I only have one monitor so I didn’t have this issue when I upgraded my GPU a few weeks ago.
Shutdown -> remove/install GPU -> startup #JustWorks
In fairness, I did have to update to the latest kernel (6.14) to get all of the features of the GPU working.
A few years ago, I installed mint 21.1 on my mum’s old NUC; a 2013 model; was running Win7.
I said, it doesn’t meet the minimum for Win10, so it was either buy something new or try Linux.
Just got back from visiting them, I updated it to 21.3, still running fine. It still does everything they need.
Mum even said, “it always just works”. A great endorsement, as a non-technical user mum needs a no fuss distro, mint works so well in this regard.
That’s how I found out also.
Weird, I have 100’s of thousands of files synced.
Been using it for years.
Linux, windows and Mac in the circuit. Never a problem that wasn’t user error.
I started on Ubuntu, tried 8.04 and went back to windows XP, tried 10.04 and stayed.
20.04 was my last Ubuntu, bounced around for a while, but I have settled on Mint. Been running it for 3 years now.
Mint isn’t too fancy, it is just there and lets me get my work done, very much the way Ubuntu used to be.
I’m running the 6.14.2 kernel, to get the latest drivers for my RX 9070, I’m playing around with local AI… Mint isn’t fancy, but you can do almost anything you want.
that is exactly what Syncthing is, my desktop to my server to my laptop to my phone…
Syncthing!
I don’t even know what to compare it to, I have been using it so long.
Na, peas and gravy is great.
You are cooking them too long.
They are edible raw, so you only need to heat them through to go with your hot meal. They should still be firm and sweet when cooked.
Literally 2 min in boiling water, 3 if from frozen.
So many reasons.
But smallish population and a big distance between major population centers means rail is expensive. Relative to population size.
But also the government (for the last 40 years) hasn’t prioritized investment in rail. It is always roads, always.
Hey hey, we have shit rail infrastructure also.
Free are imagining a world with no IP protection.
No. If there is no IP protection, Amazon will just be able to take people’s work.
I tried Deepseek Coder 33b; it runs at around 2 words/second which is really slow.
Deepseek Coder V2 16b; seems to run as fast Gemma3
I don’t know, it is running much faster than I can read.
So I’m not sure why more performance would be needed, the only thing I was looking for was big VRAM, and AMD gives much more bang for you buck (especially in NZ). To get 16GB of VRAM on an NV card in NZ would have set me back an extra $800…not something I was willing to do.
Totally agree, but removal is not a good option.
Because Amazon stole it, made a copy available for 1/10 the price.
The marketing power of Amazon is 10’s of thousands of times greater than the original author, so you probably never hear that the book you are interested in has an author that is different from the one Amazon puts on the cover, who is a pen name of their “AI author”.
Note: I think IP law is a bit shit really, but removing any protection from creative works is dangerous, and extremely short sighted. If you don’t want to reward the corporations, learn to pirate…piracy is far more ethical than calling for the removal of IP law.
Was using Ligma in the 80’s, glad to see it still in circulation.
Ligma balls / Ligma sweaty balls / Ligma sweaty (sports clothing you happen to be holding) e.g. Ligma sweaty socks