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Mint's USP originally was to make it easy to install media codecs (less significant as the most common are now out of patent), the Cinnamon desktop (now repackaged and made available on other distros, from Arch to Ubuntu), and simpler driver installation (which other distros now also do) there's...

As none of us are using RISC-V based fully open-architecture machines with no proprietary bits (binary blobs in kernel etc.) then we're all capitalists. Don't fight it - the way to become "capital" is simple: buy some shares, and use your shareholder vote.

Maybe. Intel has a far larger collection of chip designs, licences and patents, and as a result has been able to play games with its form factors, chip designs etc. to prevent AMD from completely eating its breakfast. Probably more a case that x86 and x86_64 are now a bugger's muddle of...

The word for word identical post was already answered here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/698869/all-my-usb-ports-shut-of-randomly-and-dont-turn-back-on-plz-help/

Not a problem - I was trying hard to paraphrase Aristotle, despite my never having actually read Nicomachean Ethics... or any Aristotle, or, to be fair, any philosophy whatsoever. The Gentoo Handbook is just more useful, wouldn't you agree? ;) Getting older by the day. I got back home just in...

A happy life requires effort, knowledge and patience. By gaining and sharing knowledge, you are better able to apply your effort in the correct way. By applying effort, you achieve satisfaction, and by practicing patience, you understand that the results of your effort may take time to become...

Well, I did try to do that once. I'd bought a cheap USB satellite decoder, compiled the necessary driver for the Raspberry Pi, and set up tvheadend accordingly. Unfortunately it highlighted two things: i) there's nothing worth watching on telly ii) the raspberry pi 2 isn't fast enough for the...

It's not my favourite - I'm conscious of part of my resistance being simple inertia to change, but also that I've had problems getting it to start services dependably, in the right order, and actually be trusted to wait for one service to finish starting, before trying to start the dependent...

... for this iteration, and maybe the next. Then one of two things will happen: either Intel will add more silicon in order to win, or AMD will make a silly mistake.

It means that a rarely used network protocol has a problem that could potentially be used. I don't even have that module built. If you do have it, and you don't use infiniband, then you can safely blacklist rds.ko and be safe from any future exploit until your kernel gets upgraded >5.0.8, or the...

I always thought that was due to the effect of cocaine on the dilation of the pupil :rolling:

Just to add to Gizmo's post above, any frequency of light, including some that our eyes' lenses can bend, but which we cannot perceive, is potentially dangerous. If you repeated the experiment described above with red or green light, the same effect would be present. The various militaries...

Ah OK, misunderstood. Easy - set the motherboard to UEFI boot and turn off compatibility mode. Also, to really ram the issue home, clear the existing partition on your intended boot disc, and create the GPT partition table first. When Windows detects a GPT partition table, it automatically...

The Gentoo Handbook may be of some use here: If you're using something like Mint with graphical installers, then there'll be buttons to click, but if you're doing it the sensible way then: # parted -a optimal /dev/sda (I'm assuming you're partitioning the primary drive) // see what's already...

Some thoughts of no particular use: - the radiator is unlikely to be pressurized - the tubing will be a standard size - probably 1/4" nominal bore, so inserts and push-fit fittings from a plumbing store will likely work. - the sensor wiring is annoying. Any idea whether it's the fan running...

True, but it's the right thing to use if you want to put standard 12mm tube through a caravan wall without spending ages trying to ream the holes neatly. I suppose you could get away with a .32 if you were using 1/4" thin-wall pipe...

But you said you could dodge! :eek:

If her aim's good, then you can get a couple of neat .44cal holes in the caravan, and no need to drill! :rolling:

Just to add to the inevitable, "but it's all the fault of the thieving rich" - true to a certain extent. Government sponsorship of salaries does free up an awful lot of money, just sitting there unclaimed... since the shareholders didn't reject their remuneration packages, it must be fine...

Kinda If we took an absolutely free, unregulated market, it might work something like this: A job needs doing that earns the business maybe $5/hour worked in revenue. The business will naturally want to maximise its profit for its shareholders, so will offer as little as it can get away with...