Post AD2MQ5esrxVdTCtjJA by vidak@zoinks.one
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 (DIR) Post #AD2L6hizWwY9mi0l9M by vidak@zoinks.one
       2021-11-03T21:46:00.888235Z
       
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       What about… an operating system that isn’t running all the time? It only spins up when it has to?
       
 (DIR) Post #AD2MIFhDfKbYHiFjTU by robby@zoinks.one
       2021-11-03T21:57:15.711498Z
       
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       @vidak I think people may be more keen to this idea with computers that boot up and shut down fast. It's kind of crazy how much slower a modern computer turns on than some older computers.The Commodore 64 turned on like a light switch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moO2MaW_mPQEven the modern display took longer to "wake up" than the computer took to boot. Boot speed has been neglected for decades, it's kind of weird.
       
 (DIR) Post #AD2MQ5esrxVdTCtjJA by vidak@zoinks.one
       2021-11-03T22:00:43.741884Z
       
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       @robby you could do it with community servers that have household thin clients—probably with something like Plan 9’s distributed file system concept?
       
 (DIR) Post #AD2PeF6woyAUhgSrLs by robby@zoinks.one
       2021-11-03T22:33:57.564114Z
       
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       @vidak Probably! Actually, have you ever played around with “multi seat” mode with window managers? I was poking around in the sway manual, and I stumbled on it. I think it could be a really cool way to decrease the number of computers in a household :)
       
 (DIR) Post #AD2PfWD2jez61SvLJw by vidak@zoinks.one
       2021-11-03T22:37:08.244052Z
       
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       @robby what’s sway?
       
 (DIR) Post #AD2QCGQMRfpOccldui by cal@freedom.horse
       2021-11-03T22:42:26Z
       
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       @robby @vidak I dream of having a single beefy computer that all family members have a seat at.