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    ChadD reacted to Axman's post in the thread AMD Claims Arm ISA Doesn't Offer Efficiency Advantage Over x86 with Like Like.
    Intel hanging onto Atom as long as they did makes sense in hindsight. Core was based on the Pentium M and it saved Intel's butt after AMD made its big push in the early 2000s. It's easy to overlook Atom because of how it was used at the time but...
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    ChadD replied to the thread AMD Claims Arm ISA Doesn't Offer Efficiency Advantage Over x86.
    It is possible. I mean I just assumed x86S was dead as dead could be as Intel abandoned it with zero products a few years back already. Who knows though. Thinking about it you know you might not be wrong. This COULD possibly be a chip designed...
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    ChadD reacted to DukenukemX's post in the thread AMD Claims Arm ISA Doesn't Offer Efficiency Advantage Over x86 with Like Like.
    Developing an x86 CPU isn't cheap, especially the stuff I'm hearing in this new chip. So far it has 16 and 32 tile AMX, APX, FRED, x86S, and other engineering feats. It might be made for servers since it's X86S? It makes far more sense to pay...
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    ChadD replied to the thread AMD Claims Arm ISA Doesn't Offer Efficiency Advantage Over x86.
    I am fairly sure that is exactly what it actually is. Its not as crazy as it sounds. If you don't already own a ARM license you do have to buy it. If you already own a Atom license which they do.... I mean why not. Zero costs vs cost is pretty...
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    ChadD replied to the thread AMD Claims Arm ISA Doesn't Offer Efficiency Advantage Over x86.
    Wouldn't get your hopes up to much. This is either some robotics thing. China. Or it won't matter anyway. X86 competition to AMD and Intel is never happening again. The only way to do it legally at this point would be to extend some less then...
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    ChadD reacted to Mazzspeed's post in the thread Anybody try XLibre instead of Wayland yet? with Like Like.
    Artix Linux drops XLibre support: https://artixlinux.org/news.php#XLibre_support_discontinued
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    ChadD replied to the thread How the ef do I turn off password at windows 11 pro login?.
    This is probably not going to be helpful.... chntpw. Haven't used it in awhile. If you follow this line of thinking do your research. A few years ago I had an aunt that was driving me nuts calling me every couple weeks cause she forgot her...
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    ChadD reacted to Mazzspeed's post in the thread XLibre Linux Distro? with Like Like.
    In relation to font DPI scaling, as far as I'm aware X11 (and by extension XLibre) doesn't actually have the explicit functionality for scaling, it simply uses a larger font size. Wayland actually scales the image just like any other 'modern' OS...
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    ChadD replied to the thread XLibre Linux Distro?.
    I guess they didn't hit their quote of rainbow sporting devs. That seems enough to be called a nazi project these days.
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    ChadD replied to the thread XLibre Linux Distro?.
    The main issue as I understand it is xlibre breaks a ton of stuff. A ton of stuff that developers are simply NOT going to fix for xlibre. X is Dead. People need to move on frankly. Too many projects are simply not going to bother fixing bugs...
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    ChadD replied to the thread Linux distroes thar use XLibre?.
    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XLibre If you want to go that way I would just go with arch proper. Install X or Xlibre if you don't want wayland. So far the only distro I have heard of using is Artix. Though I believe they backed that up to...
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    ChadD reacted to toast0's post in the thread Is Microsoft Fixing Windows 11 or Making It Worse? with Like Like.
    Yeah, that's why there's MATE which is basically gnome before they threw it all in the trash. The microsoft problem is the faster/better way to do things is always the old way. They eliminated the Software Development Engineer in Test position...
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    ChadD replied to the thread Creative Launches Sound Blaster AE-X PCIe Sound Card.
    Sound still has to be converted from digital to analog. It doesn't matter how fast your CPU is, at some point in the chain their is a DAC that is converting that audio signal into a analog one that can be sent to a speaker. Cheap sound cards on a...
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    ChadD replied to the thread Amazon Prime Day Deals 2026.
    I loved the G500. I kick myself on those. I don't think they dropped as low. I saw them hit 40 bucks and thought I should grab a couple and by the time I decided too they were no more.
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    ChadD reacted to Gigantopithecus's post in the thread Amazon Prime Day Deals 2026 with Like Like.
    Conspicuous near-total lack of deals on RAM, SSDs, and HDDs.
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    ChadD reacted to Mazzspeed's post in the thread Linux gaming thread, what games are you currently playing? with Like Like.
    So I finally upgraded to 2 x 24" 1440p 185Hz VRR monitors. Damn, I should have done this sooner, I by far actually prefer these screens to my 4k 27" display. 1440p is the perfect resolution. My stupid Samsung phone seems to have the narrowest...
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    ChadD replied to the thread Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller.
    https://heroicgameslauncher.com/ I mean on SteamOS you go to desktop mode. Click on the Discover store. Search Heroic. Hit install. Log into your Epic and GOG accounts. Done. Proton is open source. Proton is just wine with improvements...
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    ChadD reacted to DukenukemX's post in the thread Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller with Like Like.
    It's already been explained by Gabe Newell. They fear Microsoft for their incompetence and malice. Considering the video is from 2013, the failure of Windows 8 from Microsoft had worried Valve since they depend on Windows. Microsoft can simply...
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    ChadD replied to the thread Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller.
    I am not convinced AMD screwed them over, as this was all basically ewaste parts. I think Valve valved themselves on this one. Valve has a history of holding things till its right. (or as close to as they think its going to get) If Valve had...
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    ChadD replied to the thread Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller.
    Valve has always played nice with the open source world. Nothing they do is hidden. All the they might turn evil arguments don't really track. Valve could have went closed source to ship proper HDMI they didn't. They pressured the forum to stop...
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