* in the US.
Unrelated, but ever since I was a child I’ve been hearing a comic-book villain scream when I read, “IEEE!”
It’s pronounced “I triple E”.
It’s also quite unusual in that, as typically acronyms with four-or-more letters are spoken as a word.
Jumped to Linux because of this
Just stamp this comment on every c/technology post.
But seriously, how does Linux save you money on laptop tariffs?
Lack of windows licenses
But seriously, how does Linux save you money on laptop tariffs?
An issue for a number of people is that Windows 10 is EOLing this year, and Windows 11 doesn’t support hardware without TPM 2.0 support, which a fair bit of in-use hardware doesn’t have (Kaby Lake and earlier).
For me it’s because I needed a new PC to do some gigs work. A friend has a couple he couldn’t get working. I put Linux on them and now I use them. Spent 0 dollars and don’t have to give Microsoft or Apple a dime
Currently running a ThinkPad x380 with a 8th Gen intel quad core and 16gb of ram. A bit old by modern standards, but on Linux it’s plenty fast and I probably won’t have to upgrade for a decade. And that would only really be if the hardware was either worn out or there is some major upgrade I feel I need. I got it a few years old for $200 (it was a top spec model when new), I can fix most of the problems that might come up with it with used parts for cheap, and when I upgrade I’ll probably get another cheap laptop where running Linux won’t make it feel slow. From experience, if it were running windows it would begin to feel slower a lot sooner than with Linux, and indefinite security upgrades are not guaranteed.
Yeah I just bought a decent used 11th gen i7 laptop for under $200 and put kubuntu on it - and it screams.
Oh, your computer is just a baby. I’m running a third generation Intel Core i7 in my laptop running Linux Mint. LOL.
It is, but it’s one of the newest in my fleet. My favorite daily was my x230 with a third Gen i7, ran manjaro on it for years. Currently on endeavor sway edition, pretty decent handling of a touchscreen.
