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My 8700k, which is roughly the same era as the 1700x, has been running @ 4.8Ghz all cores synced with the power limit maxed out and AVX offset disabled since day dot - No problems at all. In game, all cores/threads hit a full 4.8Ghz and stay there.

Sorry my friend, I avoid VM's with GPU passthrough - Proton/DXVK/VKD3D is enough for me these days. Many platforms, like Roblox, detect if they're being run in a VM and refuse to run anyway. Certain client side anticheat solutions also detect if they're running in a VM and either refuse to run...

Honestly? You seem to have more of a problem with the fact that I'm claiming that it's entirely possible that one can use Linux daily with few issues whatsoever, than myself having an apparent problem with the unfounded belief that people 'must have' Photoshop and MS Office. But you do you...

Not really - and no, it doesn't bother me that there's people out there that believe they need Windows. But, moving on...

I'm not being ridiculous for no reason at all - The vast majority of Windows users 'do not' need Photoshop. Furthermore, I do not know you at all. Many accounting packages are now available online, accessible via your browser. The number of issues I've dealt with regarding client side...

The point being: Most don't need Photoshop or MS Office. It's an over hyped point of contention. As stated, considering ISO standards, MS Office is the least compatible office suite marketed as the most compatible. I don't know one person that 'needs' either MS Office or Photoshop.

This 100%.

At the end of the day, Microsoft Office is the worlds least compatible with ISO standards office suite, marketed as the most compatible. Like the whole Photoshop 'must have', MS Office is yet another over hyped point of contention. Very few people use Excel filled with macro's to the extreme -...

It works both ways. All members are equal here, I see no reason to judge anyone based on their preferred OS. What such discussion does highlight is the fact that more people are becoming aware of Linux as a viable alternative.

DLSS was supported under Linux the same time it was supported under Windows, DLSS2 took a couple of months to drop under Linux, DLSS3 was supported the same time it was supported under Windows. In relation to Nvidia hardware support, new GPU's are supported the same time they're supported under...

100% agreed. In fact the one time I did try to contact Microsoft direct to recover a lost Microsoft account, I was pretty much told to go away.

I run a single 4k monitor with fractional scaling, and I have no UI issues whatsoever running X11 - the only new technology I don't have access to is DLSS3.5 frame gen. DLSS1, DLSS2 and DLSS3 as well as NVENC work fine - Even Nvidia Reflex is supported as of VKD3D-Proton 2.12 and DXVK-NVAPI 0.7...

What lack of support is there under Linux? If you consider that Microsoft's own support forums are run by (clueless) volunteers, there's really no difference between Linux and Windows - With the exception of the fact that users in the Linux community have more of a clue than Microsoft's support...

Because Microsoft are underhanded and manipulative when it comes to M$ accounts while quietly enabling bitlocker in the background, couple that with the fact that the vasi majority of Windows users are average types that have no idea what a 'non limited account' even is: And you have a recipe...

Personally, I'm a fan of KDE Neon user edition myself.

Wayland runs fine on Plasma 6 with the exception of flickering at times due to the fact Wayland devs have been dragging their heels merging explicit sync at the request of Nvidia quite some time ago.

A luxury is not a necessity and can be discarded when cost of living expenses are, globally, out of control. For example: Food and shelter are basic human necessities.

I see net neutrality as a good thing, I don't want large multinationals getting bandwidth priority over someone downloading a large file - The net should be neutral. As it is, where I'm located, I notice that of an evening streaming services stream just fine while speedtests highlight that my...

Which is absolutely no different to proprietary code. The facts as they stand highlight that in this case, another pair of eyes, possibly in another part of the globe the malicious actor operated from - found the payload before it was deployed on large scale. Could it have been luck? Possibly...

They seem pretty open to the problem to me, I don't see anything being kept secret in that article.

This is a good pictorial analysis of the attack. Once again, inspecting the source code wouldn't have highlighted any striking problems regarding this attack, as the malicious code was injected at compile time via the makefile and only if you downloaded the tarball - The fact that multiple devs...

This wasn't some seat of your pants attack, this was well orchestrated by someone quite knowledgeable regarding SSH & systemd dependencies - certain technical defenses were even disabled by the insertion of a single dot in an autoconf file. As stated before, you could have audited the source...

With so many eyes pouring over the code, there's no chance a backdoor or malicious actor could be kept secret in the open source community.

Perhaps my search skills are rubbish, but I can't find any such post. Is it possible for you to PM me a link?

That's a bit of an assumption. The reality is: We really have no idea how proprietary software development progresses behind the scenes, or how efficient it is for others to view commit history. Stating it's harder for malicious actors to infiltrate the proprietary software development chain...

You may not have seen my edit:

Lets not forget the point I highlighted earlier: There's little doubt the ability to readily go back through commits and audit the code is the larger part of what saved the day in this example. Without that ability, the individual that found the exploit would have just shrugged off such a...

Which is a quote out of context when they explain their reasons why. I think discovered (in time) is what the article was specifically stating. Another article elaborating on the vulnerabilities and strengths of OSS software in such a scenario (linked off Lemmy as you need an account under 'X'...

The exploit was injected at build time via the build script, examining the source code wouldn't have highlighted any abnormalities - Hence the reason only the tarball was affected and not the git source. Commits can be rolled back, while any commits by the malicious actor can be scrutinized for...

Apparently the malicious actor in this instance was in touch with many distro/software devs/maintainers, trying to get the newer version of xz-utils added because of it's 'great new features'.

The package was also available under Windows. I noticed the GitHub repo was taken down, the first time I've seen that happen regarding such a high profile repo.

I'm good.

I never said that. I stated that infrastructure isn't required on behalf of console manufacturers, furthermore I never stated it doesn't cost anything for developers to host game servers. Bring back the days where it was possible to host your own damn game servers with none of the leveling...

What infrastructure? An online connection doesn't require any infrastructure implemented by console manufacturers, you connect directly to game servers hosted by developers.

Combined with every other monthly subscription, it's a luxury.

I wouldn't.

Given the current cost of living issues which vary depending on country, coupled with the fact that everything is becoming a back pocket pilfering subscription service nowadays that is quickly becoming an unaffordable luxury, I disagree that $17.00/month is reasonable. Personally, my back...

Lets remember: Sony started charging a subscription to play online because Microsoft did it and got away with it. I remember playing FPS games online on my PS3, and there was no cost involved at all. By removing the cost barrier regarding an online subscription, you entice more developers to...

There's an easy fix... ...Stop charging a subscription to play online. Immediately MS will have a marketable reason for people to flock from Sony's Playstation network to Microsoft's Xbox network. Furthermore, it shouldn't be as painful for MS as they charge most a subscription to use MS...