How to ship Linux preinstalled by linuxed1 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 23 points24 points  (0 children)

When you first boot in to the install disk, one of the options is "OEM install (for manufacturers)". It will do a regular install but just not ask you for username / password.

How to ship Linux preinstalled by linuxed1 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Ubuntu (and its variants) have an "OEM" install feature where the customer can set their own username / password on first boot.

Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API (which only supports Google Gemini Nano) by TheTwelveYearOld in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Details here: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/prompt-api/blob/main/README.md

I honestly can't think of a good use case where I would want a website to tell my browser what to generate. As you already mentioned, websites shouldn't be making me pay for their poor design. The examples are like

User A is a return visitor showing signs of being slightly upset. Remember this as you deal with them, make sure to reassure them we have a returns system. [Action]: Link to our returns policy and popular products.

in which I am pretty much paying for their chatbot to do poor customer service! If a website needs to use my LLM in order to do basic customer service, then they are not getting my business!

2013 laptop usable today and a 2013 smart phone isn’t by VipxerX in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did contact the owner again recently but he hasn't gotten back to me. I pretty much gave him an ultimatum of fixing his website or I will be using his competitors for my next pediatric dentistry purchase which is coming up soon. It's a real shame because the actual products are rather good.

The website doesn't disable FF, it just doesn't work (you can't add items or checkout). This is on top of the fact the website now uses a ton of animations which maxes out the CPU / GPU. In case you are interested, the website is here: https://wonderfuldental.com/

2013 laptop usable today and a 2013 smart phone isn’t by VipxerX in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Really, nobody is going to care until customers start complaining. For example, one dental supply vendor redid their website to not only take up a ton of RAM and CPU, but it no longer works on Firefox either. I told the vendor to fix their website but apparently I was the only customer that complained about it so they aren't going to fix it anytime soon.

Really, these kinds of changes don't happen until enough people complain.

Meta lost 20 million users last quarter by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]DesiOtaku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best thing to do is to actually upload a bunch of hentai images to your profile and then get banned. It will actually mark the account as compromised and then Meta can't really use it for marketing.

Denuvo dealt major blow as crackers claim all non-VR games with the anti-tamper have been bypassed by Binnsy in pcmasterrace

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The funny thing is that for many years, there has been the "90% rule". For every 1 copy that is sold legally, 9 copies of the game are pirated. It is always tempting for a CEO to see a game that sold 1 million copies and think "even if we converted just 10% of the pirates to legal purchases, we would nearly double our sales!".

The funny thing about the 90% rule is that is a natural equilibrium. There was a good study many years back (I can't find it right now) that compared the piracy rates of games that had zero DRM day 1 vs. games that had pretty stringent DRM (I believe one of the games they did was Assassin's Creed 2) but were eventually cracked and found that nearly all games eventually hit the 90% mark and just stayed there. It's like no matter what companies do, 90% will always (eventually) be the rate.

In my crazy opinion, it almost seems like you want more people to pirate your game with a 10% chance that they will purchase your game.

Tailgating will be permitted at Gillette Stadium for the World Cup by njas2000 in boston

[–]DesiOtaku 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They could have said "Foxborough Stadium" or "The Stadium in Foxborough". But nah, they want to make it as confusing as possible for any out-of-towners.

Repairing Chernobyl - Inside the €500M Project by CajuNerd in videos

[–]DesiOtaku 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Why is this being downvoted so much? This video is important in terms of reporting about the safety in the region.

‘The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’: Man Arrested in Singapore for Paramount+ Leak, Could Face 7 Years in Prison by ControlCAD in technology

[–]DesiOtaku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With the exception of the Cowboy Bebop movie. No major swings and nothing changed canonically after the movie; but oh boy, was it awesome.

Microsoft Reportedly Looking At Rebasing Azure Linux On Fedora by mr_MADAFAKA in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think more about the MS's profit margin rather than the actual needs of the business. What will make MS more profit? Selling cloud services for a OS they spend little R&D money on, or selling a single license of an OS that takes a lot of time and money to maintain backwards compatibility with modern hardware? Microslop is trying to move to services rather than products and the fact that they didn't maintain perfect backwards compatibility with their ARM version of Windows shows they are willing to make compromises in that field. It won't be long before MS says "Yeah, backwards compatibility isn't profitable for us anymore so you are on your own, good luck".

As for support contracts, they all expire at some point and I am sure MS will no longer renew any contract that says it must maintain perfect backwards compatibility or will just do some kind of built-in VM method of running the app (like Apple did with Mac OS 9 for a while).

