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[edwaleni]

Well, not sure if the software version makes a difference, Anandtech is running v18.05. PTS is running 16.02, which was released for Windows Vista. ...

[edwaleni]

BTU = British Thermal Unit...

[edwaleni]

I think this is what user starship was recommending after the last WSL test go around. Just like many corporations don't run AV on SQL Server volumes,...

[edwaleni]

My PSU, GPU and CPU create enough BTU's as it is. Not using magnetic hard drives lowers internal temps and reduces the need for yet more fans.
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[edwaleni]

Well, blow me down. There was a BIOS update for my el cheapo Lenovo out on the support site. Came out in April 2018.

Effect? The ACPI boot...

[edwaleni]

Very good. That is exactly what I see. ACPI alerts....

[edwaleni]

(As far as Meltdown/Spectre) I don't think a sub $500 Lenovo is a vector for anybody, especially one running Linux as it represents 0.1% of the models'...

[edwaleni]

I remember when the first versions of Linux came out, people said "who would use this? we already have SystemV, SCO, AIX, Solaris, & BSD!"...

[edwaleni]

Modern PC's when "off" but still draw power could be doing a range of functions.

Some are providing power to the USB ports for...

[edwaleni]

I tried crouton and it did what most people are seeing. The original crouton script was written with Unity in mind and of course that is obsolete now....

[edwaleni]

GalliumOS is for Intel only Chromebooks unfortunately. No one I am aware of is creating new firmware for ARM Chromebooks.

Short of copying...

[edwaleni]

Looking to retask my Samsung XE303C12 Exynos based Chromebook. (hardware ID: SNOW)

Google is going to EOL support for ChromeOS for that model...

[edwaleni]

Rage128 was OEM'ed to a very large number of manufacturers for many years and after the desktop moved on to newer tech, it had a lengthy life as the VGA...

[edwaleni]

Not likely. VSX-3 are Altivec SIMD instructions for PowerISA 3 or later....

[edwaleni]

With SQL Server for Linux & IIS for Linux in container forms available, and PowerShell capable, I can easily see a use case in cloud compute. As more...

[edwaleni]

I just read this and went through the openbenchmarking.org results file.

I think its great you are looking at container performance. Can't...

[edwaleni]

Intel has a page that outlines CEC support in their NUC's (a typical use case for CEC).

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/...

[edwaleni]

My son's Raven Ridge 2400 recently took on a large number of updates and the last one from AMD improved performance considerably, plus it resolved an...

[edwaleni]

I retired ia32 installs when the list of kernel switches suppressing certain instructions got too long. The last one I actually booted was a Pentium M...

[edwaleni]

Yes, you can have it just boot to a PowerShell prompt. The Windows old timers hate it because they like the GUI and mouse, which isn't a shock as they...