I used to run Linux in the pre-OSX days and still run linux on my laptop. My desktop will never run it again however.
Yes, linux distributions often have a software repository. So does Windows 10. It's called the Windows Store. The difference with Windows, however, is that it isn't an exercise of installing 5 different programs one after another in an attempt to find one that isn't so buggy it's useless for your needs.
I don't care about customizable desktops. I want a reasonable default where I can get work done.
I get better battery life in Windows 10 than linux on my laptop.
Windows comes on PCs. Most people never have to pay for Windows.
Now, to other places Windows excels: If a new AAA title is coming out, it's going to run best on Windows. It might not even be available for linux and the linux drivers don't have the performance of Windows.
If a new piece of hardware comes out, I can go buy it and use it. I don't have to know anything about its internals or anything else. I can just use it. If it comes with software, it will run on my computer.
If I use some internet service, I don't have to wait a year for linux to catch up and support it. I don't have to jump through hoops. It's going to be tested with Windows and work with it. If I have any problems, the company will provide support.
Linux was great in the early days. Now it's focused more on features than fixing bugs. The whole thing is a bugfest
I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing this happening. Not only do my packages arrive late at times, but I thought I was crazy: I look at "free 2 day shipping" and see a date that's often 4 days away. Free 2 day shipping rarely means 2 day shipping anymore.
As far as I see it, OnePlus includes a USB-C adapter in the box and that's good enough. You probably only use one set of headphones with a headphone jack. Hotglue that sucker on and be done with it.
But, let's be honest... are people used to an open system like OnePlus - which encourages mods, releases the kernel source code, provides easy unlocking of the bootloader, etc....and all without voiding the warranty, going to flock to a closed Samsung phone because it has a HEADPHONE JACK? No. They're just going to go to USB-C headphones or wireless and be done with it. The headphone jack doesn't provide a superior audio experience. It just means you can use $2 ear buds you have stuck in a drawer somewhere. It's really time to move on
It's ironic because these days people complain that the hobby is dying because there's mostly only old timers left; the old timers basically dug their own grave because of their clique-ish nature over morse code requirements, especially during the golden age of ham radio in the 90s before the Internet made a lot of people lose interest in radio. I suspect there would be a LOT more middle aged hams in the hobby right now if it hadn't been for that bullshit, and they could be getting their kids into radio too.
I disagree with that. There are a lot of middle aged and up people in ham radio...yes, but there are a lot of people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s in it too. It's growing among kids as well, though not as fast. A lot of them are using digital voice modes such as DMR or DStar and digital HF modes such as FT8. Satellite communications are popular among kids and people in those age groups as well as portable operating.
People think that the internet decreases interest in ham radio....but, just like cell phones didn't kill it, the internet doesn't. If anything, it adds to it. Digital voice modes like DMR and DStar are transported over the internet. Repeaters are linked to each other through internet connections... You can use psk reporter to see where in the world your signal is being heard using the internet... so on and so on. We don't need the internet to communicate, but it adds value when it is working.
Guns are not illegal. The purchases on gundeals were all above board NFA licensed businesses that required NFA transfers that included background checks. So, there was no illegal activity going on there. What's next? They ban communities where people hookup because some people consider it immoral? So posting pictures of your genitalia is ok, but getting a good deal on a scope isn't?
There are reasons I buy fewer ebooks. One is that I'm able to get audiobooks from my local library either physically or through Overdrive to read in the car during work drives. Two is that I'm able to check out ebooks through Overdrive from my local library. Three is that I'm able to read many books for free through Amazon Prime reading. I could also get the Kindle Unlimited for $10 a month. Through those options, I can get just about any book I want. So, there are few I HAVE to buy.
Before, I bought a lot more simply because they were not available to me unless I bought them. Things have changed.
My first computer was a Tandy MC-10 in 1983 or so, but only for about a week or two. I played around on it and my Dad took it back to Radio Shack for me and got me a Color Computer 2. I did not have a modem for it, but I did get a cassette player that I could save programs onto and use as a tape drive. I also had a little printer that printed on receipt size paper.
I've got a raspberry pi3 plugged into an Xbox One TV Tuner running TVHeadend. It records all my tv shows for me onto my Western Digital Mycloud. I can watch them from any phone, tablet or TV in the house. I don't have it cutting out the commercials because it would bog it down so much...
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of us across the world with large 3D Blu-ray collections who have paid literally thousands of dollars / pounds / euros for these disks which we paid a premium for over 2D Blu-ray do not want to lose access to these when our 2016 OLEDs bite the dust.
