Post AKscD2dj3ZUEuI0f32 by appelgriebsch@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AKsbvvQacJYFcIhglk by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T12:04:12Z
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Man, fuck proprietary software.My work computer gets (no joke!) from 100 to 0% battery in a little over 2 hours on Windows when I have a MS Teams conference. Depending on what kind of meeting (or back-to-back meetings) I have on the day, this scenario can happen frequently.Yesterday I unlocked the BIOS and booted #AlpineLinux on it via a pendrive.5, almost 6 hours of work including installing things and watching videos and it's still standing.#FreeSoftware is just better!
(DIR) Post #AKscD2dj3ZUEuI0f32 by appelgriebsch@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T12:07:19Z
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@kzimmermann I noticed that closing MS Teams at the end of a working day will release more than 4 GB of memory on my M1 Mac. Luckily I got the spec’ed out version from my employer, so it doesn’t hurt much over the day… but man 4 GB for a chat tool?!?
(DIR) Post #AKscr9KZbAtlF5Ayye by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T12:12:14Z
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@appelgriebsch 4 gigs for a complete chrome browser and 50 megs of JavaScript code pretending to be a chat app...@kzimmermann
(DIR) Post #AKscrPP3qFzl5dOnC4 by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T12:14:34Z
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@kzimmermann yeah same here. P53 battery flat in about 2.5 hrs with fan constantly running.Thankfully not much longer. New job paperwork is on its way and then it's buhbye windows laptop... 😁
(DIR) Post #AKscwV6Y4UwsDjATD6 by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T12:15:32Z
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@appelgriebsch the other day I went over 9 GB RAM after I loaded the webapps for Outlook and MS Teams in my personal Linux laptop.How can CIOs justify this... upgrading machines can't be free of cost
(DIR) Post #AKsevXE4tlOaQ1MByi by markusl@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T12:37:46Z
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@kzimmermann I find Teams gets through a fair amount of battery power on my Android tablet, even when I'm not using it at all.
(DIR) Post #AKsmKf5pUAnRjiQYC0 by zem@conesphere.social
2022-06-26T14:00:37Z
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@kzimmermannteams is incredibly performance hungry. I do use bbb whenever I can.
(DIR) Post #AKtSoSAuH8tCQxgrdQ by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T21:56:44Z
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@markusl all the more infuriating! It's like dude, what the hell are you doing in the background all shady like that - and consuming *my* battery while this is going on??To call this sort of program Spyware is not the least bending over the truth.
(DIR) Post #AKtSu0W41UDCOCEcN6 by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T21:57:44Z
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@fedops nice! Must feel nice to have a prospect in which you can work completely with whatever Operating System you want. I wonder if I'll ever get to work in such freedom.
(DIR) Post #AKtTCGa72045QYppqK by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-06-26T22:01:03Z
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@zem I say it must take an incredibly progressive organization to actually enable BBB for everyone's conferencing needs. But I'd love to. Previous closest thing I've tried was Jitsi with my family, and once with #zipcall before they went proprietary.
(DIR) Post #AKusSsHrIojl0yGzdQ by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-06-27T14:18:52Z
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@kzimmermann in this case it's a choice (ha!) only between Debian and that ms thing. Though it seems they're getting fed up with the apt antics and are considering switching their products over to a Redhat-based system. We'll see I guess. 😁 I can certainly live with Debian as well.