I'm also in the club of having a couple of Manjaro installs that now date back a few years to when it was still cool.
Honestly as a distro it works pretty well and my complaints are few. If I had to reinstall I'd take a closer look at CachyOS, EndeavourOS, or even just Arch, but I can't really be bothered to replace something that's working just fine so I'll stick with it for now.
I haven't had a Windows install completely brick itself, but I have seen Windows go into a try to update->update fails->rollback->updates are available->tries to update again... etc. infinite loop.
It's been a while since I've had a Linux system brick that wasn't me doing something stupid, though I've gotten a lot better at handling the occasional minor hiccup.
Looks like I'm Zagreus from the game Hades. So probably not too bad off, because while I can still die, I'm also immortal.
Other than Hades himself being rather unpleasant, the House of Hades actually doesn't seem like a bad place to be, and the no violence rule means it should be relatively safe.
The problem with a third party ROM without Google Services is that a lot of these apps simply won't work without Google Services present. You might as well be using a flip phone as far as this stuff is concerned.
When I saw that, I was like "wait, is Knoppix still around?". A quick search revealed it hasn't been updated in some time.
Back in the 2000's Knoppix was a life saver more than once, but once other distros gained the ability to run live from the install media, I didn't really need Knoppix any longer.
Off and on. Currently have a world I'm playing where I'm in the end game and all that's left to do is build. Though I still need to travel out a few thousand blocks and find a sulfur cave.
The way USB-C is supposed to work is the charger, device, and the cable itself have smarts in them, and they all negotiate taking into account the kind of power the device accepts, the kind of power the charger can provide, and the kind of power the cable can deliver to properly charge the device.
More than likely those devices you have don't have any smarts in them and just want 5V with 500mA or perhaps 1A delivered to its USB-C shaped plug. Since it's dumb port, the USB-C chargers can't talk to it, and therefore they refuse to provide power. However, most USB-A chargers are just dumb power supplies and will happily provide the 5V 1A (or 500mA) the device wants. Technically a USB-A device shouldn't draw more than 100mA of power without getting an OK from the port it's plugged into, but that's been mostly ignored for years now.
People who make use of macros would be using more than one. I make use of some of the various registers from time to time, but I'd have to be doing something pretty extreme to run out of letters.
According to the fine article, Microsoft's recommendation for gaming PCs was that "32GB is ideal for serious players who run the most demanding titles or use heavy mods”.
Having a few of those phishing test emails actually get snagged by the spam filters wouldn't actually a bad idea. I can review the quarantined and spam email for the rare case there is a false positives, and it's entirely possible that someone could find something in there, be like "hey that looks legit", and get phished.
Though on the subject of spam filters, I really wish IT would invest some resources into some better filtering. I mean, it's the first line of defense and from what I can tell they just use some default crappy Microsoft filter that barely catches anything and lets some of the spammiest spam just sail right through. So I guess in that sense not letting the fake phishing emails get snagged by the filters is entirely believable.
My assumption is the lease payments will more than cover the cost of the computer, and when you turn it back in at the end of the lease Apple is just going to scrap it.
I suppose that doesn't preclude them charging you extra if you return it all scratched up just to extract even more money from you.
Windows has had to deal with memory pressure a lot more than Linux. Some of this is bloat, but historically there's also just been a lot of low end systems sold with Windows. All of the Windows 7 systems sold with 1GB, the Windows XP systems sold with with 256MB, running Windows 98 in 16MB, and so on.
Windows is always looking for memory it can page out and does a lot of preemptive paging so that if it suddenly needs a bunch of free RAM - like if the user suddenly launches some memory hog of an application, Windows has it available. Windows is also a bit smart about it - it'll page things out but still keep the data in RAM too. So for example an application idle in the background will be paged out in case Windows needs that memory, but it's also kept in RAM so if the user pulls the application back up, Windows doesn't have to read everything back from the page file either.
This has lead to complaints about Windows constantly thrashing the disk and doing things in the background, but there is some method to the madness. Though I will complain that Windows still seems to do this even in situations where the PC has a lot of RAM and large amounts of it aren't being used.
The Linux kernel, on the other hand, doesn't do a lot of this like Windows does. Which is fine so long as you have enough RAM. But in a situation where there isn't a lot of free RAM and suddenly the user launches a big application, the kernel suddenly has to do a bunch of swapping to free up memory and that can take a bit, especially if the drive is slow.
The Linux kernel does have a "Swappiness" setting that can modify its behavior, but I've never really played around with that myself.
I have to wonder if Microsoft also went to a cheaper (slower) SSD. Windows 11 isn't great with 8GB of ram, but also my experience is Windows 11 can handle a light load without freezing up for several seconds.
The funny thing is, the people who care about Group Policy and Active Directory are the same people who aren't happy about their network potentially being compromised because someone hooked up their work laptop up to a monitor at their home.
Hate is perhaps too strong of a word, but personally, I just don't care for their default desktop environment. If I had to, I could still use it but as I have lots of choices I'm going with something else.
On the other hand, I find Ubuntu to be a fine server OS, especially if you want something in the Debian family but want something a bit more up to date than what's currently in Debian stable but still widely supported.
That's my qualification. It's a new computer when I'm just nicking a few bits out of the old computer, either leaving the old computer still functional or could be made functional again without too much trouble.
I'm also in the club of having a couple of Manjaro installs that now date back a few years to when it was still cool.
Honestly as a distro it works pretty well and my complaints are few. If I had to reinstall I'd take a closer look at CachyOS, EndeavourOS, or even just Arch, but I can't really be bothered to replace something that's working just fine so I'll stick with it for now.
