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[–] 212 points 2 years ago* (6 children)
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    [–] 165 points 2 years ago (25 children)

    I prefer to put my swap partition on CD-RW.

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  • [–] 91 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That way you'll know you've run out of physical memory when the cd-rom starts spinning up.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I wonder if anyone has actually managed to do this

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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    Sup, that would actually be possible.

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  • [–] 146 points 2 years ago (37 children)

    Yeah, never had a problem with incompatible hardware on Linux.

    No siree, not a once!

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Did you ever had to buy a new laptop because Linux stopped supporting the current one?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No but I am looking for a new laptop and this time I'll definitely spent more time checking Linux compatibility.

    My previous thinkpad worked fine out of the box, but my current laptop is an HP Omen, that I mostly selected for the price to performance ratio. But I immediately learned that Linux compatibility sucked. Like not being able to boot an Ubuntu usb drive (without messing with the boot parameters).

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    This is not a problem with Linux, this is a problem with hardware manufacturers not making drivers for Linux.

    Which is understandable, honestly. Making drivers is surely not an easy task. Targeting Windows covers the 80/20 rule.

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    [–] 92 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That fucking wolfs face never fails to make me laugh

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Not true. For modern Linux you need a processor with a memory controller and 8mb of ram. If also need to be a processor from the 21 century.

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    [–] 41 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Would it be possible to forgo ram for just swap?

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (11 children)
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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Btw. If you disable the Intel ME, TPM is nonfunctional.

    Yay!

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    Well, you can run Linux on an FPGA...

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    i remember when i could run windows 3.1 on a potato

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