Just buy linux computer instead of flashing regular PC with linux
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Brb just going to pop over to best buy and look at their offerings of Linux powered machines
Harvey Norman has the option to sort their computers by Operating System
Is the only difference is Home has an Office Suite? And Pro has extra support?
Pro has hyper-v, rdp server, and a bunch of extra mmc snapins like local group policy management. There's no reason to ever use home.
It's cheaper, so if you're not keen on crime, that's a reason.
I used home because the laptop came with it. Then I wanted a different group policy and my windows said "what you talking about Willis"
Maybe this is outdated information but I remember Home used to limit the amount of RAM it was allowed to use :)
Yeah I think that ended after XP, so it's p out of date lol
Oh hahaha fair enough
It was a thing on 7 as well.
The first item on the list is probably also just home but they don't want to confuse people. So really you have lots of consumer machines, and 3 business machines.
You really shouldn't be shopping at Best Buy anyway...
Support your local frame.work
My father has a fw 16" per my suggestion, and I want to get one as well, but they don't offer financing and are fucking expensive. Like shit the bed, last time I looked the diy version was like $2,300 for the upgraded amd cpu and gpu but with no ram, storage... I'm not made of money π«
But the joke is that normies have no idea what Linux is and even less of a clue about where to get machines that are made for it.
Preorders for the FW12 just went up at a little under $800, but yeah computers (especially good ones) aren't cheap :p
you could always buy a decade old $150 thinkpad and put arch on it, provided you also have programming socks and a blahaj ;p
but yeah I get it, I think the op comment wasn't really thinking about the "Normie's" when writing their comment, and tbf without people braving the gamble that used to be putting Linux on windows hardware, we probably wouldn't have options like the framework or tuxedo today
:p I've got laptops, most recently a ThinkPad X13(s? I don't remember) Gen 2, but I want the gpu so I can retire/repurpose my Acer Predator. The hardware is solid and still doing well, but the execution of basically everything else is horrible. And it weighs several pounds, I can use it as a weapon with ease. It was 1 of 2 (after tons of research) laptops at the time with both cpu and gpu from amd, 5/6 years ago now. MSRP was $2700 if I remember right, but I got it for $1400 which is about what it was worth.
I don't have stripey socks or a π¦ :( but I do have a π― that's good for cuddling :3
π― is good too :3
I got my own RAM and storage and skipped the GPU
They have Frameworks and Tuxedo Computers at best buy? That's rad.
Slimbook is ok
The problem is obvious:
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wouldn't work from a virtual machine?
Is that even possible?
depends on the device, but i have a VM just for this purpose. the device passes through to the VM and i update the firmware from there.
There's FreeDos too, you just throw the exe on there and boot to it and run the exe via the dos prompt. I know Linux should let you too.
I wonder if hirens would have done it. I have no qualms with running a firmware update through a Windows environment. My fear, however unfounded, is that I could only get as far as a firmware erase and not complete the write properly.
That is always a concern. Backup plan was rm -rf /dock /self
Well, everything in Linux is a file. I don't see a problem as long as you are in the studies sudoers group.
oh, that is the cartoonist from Exploding Kittens. I'll add that to my bookmarks.
That makes me feel so old lol
Next time, you'll know to check the fwupd database before a purchase.
Can't tell if serious
The updates for Dell docks are in that database. They just fail most of the time. Dell told people to power cycle the dock and closed the issue on GitHub.