Re: This FOSS Thang :-)

On 3/20/24 5:46 AM, vallor wrote:

On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:36:53 -0400, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
wrote in <utcpgl$10gjc$1@dont-email.me>:
 

And who sells hardware with Linux OS preinstalled out of the box? That
alone takes some searching for the retailers, so that's even more touch
labor time spent.

 If only there were some kind of global database that
one could query for such information...
 BTW, what hh really wants in a Linux system is something
running ChromeOS.  You telling me he can't find a Chromebook?

I've found that the off-the-box ChromeOS solutions have been pretty lightweight on hardware specifications.

(Not to mention the offerings by System76, as well as Dell.)

And HP.  They've offered some decent towers with Ubuntu, but there's still then the DIY search for Apps.

Oh, you'd better go to a Linux vendor, though -- otherwise, you'll
spend "hours and hours" to "make it work".
 Right?  Anybody else have that experience?  "hours and hours"?

Let's not forget how DFS has frequently ribbed chrisv about how chrisv had refused to show spending the time to optimize a build on NewEgg because it would take too many hours...think it was part of the "more choices are always better" which backfired on chrisv due to it being a clear example of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do.

BTW, this Linux workstation (bought "turnkey") blows the doors
off Mrs. vallor's new Mac Studio. 

And this turnkey is ... what?  And what came pre-installed and are you still using the same?

My benchmark:  running Foocus,
which uses pytorch, which is apparently not well-supported
on the Mac Studio.  Maybe someday...

Different tools for different jobs...
...and yet quite ironic that even Mrs. Vallor chose to buy Apple, despite having an in-house Linux IT family member expert support.
-hh