I saw this post on Reddit and thought about the game players here (mostly
"CrudeSausage") who have trouble with Linux.

I just swapped out my NVIDIA 1050ti for an AMD GPU and I'm blown away by
the realization that so many of the issues I faced as a Linux user were
due to my NVIDIA drivers. I always used the proprietary NVIDIA driver,
but even then I had issues with screen tearing and sometimes certain apps
would even crash. Since using the new AMD GPU I haven't had a single
issue! I wish I had done this a long time ago.

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

Le 2024-11-02 à 02:04, RonB a écrit :
> I saw this post on Reddit and thought about the game players here (mostly
> "CrudeSausage") who have trouble with Linux.
>
> I just swapped out my NVIDIA 1050ti for an AMD GPU and I'm blown away by
> the realization that so many of the issues I faced as a Linux user were
> due to my NVIDIA drivers. I always used the proprietary NVIDIA driver,
> but even then I had issues with screen tearing and sometimes certain apps
> would even crash. Since using the new AMD GPU I haven't had a single
> issue! I wish I had done this a long time ago.
>

Yeah, I suspected as much over the years. It's part of why I wanted my
new laptop to be based on an AMD GPU. After all, given the choice, I'd
rather my operating system use software that is wholly open-source
rather than any kind of mix. Unfortunately, very few manufacturers use
AMD GPUs in their gaming machines. When they do, they're mid-range
products at best.

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CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

CrudeSausage wrote:

>Unfortunately, very few manufacturers use
>AMD GPUs in their gaming machines. When they do, they're mid-range
>products at best.

Easy enough to by a PC with no video card and then add one...

Oh, you were talking about laptops. Gaming laptops are a travesty i
any case.

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'A better question is why can't the inferior Linux hobby "community"
get together and make their own video card?' - some dumb fsck

Le 2024-11-02 à 09:44, chrisv a écrit :
> CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, very few manufacturers use
>> AMD GPUs in their gaming machines. When they do, they're mid-range
>> products at best.
>
> Easy enough to by a PC with no video card and then add one...
>
> Oh, you were talking about laptops. Gaming laptops are a travesty i
> any case.

Perhaps, but I always need something portable whereas I have little to
no need for a stationary computer nowadays.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

CrudeSausage wrote:
> Le 2024-11-02 à 09:44, chrisv a écrit :
>> CrudeSausage wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, very few manufacturers use
>>> AMD GPUs in their gaming machines. When they do, they're
>>> mid-range
>>> products at best.
>>
>> Easy enough to by a PC with no video card and then add one...
>>
>> Oh, you were talking about laptops.  Gaming laptops are a
>> travesty i
>> any case.
>
> Perhaps, but I always need something portable whereas I have
> little to no need for a stationary computer nowadays.
>

gaming laptops are really heavy, too heavy for me.

Le 2024-11-03 à 05:50, kazu a écrit :
> CrudeSausage wrote:
>> Le 2024-11-02 à 09:44, chrisv a écrit :
>>> CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, very few manufacturers use
>>>> AMD GPUs in their gaming machines. When they do, they're mid-range
>>>> products at best.
>>>
>>> Easy enough to by a PC with no video card and then add one...
>>>
>>> Oh, you were talking about laptops.  Gaming laptops are a travesty i
>>> any case.
>>
>> Perhaps, but I always need something portable whereas I have little to
>> no need for a stationary computer nowadays.
>>
>
> gaming laptops are really heavy, too heavy for me.

You might want to look into the Zephyrus G14 line. I have the 2001
edition. It is only a little bigger and heavier than a MacBook Air of
the same era.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 21:38:48 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

>
> Perhaps, but I always need something portable whereas I have little to
> no need for a stationary computer nowadays.
>

You have no need for a brain as well.

I have already stated many times but I will state yet again
that all those who are content with laptops are not doing serious
computing work but only some pitiful derogation thereof.

Essentially speaking, laptops are for women (pussies) and not men.

The case us closed.

Xavier Dominica <XD@gnulinux.rocks> wrote:
>On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 21:38:48 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>> Perhaps, but I always need something portable whereas I have little to
>> no need for a stationary computer nowadays.
>
>You have no need for a brain as well.
>
>I have already stated many times but I will state yet again
>that all those who are content with laptops are not doing serious
>computing work but only some pitiful derogation thereof.
>
>Essentially speaking, laptops are for women (pussies) and not men.
>
>The case us closed.

I like having a full desktop setup, with keyboard, mouse, monitor,
speakers, yada yada, but it is useful to have a laptop, to have
comparable power in a portable device, you're just a stupid person,
who can't put yourself in someone else's shoes for two fucking
seconds, it's no wonder you run your ridiculous Xeon-CPU "Linux from
scratch" machine, with no real interface to speak of, no modern Web
browser, you're just retarded. You need to kill yourself.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> Xavier Dominica <XD@gnulinux.rocks> wrote:
>>On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 21:38:48 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps, but I always need something portable whereas I have little to
>>> no need for a stationary computer nowadays.
>>
>>You have no need for a brain as well.
>>
>>I have already stated many times but I will state yet again
>>that all those who are content with laptops are not doing serious
>>computing work but only some pitiful derogation thereof.

Silly-assed.

>>Essentially speaking, laptops are for women (pussies) and not men.

Silly-assed.

>>The case us closed.

His silly-assed mind is closed.

> I like having a full desktop setup, with keyboard, mouse, monitor,
> speakers, yada yada, but it is useful to have a laptop, to have
> comparable power in a portable device, you're just a stupid person,
> who can't put yourself in someone else's shoes for two fucking
> seconds, it's no wonder you run your ridiculous Xeon-CPU "Linux from
> scratch" machine, with no real interface to speak of, no modern Web
> browser, you're just retarded. You need to kill yourself.

My old ASUS laptop served for a long time as my "desktop" box. It's more
powerful and much quieter than the box computer I have in cold storage in the
attic. It has one connection to a USB hub to provide mouse, keyboard, scanner,
printer (well, my current printer is a wireless Brother), a tiny Behringer USB
audio box that feeds the small speakers, and a few MIDI controllers.
The network connection is wired, and it had two monitors.

Then I bought a mini PC, and I moved the network, the monitors, and the USB hub
to it. So it's an equivalent desktop setup and basically as fast as the old
laptop.

The ASUS is still there, closed but powered on, underneather the desk so that I
can shell into it when needed.

I'm typing this on a 14" Lenovo Flex while sitting in the living room watching
teevee with the cat in my lap, shelled into the mini PC where I'm using
slrn. Very comfy!

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A hard-luck actor who appeared in one coloossal disaster after another
finally got a break, a broken leg to be exact. Someone pointed out that it's
the first time the poor fellow's been in the same cast for more than a week.