Post B2zCdTdvRjFUzI6cCm by JRamsey@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #B2z9IKZFh3QOtg92Mi by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T17:58:44.659213Z
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So to my computer savvy friends I have two questions.As im researching the desktop computer i hope to aquire in the near future I stumbled across computers that come preloaded with linux. They allegedly you can save money because you dont have to pay for the Windows license. Which makes sense but every one I see is a fair amount more expensive, not less. Also ive never really had any trouble with installing or using it.https://itsfoss.com/get-linux-laptops/Second question: ive also stumbled across printers that are alleged to be optimized for linux. Now printers are something ive struggled with so does anyone think a printer optimized for use with linux might be less of a struggle to use?https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/hp-bw-laserjet-...
(DIR) Post #B2z9r4k2WfvHwtl4EK by judgedread@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:05:04.361178Z
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@Escoffier I was told (many years ago) that PC clone makers only paid $10 for each Windows license, provided they didn't have to provide restore media. If it's anything like that now the cost savings are negligible.
(DIR) Post #B2zAeJ9lihwsqVGi3c by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:13:57.804161Z
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@judgedread Makes sense. The Linux ones are very nice but run 3-4 times the cost of a similar one loaded with Windows.
(DIR) Post #B2zAoYMU2iQQtp6KXI by DNutzinski@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:15:49.377039Z
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@Escoffier I've noticed I have less issues with Brother printers (that goes for Windoze, too).
(DIR) Post #B2zAyu8VwKiTKPVEtU by nobullyplz@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:17:41.459993Z
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@Escoffier Brother printer 'just worked' in my case. Selling the same models for 20 years has its perks I guess(Buyer beware: this only applies to the boring Brother printers around since the dinosaurs. They've started to bank on their 'reliability' brand and started worsening a bit to chase the đź’¸ like every other printer brand...)
(DIR) Post #B2zBVXYgu8gcrQJD3g by JRamsey@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:23:24.612631Z
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@Escoffier if you need a pre-build with linux pre-installed and wont just build your own rig and install a distro yourself then you are NGMI trying to run it outside of some groid-locked tune of Ubuntu.
(DIR) Post #B2zBjmSsHRhH95NX5E by Paultron@shin.mugicha.club
2026-02-04T18:26:08.515049Z
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@Escoffier @judgedread if you want a pre build but with Linux on it, feel free to buy a windows unit and force feed it the boot key. It's not hard
(DIR) Post #B2zBpdJXDOukVEnhQG by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:27:13.315343Z
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@JRamsey Im a chef m8 and while im not stupid let me ask you this could you produce a 12 course fine dining banquet for a hundred people in a week which is both regionally and seasonally appropriate?No?Well then i guess youre not gonna make it?Im not a computer guy and the only point im trying to make is different people have different skills theyve worked hard to hone. If yours is computers that's great but not every person can build their own computer.
(DIR) Post #B2zBqLCe2NXycbuonA by madcuzbad@nicecrew.digital
2026-02-04T18:18:23.236642Z
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how the fucklinux is free
(DIR) Post #B2zBqMKppPh08IksCG by madcuzbad@nicecrew.digital
2026-02-04T18:19:13.970373Z
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i dunno why normgroids need linux preinstalled they surely have instlaled software before, it's literally the same kind of installer for linux these days lol
(DIR) Post #B2zBz9JxaFp2NPXMzw by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:28:56.392707Z
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@madcuzbad @judgedread I kind of feel the same. Honestly the only real problem I've ever had in 16 or so years on Linux is mating it with a printer. It just seemed like it might be a little easier and possibly help with the printer issue?
(DIR) Post #B2zC6rtyEQe8fW3sUS by fknretardlol@decayable.ink
2026-02-04T18:30:20.130557Z
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the White compound will need a few of eachand others
(DIR) Post #B2zC9H5TYzNnMLafbs by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:30:46.272652Z
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@nobullyplz That was the best for me as well. Ironically HP is (i believe) the pnly printer manufacturer that acknowledges Linux with a printer tool for Linux...which is great!Except it never worked patticularly well for me​
(DIR) Post #B2zCAc7opZZeteKDHk by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:31:00.767220Z
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@DNutzinski Same here
(DIR) Post #B2zCTVjYokYGZnzOBk by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:34:25.754279Z
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@fknretardlol @JRamsey Right? We all have skills which will be of use. I can maximize and make the most of any food we might have. Seems like a useful skill to me?Hell I can even make it tasty
(DIR) Post #B2zCU1tbExb0KCvrHM by Largo@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:33:59.903045Z
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@JRamsey @Escoffier Uppity bastard talking about linux.You should kill yourself, and Escoffier should pirate windows with the little small textbox in the corner saying "activate windows" forever.
(DIR) Post #B2zCXOt8DAPCVHJw48 by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:35:07.943821Z
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@Largo @JRamsey Heh! Unfortunately im madly in love with Linux
(DIR) Post #B2zCXzRmHpVft9o74C by madcuzbad@nicecrew.digital
2026-02-04T18:32:27.937724Z
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i thiunkt he way i used a printer with mine worked cuz it was likeso cups sent basically a pdf over to the printer over hte lan, which the printer just naturally supporotswhich made it easy ot print
(DIR) Post #B2zCdTdvRjFUzI6cCm by JRamsey@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:29:01.815464Z
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@Escoffier my point is that these are simple procedures. You can cook fine meals, you can figure out a bootable USB with mint/arch/debian/fedora/opensuse. Pre-builds are for retards, worse that you would step into a Linux environment without even knowing how to assemble a basic desktop machine.
