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  • “couldn’t do anything”

    This was a third-party implementation problem, not an OS issue.

    By the time Third party software stopped being all loosy-goosey like the OS was windows XP, Microsoft had already re-branded the OS to Win7.

    Vista’s UAC wasn’t any more problematic than sudo is.



  • Just install the widget first, then add it to the panel.

    Think of the extra steps as an NPC guiding you back along the proper path for trying to do it in the wrong order.

    It doesn’t matter how these things are configured, you’ll have extra steps if you insist on doing them in the wrong order.

    [edit] Why does order matter? Because permissions. Why do permissions matter? Because fundamental OS security.



  • The difference is that each Windows upgrade is objectively worse.

    Also, even if it wasn’t, a large number of the people who use Windows don’t continue to do so because they really loved Windows, it’s because they’ve always used Windows and don’t want anything to ever change.

    So each EoL kicks their asses off their ledge and they have to make the biggest fuss about it, because that is just what using a computer is for them.

    It’s just a mentality thing, and not something they’ll readily put into words because it’s clearly futile and churlish.








  • s_s@lemm.eetolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldAverage systemd debate
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    2 months ago

    I’ve gotten into quite a lot of systemd-related flame wars so far, and what strikes me is that I haven’t heard a single reason why systemd is good and should be used in favor of openrc/sysvinit/whatever.

    “Hi I’m new to Linux, I switched from Windows to Alpine Linux and my laptop’s battery life has gone from 6 hours to 30 minutes before needing a charge.”





  • s_s@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.worldSome basic info about USB
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    3 months ago

    Well if there’s anything I expect from the new-cycle masses, it’s rationality.

    Heaven forbid, we try and do better!

    I guess I should just read the whitepapers of every standard going forward, silly me.

    You don’t have to read whitepapers to know the difference between Ethernet, CAT6 and RJ45 even if your grandpa doesn’t know the difference.

    It’s not too much to expct the “nerds” to know the real names of PAN connections, too.



  • s_s@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.worldSome basic info about USB
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    3 months ago

    the history of renaming everything so many times.

    Every time a new USB spec comes out the version number goes up. A new spec comes out because they add more features. The spec is a whitepaper that explains all the features. It’s a “The King is dead, long live the king!” situation.

    If you just never used the version numbers to mean something that they never meant (transfer speeds) then literally none of this is confusing.

    They’ve officially renamed the transfer speeds one time after people made a big huff. here’s how they changed:

    • USB SuperSpeed -> USB 5Gbps

    • USB SuperSpeed 10Gbps -> USB 10Gbps

    • USB SuperSpeed 20Gpbs -> USB 20Gbps

    And If you can’t follow along with that, I’m really, really sorry. There’s not much I can do from a internet discussion board. XD


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    3 months ago

    the whole USB 3.2 Gen 2 2x2 (hands of blue) bullshit

    If you’re not trying to wire your own USB port you can just use the recommended names “USB SuperSpeed 20 Gbps” or “USB 20 Gbps”. You don’t have to be confused by technical names if you don’t want to be.

    The real bullshit is between your ears–you and only you can fix it.


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    3 months ago

    480mbps

    A device or port that does 480mbps transfer speeds is a “Hi-Speed” device/port. That’s the real name and always has been.

    It doesn’t matter what version of the USB spec it was certified under. If it was designed between 2000 and 2008 it was certified under USB 2.0 or 2.1

    If that device was certified between 2008 and 2013 then it was certified under USB 3.0. That absolutely doesn’t make it a “SuperSpeed” device/port, but that’s more than clear when we use the real names.