I think it’s time for caffeine, it took about three seconds too long to remember that hydrothermal and thermonuclear are two very different things.
I think it’s time for caffeine, it took about three seconds too long to remember that hydrothermal and thermonuclear are two very different things.
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At least for desktop computers, you have the power switch on the back of the PSU. Assuming your PSU is actually ATX compliant and not some proprietary or otherwise non-standard bullshit.
That switch is inline with the AC input and will kill power to the device completely.
If you go that route, and assuming you’re in the US, I’d recommend looking for a government civilian job rather than a contractor position. The pay will be slightly lower, but you’ll have pretty steady pay increases year-to-year, the benefits will almost certainly be better, and you’ll have better job security.
The major downside will be that you’ll likely wind up working for/with a bunch of people who are just trying to keep their heads down and coast until retirement. A major upside will be that you’ll almost certainly be able to retire comfortably.
So, not graphic, just verbose.
pegging -v
This tracks, I primarily drink gin and have a near omnicidal hatred of others.
In either of those scenarios what power would the application developer have over the owner of the device? If the owner doesn’t like what the app is doing they’re free to remove it. There is no obligation to use that particular application to use the device for any purpose the owner sees fit.
AOSP is full open source mobile OS and uninstalling Google Chrome is as easy as uninstalling any other app and it can be replaced with any browser of the owners choice.
Similarly, SteamOS 3 is full Arch based Linux distro and uninstalling Steam is as easy as removing any package installed in Arch. Actually the immutable root file system does make it slightly more difficult, but it’s far from hard, and it can be replaced with a game launcher of the owners choice.
Proprietary software only becomes unethical when it is designed in a way that gives the device owner no option but to use it for their device to function as the owner desires.
Running SteamOS 3 on the Deck is like running AOSP on a phone with Google Chrome installed. You have an entirely open OS running a singular proprietary application.
In both cases you could pretty easily uninstall that app and replace it with something else.
I (obviously) hadn’t realized that. That’s awesome that valve has done that.
Though my point was more that there’s very little in SteamOS 3 that’s actually proprietary.
As for patching in drivers to a different distro for the Deck, for me that’s not a huge concern since I don’t own a Deck. I’d more so like to see Valve release SteamOS 3 for general use rather than only providing images for the Deck.
It looks like Bazzite is a good third-party option for that though, and I intend to try it out when I get home from traveling.
I wish an official SteamOS 3 existed with hardware support for anything other than the Deck.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure Steam and some of the drivers for valve developed hardware (like the controller) are the only closed source parts of SteamOS.
Unless you’re using one of the more recent Win11 builds, where you won’t be able to finish OOBE without an internet connection unless you had the foresight to patch the installer beforehand.
Wizards can definitely be femboys. Sir Ian McKellen still looks good in a dress.
https://lemmy.ml/comment/10310949
A comment on a thread about a similar topic from a while back. Looks like it might have some useful information for you.