted:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...de-7cb03ae3c933

lmao the top comment in that microsoft link

quote:

Someone say: "Never personally owning an iPhone or Android, do those platforms disable notifications sooner or later than Microsoft? What are the oldest versions of iOS and Android that still receive notifications?"
And other say: "Assuming the app versions are still supported on android, any OS version should still get push notifications. version 2.3 (from 2010-ish) still shows up in the platform numbers, so is reasonably still in use."

# ? Feb 20, 2018 07:34

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

Do people seriously use Windows 10?

:aaaaa:

# ? Feb 20, 2018 07:42

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

Schadenboner posted:

Do people seriously use Windows 10?

its a POS, op

# ? Feb 20, 2018 07:46

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Schadenboner posted:

Do people seriously use Windows 10?

best windows yet, ive been using it since general public availability

# ? Feb 20, 2018 13:33

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

gross, don�t talk about it pls

# ? Feb 20, 2018 13:37

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Trashman posted:

heres a minor microsoft lol.

somehow xls is no longer associated with excel on my laptop, when I double click excel isn't in the list of supported programs, when I try to set the default I see this...

other excel files are ok though

we noticed you installed a program that changes the default file associations to something useful

we've reverted all those changes and you and your sfotware can frig off

# ? Feb 20, 2018 14:55

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

the amount of built-in advertising for edge when you go to change the default is mega lol. just borderline begging you not to switch.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:15

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

It's designed for Windows 10

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:45

champagne posting: Apr 5, 2006; YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

edge will also give me better battery life than chrome on my desktop of which I found amazing

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:48

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Boiled Water posted:

edge will also give me better battery life than chrome on my desktop of which I found amazing

# ? Feb 20, 2018 16:00

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

i mean, i have ups running behind the pc but still

# ? Feb 20, 2018 17:17

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

oh were you doing something cpu-intensive that needs fullscreen access

HERE COMES POWERCHUTE

lol gently caress no you aren't clicking things

# ? Feb 20, 2018 17:47

pram: Jun 10, 2001

Schadenboner posted:

Do people seriously use Windows 10?

hosed up

# ? Feb 20, 2018 18:49

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

well i for one, am reassured