Yes...I'm sure the manufacturers are going to jump right in and support those HUNDREDS (if not thousands) of people AROUND THE WORLD who want this feature.
Either Nintendo should produce a console that comes close to the power of the other consoles on the market, or stop trying to sell to console users. They do handhelds well. They should stick to that before they drive themselves to bankruptcy only to prove they don't understand the console market
Ok...last post, but have you stopped to wonder why people on Slashdot are downvoting you in this?
You're trying to twist this, but it doesn't work. You'd like it to be that I haven't seen a Linux OS in almost 20 years, but I've already shown that I started with Linux about 20 years ago and was developing software for it in 2013. I'd be willing to bet that gives me much more experience with the OS than you will probably ever have.
As far as the difference between operating system and distribution, I will summarize it as follows:
The operating system is called linux. It's mainly the kernel along with its drivers. It's what makes the computer operate...turn on, recognize the hardware attached to it, etc. But, while that makes the hardware operate, there is nothing for that hardware to do at this point. So, you package together a lot of software from different parties to get a full fledged OS that does all the things you expect your computer to do. Now, if you package together all these programs with the linux kernel then turn around and offer it to others (ie distribute it) then you have what is called a linux DISTRIBUTION. It's not a separate operating system. The core is still the linux kernel. But, it is a separate linux DISTRIBUTION.
Now, as far as your android question, you're attempting to create a strawman and put words into my mouth, but we will let linux.org answer this one:
Now, the point he brings up is an interesting one. Richard Stallman is correct on that point: when most of us say linux, we actually mean GNU/Linux. Android may be a version of linux, but it is NOT GNU/Linux.
What broken products? You claim things are broken, but you don't back up those claims. I use plenty of OSS software under Linux and rarely have problems, so what specifically is broken in which pieces of software?
I get it... I must list each and every bug in some exhaustive reply and, if I don't take the time, they don't exist. Cute.
I gave an example...managing the music on my phone via Playlist and both Amarok and banshee having problems doing so. That was just one instance right off the top of my head. I'm sure everyone here that has used Linux can add a ton more...including you if you were being honest.
And you do, "Tannhaus"? (I'm sure that's your true and legal name, right?)
That's the thing...it's not. It's my online identity and you're still too chicken to pin your comments to your Slashdot identity
The difference between distribution and OS is semantics which you only bring up because your argument is so weak. In addition, not all Linux OSes use the same base, so they are "proper" OSes in their own right...unless you think Android and macOS are mere distributions.
Good lord.... no it isn't. They all use the same kernel. The "core" is the same and they build on top of it: just like you don't have Samsung Android, Nokia Android, etc. It's all the Android OS.
So you watch what Netflix and Amazon tell you to watch. Personally I buy the movies I choose on media that I will own forever. I'm not big on subscriptions and rentals, especially on inferior quality internet video streams.
So you buy what the MPAA and stores tell you to buy... see how nonsensical that is? You have the thought patterns of a religious fundamentalist. No one is free and making their own choices unless they're making the choices you make. Otherwise, they're misguided and misled.
My Linux boxes can do more than I need. I guess if you're fifteen years old and need to play thousands of video games, then Windows might be appealing, but I am a grown man with responsibility, family and friends. I simply don't have the time or need to play that many games. What I can currently run in Linux is far more than I will ever be willing or able to get through in a lifetime.
What I do need is a stable, secure PC to do work on. My Linux boxes fulfil that need perfectly while Windows fails.
Hahaha. Oh, that is rich. Try to discredit me because I'm not making the same choices you are. I get it... "free as in beer" and the whole spiel. Use the buggy crap, but convince the people it isn't buggy crap hodge podge together. It's a movement! It's for a greater purpose! Nevermind the fact that's been linux's spiel since way back when it was a decent alternative to Windows 98. It no longer is. It's fallen sorely behind, not enough people fixing bugs and most of the software has stagnated. To do many things, you have to resort to software that isn't even being actively developed anymore. Oh, but not you, true believer...never you.
If my "choice" is between competing broken products, then what choice do I have? So, the real choice becomes whether to continue choosing broken products or to choose to use something stable that does what I need it to. I made that choice.
You have a cookie cutter knee jerk response to criticism. You also don't have the nads to own up to your own comments, anonymous coward. If you examined the situation objectively, you'd realize a few things:
1. Linux Mint, Manjaro, Zorin, etc. are not different desktop OSs. They are different distributions of the same OS, Linux. Linux is not a desktop OS, but distributions can be geared towards the desktop.
