Post Arg8QSva5bjvFX3EOW by seungjin@mstd.seungjin.net
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(DIR) Post #Arg8QSva5bjvFX3EOW by seungjin@mstd.seungjin.net
2025-03-03T11:49:54Z
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I am not a desktop person but this is really a good looking pc. In other words, tempting……
(DIR) Post #Arg8QU47rKAWmK3ZLs by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-03-03T13:16:20.920512Z
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@seungjin It is digitally handcuffed to ensure it only runs approved proprietary init software that definitely doesn't contain malware, thus you shouldn't be tempted.
(DIR) Post #Arhdjy1lybY8wXgbj6 by seungjin@mstd.seungjin.net
2025-03-04T06:39:13Z
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@Suiseiseki What do you mean by 'init software'? Do you mean BIOS?
(DIR) Post #ArhdjzCRcPgEZvge00 by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-03-04T06:41:57.813809Z
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@seungjin It uses a UEFI, which includes init software that is handcuffed to stop you from replacing it.
(DIR) Post #Arhex75Phvl4l0DnjU by seungjin@mstd.seungjin.net
2025-03-04T06:52:00Z
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@Suiseiseki Is there any modern / fast laptops that support legacy BIOS mode or way not to use UEFI?
(DIR) Post #Arhex7lbB5VCrpxUUC by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-03-04T06:55:32.621462Z
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@seungjin Any intel CPU newer than 2008 or AMD CPU newer than ~2015 is handcuffed.It's not a matter of BIOS or UEFI boot, as that is much later in the process than init.The newest laptops you can get that are GNUbootable are the XX00 thinkpads; https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuboot/web/docs/hardware/#laptops-intel-x86
(DIR) Post #ArhfUzfVnEPtb5GHYG by seungjin@mstd.seungjin.net
2025-03-04T06:58:41Z
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@Suiseiseki Yep. That's why I don't care about UEFI. I can't work with those old ones. I don't want to wait another two hours for my compilation to finish or, even worse, for an OOM error to occur.
(DIR) Post #ArhfV0aaN24QS5xrVo by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-03-04T07:01:40.223737Z
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@seungjin Works on my machine.I don't use garbage software, thus no compilation takes 2 hours and I never hit OOM (8GB is plenty of RAM).If you have a need for lots of performance, a laptop really isn't suitable - you'll want a KGPE-D16 with 16 cores and 256GB ECC RAM.
(DIR) Post #ArhfpXkWn5Px5ZPHFI by seungjin@mstd.seungjin.net
2025-03-04T07:04:24Z
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@Suiseiseki Currently watching decent good cpu (5Ghz) with 64G ram on it. Not sure what you call garbage software, but building my own compilers and software takes some power and RAM.
(DIR) Post #ArhfpYpAnIjAQGaV7o by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-03-04T07:05:22.879687Z
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@seungjin GNU Compiler Collection builds fine on dual and quad cores and 8GB of RAM.Good luck with the garbage LLVM+clang/clang++ though.