(DIR) Post #B2zCnYNCiKEmYQ5aPg by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:38:03.092483Z
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@JRamsey OK I can understand better why you were a bit snappy with me now ive done that and never had a problem. I was just wondering if these ones that come preloaded and supposedly might be better in some mysterious way? To be clear i have installed Linux on many computers with zero problems with the exception of hooking a printer up to it.
(DIR) Post #B2zCuesytn62mOLB20 by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:39:19.958112Z
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@Paultron @judgedread I have done that with no problems I was just curious if it coming preloaded and allegedly optimized and whatever might be superior to what I've done in some mysterious way?
(DIR) Post #B2zCv9M5c8CpHMBqZE by Largo@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:36:34.642053Z
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@Escoffier @JRamsey I can use Linux, but I prefer Windows for ease of access and day to day operations. If I were amassing TBs of torrented movies, games, and anime, I would use Linux.
(DIR) Post #B2zCvifoInmEoegafI by JRamsey@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:36:01.736918Z
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@Largo @Escoffier you can get raped by a 60,000 lb gorilla. Having the fundamentals of how a system works before you step into a new environment is how you prevent yourself from getting suplexed by simple mistakes. advising preparation is not being uppity.
(DIR) Post #B2zD2EmrohTI9X5vkm by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:40:41.955415Z
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@Largo @JRamsey In fairness he thought I was saying i couldn't even install Linux, which i can, which would be pretty pathetic​
(DIR) Post #B2zD5dntGKf8boCE8u by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:41:18.456412Z
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@Largo @JRamsey Ive been on Linux for 16ish years so Windows seems weird and slow and bloated
(DIR) Post #B2zD5srzFNqtKrED6u by JRamsey@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:40:49.312290Z
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@Escoffier I was being snappy with you because I have fucked shit up irrepairably more than retards know is possible.I advise you avoid those pre-made systems on a manner of principle. You want a good cake or you want a cake someone else made who tells you its a good cake? If every normgroid youtuber techbro can make a tutorial on it then you 110% can put your own together.
(DIR) Post #B2zDPsZm364ODSFAsS by EvilSandmich@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:44:58.421946Z
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@Escoffier Just a guess but if it’s coming from a ”real” vendor (as it looks like a lot of those are( then you’re also buying their driver support for the unit which incurs more cost since it’s the same Windoze dollars spread over fewer users.
(DIR) Post #B2zEch2sKZAOAnWu9Y by monsignor_dickface@nicecrew.digital
2026-02-04T18:58:30.004134Z
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Its not hard to build your own pc. Im a barely fucking functional retard and I've done it several times.If something doesnt just pop in, it probably doesnt go there.
(DIR) Post #B2zEjbdArOVpPJnw9Y by Paultron@shin.mugicha.club
2026-02-04T18:59:44.241935Z
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@Escoffier @judgedread no that's just ad copy rbh
(DIR) Post #B2zFtVxWtzf0fPc8o4 by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T19:12:44.628423Z
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@Paultron @judgedread I kind of thought that might be the case. Thanjs
(DIR) Post #B2zFuOa1p4Xe4S2eJM by Largo@poa.st
2026-02-04T18:54:45.586904Z
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@JRamsey @Escoffier Escoffier asks for help and you get uppity. Whats he supposed to do, read a textbook about Linux first, and "prepare" before asking you? Did he waste your time? Fuck off.
(DIR) Post #B2zG9AFpMsebz3dRzs by Escoffier@poa.st
2026-02-04T19:15:33.705057Z
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@EvilSandmich Ah that makes sense. The food world as you might imagine is very different
(DIR) Post #B2zG9btSbdOphnNz1M by Verfassungsschmutz@nicecrew.digital
2026-02-04T19:13:07.733729Z
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The only possible way in which they could be “better” is that someone went and made sure that all the hardware in there is actually supported by Linux. Which isn’t really much of an issue for desktop computers these days, but many laptops still come with proprietary shit that may or may not work on Linux.My laptop for example has a backlit keyboard which only works on Linux if you install some third party tool for it, which hasn’t made it into the repos for any popular distro and only provides pre-built packages as RPMs. Meaning I’d either have to use an RPM-based distro or compile the thing myself if I want that to work.
(DIR) Post #B2zIZ5gpA4AvGSkl2u by vonzeppelin@poa.st
2026-02-04T19:42:39.690323Z
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@judgedread @Escoffier these days it wouldn't surprise me if microsaar actually takes a loss up front on windows just to get it into consumer p.c.s and suck up data. if that's true, it's no surprise windows machines are cheaper
(DIR) Post #B2zJGaLT3obOnEVHhA by vonzeppelin@poa.st
2026-02-04T19:50:08.363354Z
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@Escoffier there's no reason i know of to buy a linux-preloaded computer, if you can find it with windows cheaper and don't have any issues doing it yourself. you'd know if there was some specific use case otherwisethat said, i have bought system76 before and been pretty happy with itlinux optimized printers i have no data on
(DIR) Post #B2zeyYtXucOK4eFpZo by dowitcher@poa.st
2026-02-04T22:49:03.680982Z
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@Escoffier call me a faggott if you will, but if you want another hobby, run linux. if you just want a computer that works, buy a mac.printers all generally suck, but you can generally buy decent used business class laser printers for cheap if you live in a metro area.laser toner doesn't dry up like cartridges and the price per page is super cheap.