2. All of these distributions share the same buggy software pool. So, no matter which distribution you "choose", your choices in software are limited to the same programs, with the same failings, that you have in every other distro. Sure,some patches are almost always included, but I have yet to find any that concentrate on the type of bug fixes to that software pool that would be needed in order to achieve the quality to make them usable to the vast majority.
3. As far as watching movies, I do so on Netflix and Amazon Prime....something that a google search tells me you're just now getting the ability to do again on linux...because they're finally caving in and working with the DRM. No more having to try workarounds (which incidentally didn't work for me last time I tried...right before Windows 10 came out). So, you only had to wait a few years to watch movies... or you switched to an OS that COULD watch movies.
But it's always something with Linux....some things you have to give up in order to use Linux. Instead of having an OS that fulfills your needs, you tailor your expectations by what Linux can do. Yes, you can choose to do less than everyone else... choose to have more bugs.. or you can choose an OS that actually fulfills YOUR needs.
Not even with servers... it's a low bar to beat linux on the desktop. Mint seems to be the only one that hasn't gone to hell in a handbasket. Try to do something that is so simple the rest of the OS world takes for granted...like a decent program for playing your music. You have amarok, banshee....all these programs with tons of features no one would ever need.... and they have problems doing something simple like oh...playing your mp3s and keeping the playlists on your phone synced... Yes, in linux you have choice! You have to download 5 different programs that are supposed to do the same thing to try and find one that is actually usable for what you want to do. Some choice...
Then, Netflix or other services. The linux crowd likes to blame that all on DRM. Sure, they have DRM. But, guess what? DRM is here to stay. They're not going to remove it because 1% of users want to use an OS that can't handle it. So, linux becomes the choice of things you have to give up in order to run linux...
I could go on and on. I switched to Linux in the Windows 98 days. It had promise then.....and the other OSs left it behind while it floundered.
Linux, on the other hand, was a buggy piece of crap... You get used to having all the bugs there and I don't know if it's just my perception, but it seems a lot of open source projects don't have nearly enough people squashing bugs. Everyone seems to want to add more features instead of fixing the bugs. I spent some time on a mac and thought I was in heaven, but my wallet wasn't. Windows 10, however... first OS they've done right in a long time.
I have just finished my setup. I have an Odroid C1+ with Openelec.. runs Kodi. For live tv, I have an Xbox One TV tuner (hauppauge 955q) plugged into a Pi3 running tvheadend I compiled from source on top of Raspian.
Cab drivers are independent contractors in many places...which is probably where Uber got the idea from. I was a cab driver in New Orleans for six years and know for a fact every cab driver you see there is. Their rates are also set by the local government. When gas prices jumped up, they'd have to ask bureaucrats for a price increase....which meant you'd know something in a year or so if you kept asking. I suppose that's the difference they're trying to exploit between the traditional and uber in this scenario.
That's because they use parts that are inferior to what you'd use if you built it yourself. That is NOT a benefit.
I just built a mid-grade gaming PC. Skylake i5-6500, ASUS H170 PRO gaming motherboard, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD, 1 TB WD Blue Hard drive, Antec 650W 80+ gold PS, Bluray burner and a Radeon 7970 with 3 GB.
I built it for $741.
How did I do it? I went on pcpartpicker, researched and made a list of the parts I wanted. I availed myself of the 25% off at jet.com and scoured buildapcsales on reddit. I even scoped out new parts on Ebay. In the end, I did not settle at all. I got all the parts I wanted for much cheaper than it would cost to buy a pre-built system with those specs.
Fallout 4 runs in 1080p with 30 FPS on both the PS4 and Xbox One. Again, frivolous claims that the PS4 runs at 1080 and the Xbox runs at 720 - which is never the case. At most, the Xbox One will drop down to 900P but will benefit from more stable or higher frame rates. The PS4 crowd goes crazy if they lose 1080P, so their frame rates suffer.
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I used to run Linux in the pre-OSX days and still run linux on my laptop. My desktop will never run it again however.
Yes, linux distributions often have a software repository. So does Windows 10. It's called the Windows Store. The difference with Windows, however, is that it isn't an exercise of installing 5 different programs one after another in an attempt to find one that isn't so buggy it's useless for your needs.
I don't care about customizable desktops. I want a reasonable default where I can get work done.
I get better battery life in Windows 10 than linux on my laptop.
Windows comes on PCs. Most people never have to pay for Windows.