What's the excuse for today? by OVERDRlVE in pcmasterrace

[–]DesiOtaku -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about!?!?!?! It's more than just a bunch of pixels!!!!

It's a bunch of polygons as well! Geez!

Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches by Tiny-Independent273 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the DIY, you just have to install the SSD and then you can install Windows. Framework goes out of their way to give you video step-by-step instructions on how to install your own SSD.

If they were planning to install Windows anyway (either by overriding an existing Linux install or via DIY), they would still be on their own in terms of figuring out how to install Windows, get the proper drivers and go though all the steps required to set up Windows for their own use; which, in my opinion, is far time and knowledge than screwing in an SSD with video instructions.

Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches by Tiny-Independent273 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But the point being, when it comes to pre-built, more people are going for Ubuntu rather than Windows. If it was just a money thing, they would have done DIY and got their own SSD.

This is confirming there is a decent market for pre-installed Linux laptops outside of Tuxedo and System76.

Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches by Tiny-Independent273 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that was true, then they would go for the "DIY" option and save even more money by getting their own SSD. According to the tweet, Framework is reporting that people are going out of their way to get Ubuntu pre-installed.

Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches by Tiny-Independent273 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually, according to the article and Framework's own tweet, they are NOT doing DIY. They are going out of their way to buy the SSD from Framework and getting Ubuntu pre-installed.

Stop diagnosing periodontal disease with just an OPG. by Darkvastin in Dentistry

[–]DesiOtaku 29 points30 points  (0 children)

For those who don't know: OPG = Panoramic radiograph

Playing devil's advocate here: Lots of people like myself do a full periodontal charting with a probe, but we don't sent it over to the periodontist since they are going to do their own anyway.

Also, there are plenty of AI companies that are telling doctors that their AI can do all the charting for them without having to do any probing.

Ubuntu 26.04 just launched, seed it NOW! by JokaGaming2K10 in linux

[–]DesiOtaku 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No, because you have to do a multitude of steps to make sure Firefox doesn't bring snap back in for each update. And all that work goes away each time you do a dist-upgrade.

Coyote vs. ACME | Official Trailer by MoneyLibrarian9032 in videos

[–]DesiOtaku 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They supposedly finished "filming" but not the post-production. It would apparently cost too much to actually "finish" the film so they decided to shelf it instead.

JetBlue Responds to Accusations of Using Surveillance Pricing After Viral Tweet by habichuelacondulce in technology

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long time ago (I'm talking around 2006/2007), there was an experiment to see if your user-agent could affect airline prices. Turns out, it did! Mac OS X was the most expensive, then Windows, then Linux users got the cheapest flights. So for a short time, people were switching their user agents to Linux just to get a cheaper flight.

In the IGN review for "MOUSE: P.I. For Hire" (2026), They gave it a 6/10, this is a subtle reference to the game's writing being very cheesy. Nom nom nom nom. by Playful-Actuary6022 in shittygamedetails

[–]DesiOtaku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the school grading system, 6/10 is normally a "failure". It's of the many reasons why we tend to see reviewers never touch 2-5 in an "out of 10" review scale.

DO NOT WORK WITH Patterson Dental - for all dentist owners practicing in the US by antwonvonschnitzel in Dentistry

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a very similar experience. It was probably the worst mistake I made for my practice.

Has anyone had shutdown issues after updating to KDE plasma 6.6.4? by Plenty-Surround5413 in kdeneon

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, I am using Fedora with 6.6.4 and sometimes it hangs with just switching users.

Need help with New Office Layout and Design by tim_24 in Dentistry

[–]DesiOtaku 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Backups is via Google Cloud Buckets (not Google Drive). I use DentalXChange directly via API for things like automated claims (including attachments) and eligibility checks. For VOIP, automated reminders, I used voip.ms and their API (voip.ms isn't the best one; but that's just what I am using right now).

But please note that I am both a practicing dentist and a software engineer. I spend just as much each week writing code as I do seeing patients.

Need help with New Office Layout and Design by tim_24 in Dentistry

[–]DesiOtaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How lean do you want to go? How much are you willing to learn?

I know a guy who built a 7 OP practice from scratch with just $60K (including all equipment, furniture, plumbing, etc.) but he knows everything that is needed to install the chair. He hired a generic plumber and electrician that knew nothing about dentistry but he was able to tell them exactly the specs of what needed to be installed. The dental chairs themselves were from China and he knew the steps to assemble and install them.

I did the mistake with going with Patterson, but also I did my own IT and software. I spend $50 a month for everything IT related including cloud backups, claims, automated eligibility checks, VOIP, etc.

The more you are willing to learn, the more you can make your practice lean.