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General discussionThe worst-case scenario: Win 10 no longer supported(51 posts)(51 posts)
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Posted 4 days ago
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Dawnsinger: At least it seems that both the AMD and the Nvidia drivers still aren't opensource. Closed source firmware is one thing, but kernel modules are something else entirely.
For AMD GPUs, only the firmware is proprietary.
Posted 4 days ago
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Dawnsinger: At least it seems that both the AMD and the Nvidia drivers still aren't opensource. Closed source firmware is one thing, but kernel modules are something else entirely.
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vv221: For AMD GPUs, only the firmware is proprietary.
Just want to add that AMD drivers are part of the kernel, same as Intel. No need to install anything, even in old cards.
Posted 4 days ago
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Geromino: As probably most people here know, Windows 10 will no longer be supported by Microsoft later this year, and we'll all be forced to switch to the police state fantasy Windows 11 that nobody likes.

What are your plans for this ?

Obviously with Windows 10 you can no longer be online without being a massive security risk.

Nevermind that older computers may not even be able to do this switch.
I haven't updated 10 in over 3 years. And I'm fine.

It only becomes a securitry risk when you let Microshaft continuously install more crap updates that intrude on privacy. That is the real virus. Windows Defender defends even against its master Miicroshaft after I disabled that crap updating scheme through the registry.
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ifearyeti: I used Windows XP until 2021. That's when the mother board battery died and I just bought a new computer.

No real problems.
Why didn't you just go to the store and buy a replacement CR2032 battery?
Post edited 4 days ago by u2jedi
Posted 2 days ago
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vv221: For AMD GPUs, only the firmware is proprietary.
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Dark_art_: Just want to add that AMD drivers are part of the kernel, same as Intel. No need to install anything, even in old cards.
That's one less thing to worry about, then. I'm using a GTX 760, but only because it was given to me used. I myself would have gone for AMD and it seems that will be a good choice.
Posted Yesterday
By the time that I figured out that it was the motherboard battery, I had already ordered a new one. The hard drive was too small anyways.

The new computer was pretty cheap; already 2 years behind the times.Brand new, mint in package, but manufactured 2 years earlier.
Posted 19 hours ago
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Dawnsinger: That's one less thing to worry about, then. I'm using a GTX 760, but only because it was given to me used. I myself would have gone for AMD and it seems that will be a good choice.
I would say it mostly don't matter from the "casual" end user point of view. With nVidia you do need to install propietary drivers (if the choosen distro dont have them pre installed like PopOs and Nobara) but the kernel ships with a Open Source Nouveau driver that is able to use the card, albeit with much less performance.

The 760 is a great card in my opinion, a bit dated nowadays but a very fine Windows XP retro machine card :)
My favorite card of the last decade (a bit more since the last 3-4 years are dead in the video card space) is the GTX 750Ti...
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