Posts by williamyf

The people developing linux kernel patches at microsoft probably use Windows only to fill the (macro ladden) expense report and time tracking excel files that are feed intro microsoft Dynamics ERP.

Otherwise, they use Linux IDEs to develop for the Linux kernel in linux, just like every other linux dev out there... maybe using WSL2, but linux, nonetheless

Re: I wouldn't trust the software either...

I've had good experiences with DD-WRT. Haven't tried OpenWRT yet, as by the time I wanted to flash the only router in my stable that supports it (casualy, a TP-Link), it fell prey to the 4/32 rule

https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/432_warning

Having said that, the only way to be sure that your router will have alternative firmware from the get go, is to buy it second hand, or buying one which already has it, or has a close derivate.

I went with a GL.inet GL-MT1600, which has a derivative of OpenWRT, but has plenty of vanilla builds available. Additional are a coverage in my flat is provided by a pair of wired second hand Linksys E900s with DD-WRT acting as APs. So, no need for mesh, not that I beliueve in mesh in a harsh RF multidwelling environment were all the neighborgs are morons, with red brick walls instead of gypsium planks.

I'll stick with stock for a while, and then change to Stock OpenWRT at some point in the future.

Wish me luck.

:-(

Bummer

If one of the goals was being as GNU free as possible (as Liam seem to imply), rejecting ToyBox and assuming Bussybox will ''always" will be installed seems counterproductive.

Thanks for the answer.

Re: Go for SCOUTS

all 3 of them

Re: So WiFi only for client connections. Really?

All my clients connect over WiFi, but I need extra ports for the NAS and the (wired) satellite APs around the house.

So, not for me.

Also, far as I can see, the device has 3 detachable antenas, but neither PCB antenas nor internal type antenas for diversity

Given that one of the main points of WiFi 6 is MIMO, I find that lack of antenas, suprisingg, to say the least.

IMHO< a good first effort that requires polish. Will wait for the next iteration

JM2¢ YMMV

PS Went with a GL.iNet (which also ships from the factory with a fork of OpenWRT), only time will tell if I did right or wrong.

Weird, I'm going in the other direction. I can somewhat afford the HW tax, and stuff "just works". But the direction of their PC hardware is not to my liking (expandability and repairability wise).

I'll take my current (intel Macs) stable as far as it will go, and then (and only then, not now, then) will decide what to do.

Who knows what the future will bring...

Re: Cunning plan?

According to my research, the processor itself can run Win11 fine (HVCI, MBEC and all the goodies), but the integrated graphics can not (no DX12).

Probably lenovo would have to tap either innosilicon or mooore thread for a discrete laptop class GPU with DX12 and WDDM 2.x drivers.

Having said that, china is de-emphasizing Windows, for their homegrown linux desktop,so there is that.

Re: Caffeine is the key here

¿Est-cé que vous avez besoin de un dessin?

Is not the same having simple tea and coffe (and caffeinated soft and energy drinks) in the office, as is having a small battaillon of baristas in the compannies canttens making sofisticated coffees and teas with lots of ingredients for free...

Re: $30 Per Year is Cheaper Than a New Laptop

For a person who allegedly read the article, you failed to notice that normies like us only get one year of ESU, and the ESU itself only lasts 3 years, not 5

Re: 16/32 bit

If you read other news, what intel is proposing is making a processor that boots right into 64Bit Compatibility mode with 32 bit support. No option to boot in 16bit real mode, remove every single trace of 16bit support (both 16bit real mode and 16bit protected mode) from the silicon and also remove a lot of unused 32bit stuff that is not used anymore (like the Virtual x86 mode that Windowx 3.x and (x used to run DOS programs).

Well behaved 32 bit SW (Like Win32.exe and up, and most of 32 bit *nix SW) shall be fine but UNDER A 64Bit OS, that will be the only type of OS those chips will run...

Your statement is false.

Intel emulated dx9 only.

There is NATIVE support for OpenGL, Vulkan, DX12and crucially: DX11 too.

I also play olden games, but you are lucky I was not the project manager for alchemist. I've focused on DX12 and Vulkan ALONE, and handled OpenGL via Zink, and the DX9/11 via BOTH microsoft's emulators (DX9on12 and DX11on12) AND DXVK (on a per game basis, wichever works best).

Re: "benched"

Think of benching as a new name for purgatory.

As the article clearly says, while "benched" you are still employed, and have a certain time (a few weeks) to find a project where a significant # of your hours are billable. Failure to do so means Redundancy/firing/pink-slip.

So, benching is the start of the process, and also the name of the specific way Kyndryl is doing it.

Also, Kyndryl will probably offshore (to places like India and the Philiphines), but also nearshore to places like Mexico, costa rica and other places in LatAm.

Re: At least they got their naming right this time.

Then Do not go to this store in florida:

https://www.bjs.com/

Re: WTF is a WiFi router?

