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[david-nk]

If you provide a buffer with a different pixel format than that of the frame buffer, the pixel data needs to be converted. Though in cases where the buffer...

[david-nk]

Those are interesting insights. Performance is great, power draw under load acceptable, though idle power draw is indeed annoyingly high.
I also...

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It's frustrating that even an OS installer is now a glorified website simply because younger developers do not know any programming language other than...

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I'm pretty sure most applications still draw their stuff in XRGB8888 format, so for SHM clients a full copy+conversion will be necessary. Though I haven't...

[david-nk]

Well, you should be able to answer your own question. Why aren't you working on a proper alternative?...

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Now that even the 7900X and 7950X is expected to have a 170W TDP, buying a Threadripper is an actual consideration for a developer machine.
You...

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The kernel provides an SMB client implementation allowing you to mount shares, no Samba required.
Samba provides SMB server functionality....

[david-nk]

I think availability is the main problem here... so far the 6800U and 6850U is basically vaporware.
All I want is a good 17" notebook, for...

[david-nk]

I mean, it's been ten years since the resurgence of AI. It's about time some end user products start using it....

[david-nk]

A good CPU... now if only there were more than one shippable notebook model that uses either the 6850U or the 6800U.

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To my knowledge it was never rebased before, only some fixes were brought in from mutter. I don't know the exact version, but the split happened early...

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I didn't expect them to actually rebase the window manager, but it was much needed since that ran on ancient code. Though I'm still frustrated that the...

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That's because without the performance governor, the CPU will constantly change clock speeds to whatever the governor thinks is appropriate to handle...

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Really? I was pretty sure most of those Spectre-type vulnerabilities are purely academic without being realistically exploitable in real-world scenarios....