Now, to other places Windows excels: If a new AAA title is coming out, it's going to run best on Windows. It might not even be available for linux and the linux drivers don't have the performance of Windows.
If a new piece of hardware comes out, I can go buy it and use it. I don't have to know anything about its internals or anything else. I can just use it. If it comes with software, it will run on my computer.
If I use some internet service, I don't have to wait a year for linux to catch up and support it. I don't have to jump through hoops. It's going to be tested with Windows and work with it. If I have any problems, the company will provide support.
Linux was great in the early days. Now it's focused more on features than fixing bugs. The whole thing is a bugfest
I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing this happening. Not only do my packages arrive late at times, but I thought I was crazy: I look at "free 2 day shipping" and see a date that's often 4 days away. Free 2 day shipping rarely means 2 day shipping anymore.
They do sell USB-C headphones. The new OnePlus bullets are USB-C for $20
Samsung is rumored to drop the headphone jack in the S10
As far as I see it, OnePlus includes a USB-C adapter in the box and that's good enough. You probably only use one set of headphones with a headphone jack. Hotglue that sucker on and be done with it.
But, let's be honest... are people used to an open system like OnePlus - which encourages mods, releases the kernel source code, provides easy unlocking of the bootloader, etc....and all without voiding the warranty, going to flock to a closed Samsung phone because it has a HEADPHONE JACK? No. They're just going to go to USB-C headphones or wireless and be done with it. The headphone jack doesn't provide a superior audio experience. It just means you can use $2 ear buds you have stuck in a drawer somewhere. It's really time to move on
It's ironic because these days people complain that the hobby is dying because there's mostly only old timers left; the old timers basically dug their own grave because of their clique-ish nature over morse code requirements, especially during the golden age of ham radio in the 90s before the Internet made a lot of people lose interest in radio. I suspect there would be a LOT more middle aged hams in the hobby right now if it hadn't been for that bullshit, and they could be getting their kids into radio too.
I disagree with that. There are a lot of middle aged and up people in ham radio...yes, but there are a lot of people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s in it too. It's growing among kids as well, though not as fast. A lot of them are using digital voice modes such as DMR or DStar and digital HF modes such as FT8. Satellite communications are popular among kids and people in those age groups as well as portable operating.
In the past decade, ham radio numbers in the US have actually grown 8.1% and the number of ham radio operators hit an all time high in 2015. Since then, we've added 20,000 licenses. There are almost 750,000 licensees in the US.
People think that the internet decreases interest in ham radio....but, just like cell phones didn't kill it, the internet doesn't. If anything, it adds to it. Digital voice modes like DMR and DStar are transported over the internet. Repeaters are linked to each other through internet connections... You can use psk reporter to see where in the world your signal is being heard using the internet... so on and so on. We don't need the internet to communicate, but it adds value when it is working.
Guns are not illegal. The purchases on gundeals were all above board NFA licensed businesses that required NFA transfers that included background checks. So, there was no illegal activity going on there. What's next? They ban communities where people hookup because some people consider it immoral? So posting pictures of your genitalia is ok, but getting a good deal on a scope isn't?
"Certain Visa applicants"
You mean brown people.... all others will be patted on the back and allowed to enter
There are reasons I buy fewer ebooks. One is that I'm able to get audiobooks from my local library either physically or through Overdrive to read in the car during work drives. Two is that I'm able to check out ebooks through Overdrive from my local library. Three is that I'm able to read many books for free through Amazon Prime reading. I could also get the Kindle Unlimited for $10 a month. Through those options, I can get just about any book I want. So, there are few I HAVE to buy.
Before, I bought a lot more simply because they were not available to me unless I bought them. Things have changed.
My first computer was a Tandy MC-10 in 1983 or so, but only for about a week or two. I played around on it and my Dad took it back to Radio Shack for me and got me a Color Computer 2. I did not have a modem for it, but I did get a cassette player that I could save programs onto and use as a tape drive. I also had a little printer that printed on receipt size paper.
I've got a raspberry pi3 plugged into an Xbox One TV Tuner running TVHeadend. It records all my tv shows for me onto my Western Digital Mycloud. I can watch them from any phone, tablet or TV in the house. I don't have it cutting out the commercials because it would bog it down so much...
Here is the petition.
Here is the part that made me laugh:
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of us across the world with large 3D Blu-ray collections who have paid literally thousands of dollars / pounds / euros for these disks which we paid a premium for over 2D Blu-ray do not want to lose access to these when our 2016 OLEDs bite the dust.
