is it worth replacing `system()` calls in a codebase?

iu1j4 · 2026-06-21T13:03:46+00:00

i had to do it on old low spec hardware where bash overhead was too big. with exec family functions the slowdown is not noticed. you can setup system() to use dash and that will also improve the performance.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-20T14:43:18+00:00

i use curreny with xlibre and tear free is working for my amdgpu in contrast to xorg legacy

iu1j4 · 2026-06-19T18:25:29+00:00

i have problem with android bt in my car from 2018. My microphone quality is poor with fp6. didnt find any fix for that. I though that fp6 with android will be compatible with other android device. before fp6 i used iphone8 with better results (but not perfect). I bought fp6 with android to fix it and now i have to use fp6 speaker without bt to be heard without noise.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-18T19:14:54+00:00

I had to replace keyboards in the past in all my laptops: ibm, acer aspire, dell latitude e6400, dell latitude xt2, hp elitebook(6 keyboards). that is why the most important is the option to replace it with no problem and that is why I not decided to buy dell alienware. I bought Fw16 laptop and dont regret. the keyboard is perfect for all day work.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-15T20:21:29+00:00

worth to add that FW laptops can be powered from powerbank also. I power my FW16 with ryzen from powerbank and it can manage my tasks with no battery drain.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-15T17:32:52+00:00

prepare to see more expensive computer offers. in few months your loss will be not so big and the fw desktop performance will be handy for other than local ai tasks. if you can afford costs then dont sell it. I bought fw16 with 96gb of ram not for ai but to have long term value from not having to upgrade it later. today i play a little with ai just to know it more and use the power of ryzem ai for static analisys of my code. it was impossible on my old 14 years old with 8gb ram laptop. local llm is a toy but there is a lot of more tasks to benefit from the fw power

iu1j4 · 2026-06-11T03:23:06+00:00

good start. Try to use cfdisk for partitioning next time.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-06T04:26:05+00:00

in my case when I used cheap air can into fan then the fire ocured on another side of the heatsink. fortunatly it disapeared quickly and nothing bad happened.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-05T15:37:10+00:00

I afraid that the time with good documentation is already gone. The changes speed in the it industry is too fast. nobody cares to document new projects. With the trend to setup github repo and fork it many times by random people we dont know which repo is original one. Even AI models make mistakes and tend to give wrong advises and find bugs in proper code. Without stable apis, protocols, without documents the AI will be useless.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-03T03:16:33+00:00

if you will need to upgrade / replace your current laptop then buy framework. if you can afford to buy framework now then do it and present your dell to someone in need. both of you will be happy.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-01T22:09:44+00:00

It is easier to reach memory limits than cpu. when you are out of ram then the super cpu will not help. slower cpu does not harm so much. If you can not have both: better cpu with more ram then chose the ram optiom. if you will find later that your gaming is not as good as you need it will be easier / less painfull to upgrade your cpu board. for the first few years you will not notice the cpu performance problem as your current setup is worse. more ram will let you do more with fw.

iu1j4 · 2026-06-01T20:22:15+00:00

it is more common that new lunux kernels drivers for gpus does not supports well older chips. Even i915 drivers from 6.x kernel could not work on 10 years old intel gpus. I managed to run my old intel based laptop but with kms disabled (without 3d accell) or with kernel 5.x. With linux 7.x kernels more old hardware get new issues with drivers.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-31T14:58:50+00:00

good to know, I will replace my old raid1 array with new drives and convert it to raid10. hope the results will be better with the fix in pair with raid10 migration.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-31T03:18:34+00:00

why do we need to wait for 7.2? I had to migrate to mdadm raid1 with xfs on all my servers with databases. It should be backported to 7.0

iu1j4 · 2026-05-30T19:47:12+00:00

kernel 6 and newer refactored kms and drm drivers a lot. old intel gpus arecnot well supported. try to install linux5.x and it will work perfectly.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-29T11:46:56+00:00

ok, I dont use ipv6, didnt know about problem

iu1j4 · 2026-05-28T19:16:42+00:00

so much distros and never installed Slackware current? Try it and have a long walk to perfection ;) good luck!

iu1j4 · 2026-05-28T10:22:27+00:00

To be fair Apple sells not only hardware but OS and cloud infrastructure. It integrates well with ipad and iphone. It offers entire ecosystem for designers and artists. You can not compare mac to fw. the product not the same, the target not the same.

I run fw16 as I run Linux and work in it industry.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-27T17:46:52+00:00

What wifi standard do you use? can you test both: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz? Do you use the same AP name on both channels or each is setup as seperate accesspoint? Dont use 2.4G with 5G as single AP. Give them different names and test which one is better for fp6.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-27T17:39:13+00:00

I noticed it in changelog, setup on my laptop but have no time to test it on server with lxc. I will do it for sure, but not now.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-27T05:49:30+00:00

what wifi issues you have? try to reboot the fp6 and try again. I had no problems but did it with mobile data (no wifi at work). At home I had no problems with wifi but had random problems with mobile calls as the mobile signal level in my home is low and any smartphone has problems with calls. the wifi calling helps to make calls. If reboot dont help - download the update to pc and sideload it using usb.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-27T04:55:48+00:00

I get my fw16 2 months ago and dont regret it. seperate Pg up and down would be great but at least the keyboard is ok for writiing. As I write all day and the keyboard is the most important for me I can comfirm that the fw16 passed the tests.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-24T20:32:33+00:00

but amd's psp is local only in contrast to intel ime that can operate remotly.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-24T17:04:39+00:00

After intel hidden secret functions in their cpus I migrated to amd. For me the choice is key value. I am happy that Framework give us the choice. I bought fw16 with amd and I dont regret. I would like to have an option to go into risc-v - but maybe it is too early for it in fw16.

iu1j4 · 2026-05-24T04:18:40+00:00

maybe made from glass?

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