I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere:
Renting PCs is probably overall cheaper and a lot better for the environment. Most people don’t need a machine, they just need a thin client and something to access a few apps maybe 30 mins a day.
Even “power users” don’t need a machine.
If there were a non-profit or not-for-profit that was selling maybe an rpi we’d be saving a lot of money and reducing climate harm.
I just don’t trust bezos to not be greedy.
Prevent MS from forcing their docs xml standard on us all.
That’s not how ip addressing works.
Mint/debian/ubuntu is where I encountered challenges. I only stated that have experience using Gentoo for a number of years to provide evidence that I’m not completely clueless.
Causing me financial harm. For example, Verizon wireless hounded me for more than 3 years over $200 for a home router that I sent back to them.
The worst ms has done is make me read and disable/uninstall some defaults. They have encouraged me to look at alternatives and I have a number of non-ms devices.
Linux always screws up though and is redrawing the line for me. I have a small device that runs Linux and the upgrade process was backup all your data and then wipe/reinstall. wtf?
Another laptop wouldn’t login or let me do anything without typing in a PIN, while MS has Hello and UAC.
Looking up commands or blogs for something that should take 3 clicks, like fixing dpi scaling, shouldn’t take 30+ minutes.
If I struggle even the slightest with simple issues, it’s just not ready for me. I completed my college education solely on Gentoo machines (stage 1 I think it was called?) so I’m comfortable with Linux at a beginner to intermediate level. It’s just not polished.
I go to osx if they supported other hardware.
If it’s plastic then fill with epoxy and send it.
But that part is really cheap. I’d buy new unless it’s not available.
https://lemmy.world/c/bestoflemmy
Which is your favorite?
It’s just a normal review on google or yelp.
In what context? My Teams Rooms devices can recognize and isolate my voice in a conference room with 10+ other people.
This plugged into a raspberry pi would be a cheap alternative to a true kvm appliance.
https://openterface.com/product/minikvm/
You don’t need a kvm for 5 systems, just one for the machine that doesn’t have vpro.
Vpro is really only needed to get you into your bios or fix an issue where you disabled network somehow.
You could buy a standalone kvm. I think there’s one that uses a raspberry pi.
Or you could set up vnc or something similar on your host if you need a gui.
I would put vpro as a nice to have but not essential component option.
Non-vpro with amt will still get you to the pre-os screen I think.
Evaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.
It’s not clear what paid licensing gets you. What’s an Enterprise OS for example?
Took me for a spin.
That’s not how it works.
Set up a VPN to your router as a backup. If something goes down, you can still vpn into your LAN and reach all services.
I pay for mobaxterm.
Self signed certs are usually created with OpenSSL. Find an example online. If you own a domain create your cert against that name.
The better option is to get your backend also using let’s encrypt and change to https. The whole point of lets encrypt is “encrypt all the things”
You should be able to fix your browser cert error messages by adding the cert to your trusted root store. Easy to do on desktops, mobile devices might be harder to do without an MDM.
They’d hire Bloc Party to be the entertainment at the announcement party.