Yes...I'm sure the manufacturers are going to jump right in and support those HUNDREDS (if not thousands) of people AROUND THE WORLD who want this feature.
Either Nintendo should produce a console that comes close to the power of the other consoles on the market, or stop trying to sell to console users. They do handhelds well. They should stick to that before they drive themselves to bankruptcy only to prove they don't understand the console market
Buddy, if I have to check up your ass for anything, somebody better pay me $500 AND take me out to dinner
Ok...last post, but have you stopped to wonder why people on Slashdot are downvoting you in this?
You're trying to twist this, but it doesn't work. You'd like it to be that I haven't seen a Linux OS in almost 20 years, but I've already shown that I started with Linux about 20 years ago and was developing software for it in 2013. I'd be willing to bet that gives me much more experience with the OS than you will probably ever have.
As far as the difference between operating system and distribution, I will summarize it as follows:
The operating system is called linux. It's mainly the kernel along with its drivers. It's what makes the computer operate...turn on, recognize the hardware attached to it, etc. But, while that makes the hardware operate, there is nothing for that hardware to do at this point. So, you package together a lot of software from different parties to get a full fledged OS that does all the things you expect your computer to do. Now, if you package together all these programs with the linux kernel then turn around and offer it to others (ie distribute it) then you have what is called a linux DISTRIBUTION. It's not a separate operating system. The core is still the linux kernel. But, it is a separate linux DISTRIBUTION.
Now, as far as your android question, you're attempting to create a strawman and put words into my mouth, but we will let linux.org answer this one:
Many of you may be unaware of this, but Android is Linux. True, they are not quite the same, but Android is Linux. For example, Ubuntu is "GNU/Linux" while Android is "Dalvik/Linux". If an operating system uses the Linux kernel, then it is a Linux system.
Now, the point he brings up is an interesting one. Richard Stallman is correct on that point: when most of us say linux, we actually mean GNU/Linux. Android may be a version of linux, but it is NOT GNU/Linux.
Or maybe the software I developed a couple of years back when I used Linux mint
Oh and I'll just leave this hear to show that I was using linux as far back as 1998 as I claim:
Here's the proof
What broken products? You claim things are broken, but you don't back up those claims. I use plenty of OSS software under Linux and rarely have problems, so what specifically is broken in which pieces of software?
I get it... I must list each and every bug in some exhaustive reply and, if I don't take the time, they don't exist. Cute.
I gave an example...managing the music on my phone via Playlist and both Amarok and banshee having problems doing so. That was just one instance right off the top of my head. I'm sure everyone here that has used Linux can add a ton more...including you if you were being honest.
And you do, "Tannhaus"? (I'm sure that's your true and legal name, right?)
That's the thing...it's not. It's my online identity and you're still too chicken to pin your comments to your Slashdot identity
The difference between distribution and OS is semantics which you only bring up because your argument is so weak. In addition, not all Linux OSes use the same base, so they are "proper" OSes in their own right...unless you think Android and macOS are mere distributions.
Good lord.... no it isn't. They all use the same kernel. The "core" is the same and they build on top of it: just like you don't have Samsung Android, Nokia Android, etc. It's all the Android OS.
So you watch what Netflix and Amazon tell you to watch. Personally I buy the movies I choose on media that I will own forever. I'm not big on subscriptions and rentals, especially on inferior quality internet video streams.
So you buy what the MPAA and stores tell you to buy... see how nonsensical that is? You have the thought patterns of a religious fundamentalist. No one is free and making their own choices unless they're making the choices you make. Otherwise, they're misguided and misled.
My Linux boxes can do more than I need. I guess if you're fifteen years old and need to play thousands of video games, then Windows might be appealing, but I am a grown man with responsibility, family and friends. I simply don't have the time or need to play that many games. What I can currently run in Linux is far more than I will ever be willing or able to get through in a lifetime.
What I do need is a stable, secure PC to do work on. My Linux boxes fulfil that need perfectly while Windows fails.
Hahaha. Oh, that is rich. Try to discredit me because I'm not making the same choices you are. I get it... "free as in beer" and the whole spiel. Use the buggy crap, but convince the people it isn't buggy crap hodge podge together. It's a movement! It's for a greater purpose! Nevermind the fact that's been linux's spiel since way back when it was a decent alternative to Windows 98. It no longer is. It's fallen sorely behind, not enough people fixing bugs and most of the software has stagnated. To do many things, you have to resort to software that isn't even being actively developed anymore. Oh, but not you, true believer...never you.