There are ones which include the (Cable/ADSL) modem as well.

Re: Huawei and HarmonyOS

Try to run the same app (say, libreoffice) in windows, mac and linux, and tell me if the OS makes a difference or not.

try to program a non-trivial application in windows, mac and linux, and tell me where it is easier.

the os can have virtues, both for users and programmers.

companies would be foolish not to extoll said virtues.

Re: Ob: LibreOffice

I interacted with COMPANIES (Huawei and Nokia, technical training, as a contractor) that used MS Office.

Premade PowerPoint presententations that I had to modify (for example, translate, reshufle, merge or expand) did not render properly in libre. And I was not paid to correct formatting. And any kind of animation/ timing stuff wouldnot work.

Excel forms for expenses reinbursement, time keeping and grading of participants (using whatever formulae/macros behind the scenes) did not work properly in libre.

Word documents that I had to modify, or example supplementary documents and/or exams ((by translating, correcting, amplifying or merging) did not work/render correctly in libre, and I was not paid to correct formating.

easier, faster, cheaper, and less responsability/liability if something broke if I used MS Office , so that is what I did.

When I was teaching at the university before that, then yes, every freacking presentation, exam, paper and grade spreadsheet done by me, was done with (at the time) OpenOffice...

Anecdotal, I do know, but using libre to interact with the msoffice world is not the bed of roses some zealots claim it to be, except in the most trivial cases

Re: The reasons are simple

THe corpos are my age.

They remmeber when they fell in the trap of buying all those 486SX, and NextGen machines, and Cyrix 486DLCs (a 386 pin compatible processor with a 486 instruction set) to save a few bucks, and then got burned by needing the math cocprocessor down the line.

They will not make the same mistake with AI PCs.

AI will not drive adoption of new PCs, instead, when the company decides that a PC has to be replaced, the replacement PC will be an AI PC just because...

... Just because the corpos do not want to miss on the killer device side AI Application (it does not matter if it materializes or not), also, because it is almost certain that some form of NPU with a certain TOPS will be a hard requierement for Wiin12, therefore, an AI PC is their best bet for a computer that can be upgreaded to the next OS. Buying a Non AI PC in 2024 or 2025 and beyond is professional suicide in corpo world.

Having said that, your best bet in corpo world is to hang on to what you have in a safe manner (Supported Win11 or Win10 with ESU) and delay as much as possible new HW purchases until prices go down and there is more clarity about Win12

My not so humble predicition: Win11 EOL will be anounced around 2026 and Will not have an ESU. Win 12 will be announced around the same timeframe. That way, the end of support for all incarnations of Win10 (Win10 IoT 2021 will be supported until Jan 2032) and Win11 (EOS Anounced 1 year in advance, and LTSC duration 5 years only) will be closely matched, and world + dog in the microsoft Sphere will be finally in one only Windows... Win12

PS: In my native language, Spanish, Win12 sounds VERY similar to Windoze, I chuckle every time. And do not get me started about 5G

Re: You will do as you are told

I agree 100% with you, but just a small correction, aversion every six months is yesteryear news. Nowadays there is only one new versionper year (21H2, 22H2, 23H2, 24H2, etc) and a "fatter" update six months after that (21H1, 22H1, ...) that does not get much more than a "tolkien" consideration in therms of additional support for microsoft to save face.

I've said it many times and in many places. The last instances of the win10 codebase to drop support will be IoT 21H2 and server 22H2, both in early 2032...

expect support for win11 to lose ALL support close to that timeframe, and win12 to appear a few years early, in order for microsoft further simplify the support matrix.

more so now that they have to support more than one microarchitecture again...

Re: Baloney from an ad-slinger (but that's saying the same thing twice)

I, personaly, subscribe for hybrid.

two or three days in the office, and 3 or two at home.

personally I'd take 3@ the office and 2 at home, but that's me (mostly to set the example). To each (team member) his/her own.

Sometimes y'all do need the face to face time to generate rapport intra and inter team (among other things).

JM2C

YMMV

Re: i8088

The second supplier contract was given to AMD, Siemens, NEC, Harris, and many others. It was actually standard practice at the time.

What I do not get is Why IBM did not go with the 8086 in the first place. Yes, in principle making a systme with an '88 is cheaper, when the system is small, say, the controls for a traffic light. But when the system is a full fledged general purpose PC, the difference is negligible...

Well, a wasted opportunity.

Aonther thing I do not get (and another wasted opportunity), is that Intel told IBM of the impending 87186. If intel were wise, they would have used in the OG XT chips compatible with what they knew would end up inside the 187, even if not buying them from intel (rememeber, second supplier was not something you forced the chipmaker to do, it was par for the course at that era).

This meant that the PCjr and the klatter X86s were more expensive than the 80186 and 80188 clones of the era.