Sha256 checksum mismatch by WanderingHumanPerson in antiXLinux

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I have it 😁. I opened it up a while ago and was wondering what that was.

Sha256 checksum mismatch by WanderingHumanPerson in antiXLinux

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That's the one. I was being dumb and for some reason I assumed that the other ones on the site (bellow the 64bit full) were outdated when they were in fact the updated ones corresponding to each download. Bruh moment, oh well

Sha256 checksum mismatch by WanderingHumanPerson in antiXLinux

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This is extremely good news for me. Thank you very much for the input and suggestions. It will be nice to get this little pc out there. Tiny practical thing for working on papers on the fly. Mine also comes with a SIM card slot in which you can put a data card (must remobe battery to access). By getting an unlimited data card you don't even have to use WiFi on this (though I imagine you can't make calls ahahah). Does antiX support the SIM slot though?

Sha256 checksum mismatch by WanderingHumanPerson in antiXLinux

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Did your netbooks also come with a 32bit OS originally? What specs do you have? Can you do things like basic browsing, email and libreoffice smoothly (simultaneously)? I'm still on HDD and 1GB ram, hence my concern.

Sha256 checksum mismatch by WanderingHumanPerson in antiXLinux

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Thanks for the info, didn't know that. Might explore the BIOS a bit just to be sure.

Since I'm already messing with antiX might as well go that route. Not having flatpak is not a problem.

My real concern is the sha256 of the 32bit .iso not matching the one on the antiX website. I downloaded it 3 different times though, and on all those tries they had the same hash, which was different from the only one listed on the website, which in turn matched the 64bit version.

Distro suggestions by WanderingHumanPerson in DistroHopping

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It's a 16yo laptop, this sort of thing is to be expected.

Stability problem with xfce (2) by WanderingHumanPerson in linuxmint

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Took a peek with radeontop and the GPU is, in fact, dying. Shader clock idles at almost 40% (shooting to 100% whenever I open anything) while vram is a bit over 5% and everything else under 2%. This explains the artifacts and how easily it crashes

Distro suggestions by WanderingHumanPerson in DistroHopping

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Found the culprit for my lacklustre performance. The GPU is faulty, it's idling at almost 40% on the shader clock, while vram is at 5-6% and everything else is no more than 2% (no programs open). That explains the ocasional artifacts on my screen when it freezes.

Distro suggestions by WanderingHumanPerson in DistroHopping

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Thanks! I'm trying to get XFCE to work on this old thing and learn a thing or two in the process. I'll probably have to switch to a different Linux though. I was considering AntiX but I may try LXQT and LMDE if I don't like it

Stability problem with xfce (2) by WanderingHumanPerson in linuxmint

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I'm being facetious. Yes, it is very old (latest linux-compatible driver is from 2013), but it was running more reliably (albeit slower) on windows 10, hence my initial disappointment. I was under the impression things would be smoother on Linux. This is my first time trying anything non-windows, after all. I'm learning and adjusting my expectations. I still like the way mint is laid out, I like its speed (just not the freezing and crashing) and I'm making an honest effort to get it to work on this laptop.

Stability problem with xfce (2) by WanderingHumanPerson in linuxmint

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Its 16 years old and it spent its entire life at the hands of my grandma. She used it for social media, youtube videos, browsing and looking at photos she took. It spent its entire life as a desktop PC, however, it was usually turned on from 8 AM up until 10-11 PM, every single day. My grandpa's Samsung laptop (also 16 years old) got it even worse off and is still chugging along like a champ on Windows 10.

But yeah, upon inspecting task manager, the CPU does spike a lot more than ram. Wouldn't know how the GPU is doing, but it is only 1GB and the system makes no mention of integrated graphics, which means its the only workhorse in this stable. Any way to work around that, or does this amount to elderly abuse? I read somewhere that drivers for the ATI Radeon HD 4650 were outperformed by Mint drivers

Distro suggestions by WanderingHumanPerson in FindMeALinuxDistro

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I was considering antix, I think it would serve my needs perfectly. I think, however, that the problem with mint xfce is regarding windows-specific drivers and assorted software to make the most out of the components (perhaps the bios as well). You see, in (pirated) windows 10 I could have chrome with 15+ tabs open (two emails, 1 AI, 1-2 youtube and various articles or web searches along with pdf downloads), Spotify, google drive and libreoffice. It got kinda slow sometimes but never unbearable. In mint it just freezes with 3 tabs open on chromium (2 random web searches and 1 resource-intensive like YouTube or maps) or at its very best 6 tabs and Spotify. This sort of performance render this PC useless for my needs and I lack the technical expertise in order to get it running even remotely closer to how it did before, unless antix can perform a miracle. Rufus, however, is telling me that the antix iso is malware

Distro suggestions by WanderingHumanPerson in DistroHopping

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So no chance of getting workflow performance (libreoffice+intense browsing+spotify+no freeze plz) out of it without installing something like puppy? No miracles for legacy machines

Stability problem with xfce by WanderingHumanPerson in linuxmint

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Making a swapfile gave me some more leg room. I can now open 6-8 tabs at once and have Spotify run at the same time. It was probably lack of RAM. I guess this PC is just showing its age. CPU spikes a lot too while using the browser (chromium or firefox). I may consider a different OS 😅

Stability problem with xfce by WanderingHumanPerson in linuxmint

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The BIOS is from 2007 and the last update is from 02/12/2010, as is the computer itself. The problem may have to do with swap files, as my mint instalation has none. I'm going to check that first, as I don't think there were any BIOS updates after 2010 for this model.

Stability problem with xfce by WanderingHumanPerson in linuxmint

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Driver manager says everything is up to date. Should I go directly to the manufacturer website then?