If my "choice" is between competing broken products, then what choice do I have? So, the real choice becomes whether to continue choosing broken products or to choose to use something stable that does what I need it to. I made that choice.
You have a cookie cutter knee jerk response to criticism. You also don't have the nads to own up to your own comments, anonymous coward. If you examined the situation objectively, you'd realize a few things:
1. Linux Mint, Manjaro, Zorin, etc. are not different desktop OSs. They are different distributions of the same OS, Linux. Linux is not a desktop OS, but distributions can be geared towards the desktop.
2. All of these distributions share the same buggy software pool. So, no matter which distribution you "choose", your choices in software are limited to the same programs, with the same failings, that you have in every other distro. Sure,some patches are almost always included, but I have yet to find any that concentrate on the type of bug fixes to that software pool that would be needed in order to achieve the quality to make them usable to the vast majority.
3. As far as watching movies, I do so on Netflix and Amazon Prime....something that a google search tells me you're just now getting the ability to do again on linux...because they're finally caving in and working with the DRM. No more having to try workarounds (which incidentally didn't work for me last time I tried...right before Windows 10 came out). So, you only had to wait a few years to watch movies... or you switched to an OS that COULD watch movies.
But it's always something with Linux....some things you have to give up in order to use Linux. Instead of having an OS that fulfills your needs, you tailor your expectations by what Linux can do. Yes, you can choose to do less than everyone else... choose to have more bugs.. or you can choose an OS that actually fulfills YOUR needs.
Not even with servers... it's a low bar to beat linux on the desktop. Mint seems to be the only one that hasn't gone to hell in a handbasket. Try to do something that is so simple the rest of the OS world takes for granted...like a decent program for playing your music. You have amarok, banshee....all these programs with tons of features no one would ever need.... and they have problems doing something simple like oh...playing your mp3s and keeping the playlists on your phone synced... Yes, in linux you have choice! You have to download 5 different programs that are supposed to do the same thing to try and find one that is actually usable for what you want to do. Some choice...
Then, Netflix or other services. The linux crowd likes to blame that all on DRM. Sure, they have DRM. But, guess what? DRM is here to stay. They're not going to remove it because 1% of users want to use an OS that can't handle it. So, linux becomes the choice of things you have to give up in order to run linux...
I could go on and on. I switched to Linux in the Windows 98 days. It had promise then.....and the other OSs left it behind while it floundered.
Linux, on the other hand, was a buggy piece of crap... You get used to having all the bugs there and I don't know if it's just my perception, but it seems a lot of open source projects don't have nearly enough people squashing bugs. Everyone seems to want to add more features instead of fixing the bugs. I spent some time on a mac and thought I was in heaven, but my wallet wasn't. Windows 10, however... first OS they've done right in a long time.
"the country is a lot more Leftist than it ever was in history"
Ever heard of this guy named Trump? Have you seen how many people are actually considering voting for him?
I have just finished my setup. I have an Odroid C1+ with Openelec.. runs Kodi. For live tv, I have an Xbox One TV tuner (hauppauge 955q) plugged into a Pi3 running tvheadend I compiled from source on top of Raspian.
Cab drivers are independent contractors in many places...which is probably where Uber got the idea from. I was a cab driver in New Orleans for six years and know for a fact every cab driver you see there is. Their rates are also set by the local government. When gas prices jumped up, they'd have to ask bureaucrats for a price increase....which meant you'd know something in a year or so if you kept asking. I suppose that's the difference they're trying to exploit between the traditional and uber in this scenario.
That's because they use parts that are inferior to what you'd use if you built it yourself. That is NOT a benefit.
I just built a mid-grade gaming PC. Skylake i5-6500, ASUS H170 PRO gaming motherboard, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD, 1 TB WD Blue Hard drive, Antec 650W 80+ gold PS, Bluray burner and a Radeon 7970 with 3 GB.
I built it for $741.
How did I do it? I went on pcpartpicker, researched and made a list of the parts I wanted. I availed myself of the 25% off at jet.com and scoured buildapcsales on reddit. I even scoped out new parts on Ebay. In the end, I did not settle at all. I got all the parts I wanted for much cheaper than it would cost to buy a pre-built system with those specs.
Fallout 4 runs in 1080p with 30 FPS on both the PS4 and Xbox One. Again, frivolous claims that the PS4 runs at 1080 and the Xbox runs at 720 - which is never the case. At most, the Xbox One will drop down to 900P but will benefit from more stable or higher frame rates. The PS4 crowd goes crazy if they lose 1080P, so their frame rates suffer.