I haven't had a Windows install completely brick itself, but I have seen Windows go into a try to update->update fails->rollback->updates are available->tries to update again... etc. infinite loop.
It's been a while since I've had a Linux system brick that wasn't me doing something stupid, though I've gotten a lot better at handling the occasional minor hiccup.
Looks like I'm Zagreus from the game Hades. So probably not too bad off, because while I can still die, I'm also immortal.
Other than Hades himself being rather unpleasant, the House of Hades actually doesn't seem like a bad place to be, and the no violence rule means it should be relatively safe.
However, there is no escape.
Arguably won the first Iraq war, the one where there were clear goals that were achieved, and did not turn into a prolonged quagmire.
I suppose you could argue that it was just a setup for the second Iraq war, but that setup was also a bunch of lies.
The problem with a third party ROM without Google Services is that a lot of these apps simply won't work without Google Services present. You might as well be using a flip phone as far as this stuff is concerned.
It also forces you into the iPhone/Android phone with Google Play services duopoly. And I simply don't want some stupid app on my phone.
Plus it's also just inconvenient. I give you money, you give me food. It should be that simple.
When I saw that, I was like "wait, is Knoppix still around?". A quick search revealed it hasn't been updated in some time.
Back in the 2000's Knoppix was a life saver more than once, but once other distros gained the ability to run live from the install media, I didn't really need Knoppix any longer.
Off and on. Currently have a world I'm playing where I'm in the end game and all that's left to do is build. Though I still need to travel out a few thousand blocks and find a sulfur cave.
In the meantime, try out some of the shader packs for Java.
The way USB-C is supposed to work is the charger, device, and the cable itself have smarts in them, and they all negotiate taking into account the kind of power the device accepts, the kind of power the charger can provide, and the kind of power the cable can deliver to properly charge the device.
More than likely those devices you have don't have any smarts in them and just want 5V with 500mA or perhaps 1A delivered to its USB-C shaped plug. Since it's dumb port, the USB-C chargers can't talk to it, and therefore they refuse to provide power. However, most USB-A chargers are just dumb power supplies and will happily provide the 5V 1A (or 500mA) the device wants. Technically a USB-A device shouldn't draw more than 100mA of power without getting an OK from the port it's plugged into, but that's been mostly ignored for years now.
People who make use of macros would be using more than one. I make use of some of the various registers from time to time, but I'd have to be doing something pretty extreme to run out of letters.
According to the fine article, Microsoft's recommendation for gaming PCs was that "32GB is ideal for serious players who run the most demanding titles or use heavy mods”.
So, no.
Having a few of those phishing test emails actually get snagged by the spam filters wouldn't actually a bad idea. I can review the quarantined and spam email for the rare case there is a false positives, and it's entirely possible that someone could find something in there, be like "hey that looks legit", and get phished.
Though on the subject of spam filters, I really wish IT would invest some resources into some better filtering. I mean, it's the first line of defense and from what I can tell they just use some default crappy Microsoft filter that barely catches anything and lets some of the spammiest spam just sail right through. So I guess in that sense not letting the fake phishing emails get snagged by the filters is entirely believable.
My assumption is the lease payments will more than cover the cost of the computer, and when you turn it back in at the end of the lease Apple is just going to scrap it.
I suppose that doesn't preclude them charging you extra if you return it all scratched up just to extract even more money from you.
I doubt much more thought was put into this other than "hey, you know what would look cool?"
Windows has had to deal with memory pressure a lot more than Linux. Some of this is bloat, but historically there's also just been a lot of low end systems sold with Windows. All of the Windows 7 systems sold with 1GB, the Windows XP systems sold with with 256MB, running Windows 98 in 16MB, and so on.
Windows is always looking for memory it can page out and does a lot of preemptive paging so that if it suddenly needs a bunch of free RAM - like if the user suddenly launches some memory hog of an application, Windows has it available. Windows is also a bit smart about it - it'll page things out but still keep the data in RAM too. So for example an application idle in the background will be paged out in case Windows needs that memory, but it's also kept in RAM so if the user pulls the application back up, Windows doesn't have to read everything back from the page file either.
This has lead to complaints about Windows constantly thrashing the disk and doing things in the background, but there is some method to the madness. Though I will complain that Windows still seems to do this even in situations where the PC has a lot of RAM and large amounts of it aren't being used.
The Linux kernel, on the other hand, doesn't do a lot of this like Windows does. Which is fine so long as you have enough RAM. But in a situation where there isn't a lot of free RAM and suddenly the user launches a big application, the kernel suddenly has to do a bunch of swapping to free up memory and that can take a bit, especially if the drive is slow.
The Linux kernel does have a "Swappiness" setting that can modify its behavior, but I've never really played around with that myself.
I have to wonder if Microsoft also went to a cheaper (slower) SSD. Windows 11 isn't great with 8GB of ram, but also my experience is Windows 11 can handle a light load without freezing up for several seconds.
The funny thing is, the people who care about Group Policy and Active Directory are the same people who aren't happy about their network potentially being compromised because someone hooked up their work laptop up to a monitor at their home.
Hate is perhaps too strong of a word, but personally, I just don't care for their default desktop environment. If I had to, I could still use it but as I have lots of choices I'm going with something else.
On the other hand, I find Ubuntu to be a fine server OS, especially if you want something in the Debian family but want something a bit more up to date than what's currently in Debian stable but still widely supported.
That's my qualification. It's a new computer when I'm just nicking a few bits out of the old computer, either leaving the old computer still functional or could be made functional again without too much trouble.