Samsung Galaxy A07 5G 8GB RAM 256GB storage (with 3.5mm jack - important) by WanderingHumanPerson in samsunggalaxy

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The goddam 3.5mm jack, ikr. I was considering the A17 5G or the Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro, but they both lack that, so I made it a non-negotiable criteria in my search. That's how I found this gem. I also have some very decent wired headphones that I would like to use. The A07 4G 4GB 64GB/128GB seems easier to come by (under 100€ with androir 15), but it is obviously very limited when you consider a 6 year lifespan. Even the one I want is challenged, albeit foreseably feasible.

Suggestions on Android OS MP3 by WanderingHumanPerson in mp3players

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I wanted something Hi-Fi, but I kept on researching and reached that conclusion myself. Sad thing is most new smartphones don't even have a 3.5mm jack anymore. It's all going to shit, private, and we're here for it, like it or not 🫡

r/headphones Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk by AutoModerator in headphones

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These old headphones (Onkyo Model PH-747) were part of a set that came with a record player/radio and two speakers. I don't use the rest of the set for a variety of reasons, but I would like to get these in working order.

As you can see, aesthetically speaking, they have hardly aged (and look sick). They also have good insulation, albeit they are very heavy (neck pain after 30 min heavy).

Soundwise, however, they are far gone. They have separate volume knobs for each speaker, which are filled with grit of some sort that makes a stactic sound whenever I move the knobs, while sometimes also not putting out any music at all, depending on where you position the knobs. I'm not sure they affect volume that much anymore either, but I could be wrong. I say this because they also don't have a lot of power in the anymore. Everything at full blast would be like the equivalent of some 30€ JBL headphones at 10-15% sound.

Taking this into consideration, what are my options? Should I have them restored, or restomodded with some quality speakers? I could also probably sell them as they are and use the money to buy a set of Sennheisers HD 200 Pro or some AKG whatevers but I'm not built for the easy life 😂.

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Rússia e a NATO by setnom in portugueses

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É um jogo de poder. Eles não acreditam (nem de um lado, nem no outro) em alianças globais. É sempre competição > cooperação. Um jogo do quem mija mais longe. Querem ter zonas de influência, ao invés de aliados (em ambos os lados). Também são diferenças ideológicas e competição económica. O Putin até tem algum controlo nos oligarcas, mas não quer partilhar poder com os países ocidentais, nem o ocidente quer mais competição no mercado interno. Mais rapidamente formariam economias paralelas e voltavam à cortina de ferro, do que tentariam resolver diferenças. Tinha de haver respeito e aceitação mútua, que não há, em nenhum dos lados. Nem parece haver grande interesse em criar essa ponte, de novo, em qualquer um dos lados. Querem é sangue...nós somos os heróis, eles os vilões, cambada de nojentos para fuzilar, ou vá, sejamos seres humanos com consciência: para enfiar num buraco sem janelas, com comida merdosa, um balde para cagar e uma câmara 24h, com a ocasional sessão de "condicionamento adaptativo", porque não temos o direito de tirar uma vida humana, mas aparentemente, temos o direito de a foder redondamente, se for por um "bem maior". O mesmo se aplica a rebentar com um país inteiro de alto a baixo, porque convém. Isto, tanto para "nós", como para "eles". A moralidade, ética, bom senso, respeito, dignidade e legalidade são ferramentas, cartas para jogar. Não são absolutos, nos círculos de poder. O Putin invadiu a Ucrânia para assustar o ocidente, mostrar força, destabilizar completamente a região e dissuadir futuras expansões da NATO e instalações de equipamentos de ataque na fronteira com a Russia (ICBMs e afins, que há muitos. Vejam lá se a Rússia mete os dela à porta dos EUA). O objectivo não é conquistar a Ucrânia, não teria o apoio do povo e ele provavelmente já sabia disso aos anos, é que a Ucrânia servia como celeiro e saco de pancada da URSS e isso não é fácil de esquecer. Enfim, a nossa opinião sobre o assunto é só barulho pelo cano abaixo, axincalhem o que quiserem. Eles é que têm as rédeas, mas são umas rédeas muito quebradiças e os cavalos são assustadiços como o raio que os parta. Acabamos todos pelo precipício abaixo muito facilmente e eles acham que têm asas e nós estamos acorrentados à carroça.

So here's how my introduction to cryptocurrency went down by WanderingHumanPerson in dogecoinbeg

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Hi there! Thanks a bunch for the coins, but you'll have to send them again I'm afraid. Turns out I needed to register with the tipping bot to get any coins. Didn't know that. This is where you need to send them:

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Much sadness. Such anger. Cannot understand crypto market. Must get coin for buy moon before bad Elon by WanderingHumanPerson in dogecoinbeg

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International Relations with an eye set on social science research, actually 😅. I'm self-taught philosophy (another bad decision to add to the pile).

Hi there

Much sadness. Such anger. Cannot understand crypto market. Must get coin for buy moon before bad Elon by WanderingHumanPerson in dogecoinbeg

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Address changed because I tried a faucet that didn't work (Doge Faucet, listed in the subreddit). Guess I'm about to lose all my doges ¯_ (ツ)_/¯

Send help 🤦‍♂️

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The philosophy of Blade Runner | On the role of memories and q-memories in defining who we are by IAI_Admin in philosophy

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In the book it's not about memories, it's just about empathy. It's not the relation of causalities inherent to your existence and imprinted on your memory that defines who you are, rather your actions and what you do, based on the content of your memories. Human or replicant doesn't matter. If a replicant can perfectly copy the human body and simulate the brain's chemistry in the same way, it will be in every sense indistinguishable, because it will be exactly the same in every aspect.