And if you're booting into Windows anyway for that game, may as well continue doing so for other games to avoid breaking up your workflow all the time.
Booting Windows means I have to expect my game may be interrupted by Windows Update deciding it's a great time to apply updates.
Windows Update is what is breaking my workflow
The next systems I buy for the business will be just like the systems I buy for me personally; the desktop will be something I assemble myself, and the notebook will be something well-built but relatively inexpensive that I will promptly see a Linux distro installed over what will likely be a Windows 10 pre-install.
In fact, remember last year when Microsoft and its fans were constantly hitting blogs and twitter about how WP is the world's fastest growing platform? And how did that turn out?
It is easy to double your market share when you only have 0.5% of it.
Statistics : what they show is subjective, what they hide is vital
The first thing I do when I get the phone is download the official image from Google and put it on my phone, that way I am confident that I don't have a firmware screwed by the carrier.
I've been burned by Rogers with my first Nexus.
Slashdot Mirror
What do people reccomend for a dumb(smart) tv?
Buy a Smart one and never connect it to your network. It will essentially be a non-smart one
Where I live, simlocking is not allowed. Every phone you buy will be unlocked. Every. Single. One.
Here in Canada, they have to unlock it for free
https://www.cbc.ca/news/busine...
Now at Toyota. Hoping for the best.
Toyota actually improve over time.
The Toyota Way
And if you're booting into Windows anyway for that game, may as well continue doing so for other games to avoid breaking up your workflow all the time.
Booting Windows means I have to expect my game may be interrupted by Windows Update deciding it's a great time to apply updates.
Windows Update is what is breaking my workflow
In Canada, it's called a civil search warrant.
It was used last year against a Kodi addon dev
https://www.cbc.ca/news/busine...
i'm ready to pay not once, not twice, but thrice the Apple Tax for anyone willing to provide a stable linux environment for me
Install this: https://www.debian.org/
Choose KDE for your DE.
Contact me to know where to send your check
Until they block VPN. No net neutrality means ISPs can (and will) block/throttle/etc. whatever they want.
This is in Canada, where Net neutrality still exist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Linux has a buttload of vulnerabilities
Please name them
The next systems I buy for the business will be just like the systems I buy for me personally; the desktop will be something I assemble myself, and the notebook will be something well-built but relatively inexpensive that I will promptly see a Linux distro installed over what will likely be a Windows 10 pre-install.
Let me introduce you to notebooks built for Linux: https://system76.com/
As long there is a process where a judge approves
Yeah, because it's really hard for the police to get a judge's approval
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What company that isn't a Linux Mint partner makes laptops that work well with Linux Mint?
System76
Windows 10 is a perpetual public beta
retro multiplayer fps games make a comeback that don't require a steam or origin account
GOG
unless you are a paying customer you are the product and they make money from you.
Tell that to everyone that installed Win10 !
Basically, computer stuff engineered longer than 15 years ago was aimed at increasing the capabilities, without regard for security.
You are wrong. Unix was engineered more than 40 years ago and it was built with security from the start.
What does that change ?
Can you drive more than one vehicle at a time ?
Didn't think so
Compared to Windows, it actually is
Replacing a bloated OS with a slim one makes it appear that the hardware run faster.
In fact, remember last year when Microsoft and its fans were constantly hitting blogs and twitter about how WP is the world's fastest growing platform? And how did that turn out?
It is easy to double your market share when you only have 0.5% of it.
Statistics : what they show is subjective, what they hide is vital
Yes, but it makes the old iDevice so slow that you are forced to go buy a new one.
That's not what I call support.
It seems like you can't just buy an unlocked phone and use it in Canada. Is that correct?
Yes yoou can, in fact, most carrier will give you a 10% rebate on your plan if you bring your own unlocked phone
Otherwise I can't understand why so many people buy the phone from the carrier, considering what a terrible reputation they have.
Because most people are idiots
Wait for the next Nexus 5 then : http://www.androidpit.com/nexu...
Or buy the current Nexus 5, you can still find it online brand new : http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer...
The first thing I do when I get the phone is download the official image from Google and put it on my phone, that way I am confident that I don't have a firmware screwed by the carrier. I've been burned by Rogers with my first Nexus.
Just do as I do, buy a Nexus phone. No crap, no lock and pure Android
Ever tried Konqueror (under KDE) ? Support local files, http, ftp, sftp, ssh, smb, etc
https://tr.opensuse.org/Konque...