Also there are various specific cryptos that are easier or harder to mine. I believe monero is quite easy and bitcoin is more difficult, for example. I swear I’m not a cryptobro, I’m just a computer nerd who has been asked to explain it so many times that I have an okay understanding. Plus I had a CS teacher who was super into crypto and did a few lectures on it. You are generally correct, though. Also apologies for incoherence. My brain is not braining so well today.

Most consumer ones don’t, but for a lot of them I’ve heard there’s a hack that will work by identifying it as a similar supported one.

I suspect a large proportion of AMD GPU users have done that, though not necessarily for stable diffusion. I know I have.

You didn’t get past the title, did you?

I took a CS class that was java based, and now my go-to is Pascal for file names. Sometimes I do flat or screaming just 'cause.

I set firefox pip windows to stay above everything and that works fine.

what’s broken? legitimately asking.

I’m not sure, but they’re the only distro I’ve used that properly packages openrgb. It automatically does the udev rules and everything.

I think you might mean 4096.

I daily drive arc on linux. They’re not as bad as people say. Not fully there, but opencl support requires one package that is in most distros repos, same for video. Not saying they’re perfect, or even better than amd, but they are a lot better than people seem to think.

IMO, intel has underrated linux drivers. You get solid 3d, codecs, compute, etc. ootb. Assuming your distro supports it. You may be looking into something higher end, though.

It’s not great. I have one, and I am able to use it, but there are some issues. Battery life is the main one. It will probably get 6 hours or so of active use, but they don’t have good idle power management, so you don’t get much more by turning it off.

Their performance isn’t bad. It wasn’t ever all that great though. It was mainly ppw that people liked, and you wouldn’t really get that benefit with asahi because of the previously mentioned power management issues. Newer AMD laptops will absolutely outperform it.

Another issue that you didn’t ask about, but I feel is worth mentioning: apple’s build quality is bad. On mine, the display flashes pink sometimes. It did this before I ever put asahi on it. There are many reports of other users with the same issue. When I fist noticed it, it only happened once a month or so. Now I notice it 5-10 times a day, and I don’t use it that much (maybe an hour or so a day).

Also, according to Louis Rossmann, there is a data line next to a power line on the motherboard that can easily be shorted out in humidity. He has pointed out many design issues, and usually they persist for quite some time before apple does anything, if they ever do.

I know I am coming across as very biased against apple, but keep in mind that I bought one. I thought that M1 was a large step forward in the quality of their products, and thought it was worth it to get one. I was wrong.

I forgot how version numbers work for a second, and that 6.1 is not 6.10.

I highly doubt it on Apple, usually everything but the Macs are really locked down.

I think kde might be working on something like that, but Idk.

I used 11, but had tried linux when I used 10. I was never really trying to switch, more just distrohopping with windows in the mix, and eventually I just never went back.

Do we have a linux circle jerk community yet? If not, that might help.

This post seems lighthearted and not mean-spirited. I do wish they said “awesome” or “great” instead of “the best,” but they’re not trashing other distros and it is relevant so I don’t see the problem.

Any distro you’d like. Use the office / outlook stuff in a browser. I believe kde has a way to use onedrive in dolphin, though personally I would keep my data on my computer unless it is for a group project, just make sure it’s backed up. I’d also have a VM handy with the spice guest tools. It is good to have at least for when you have to hand your computer to someone who may be uncomfortable with linux. I would use debian on a school computer for the ludicrous stability, but use whatever floats your boat.

I would recommend the logitech g305. It is wireless, but quite fast. It has a sensor that will do 12000dpi with a dpi button. It runs off aa batteries so you rarely have to change them. Low battery notifications even work. You can get it for around 40 bucks at best buy. (Not shilling best buy, the price on logitech’s site is 60)