One major issue is dGPU performance (this is also relevant for WoA).

That’s true. But that’s more a usability issue than an architecture incompatibility issue.

My compute module is a RK3588, which in the ARM world is considered high end, and it only compares favorably with an entry-level laptop of 5 years ago performance-wise - CPU or GPU. So with respect to price/performance, it’s not there yet. But… well, it works as well as an entry-level laptop of 5 years ago, which is good enough for my meager needs.

If you need performance, you’re limited to x86 because there is nothing equivalent in the ARM world yet. But that’s not because the ecosystem isn’t supported.

Note that the keyword here is yet: as more people buy ARM stuff, more powerful and cheaper ARM stuff will appear on the market. Chicken and egg.

lot of closed source software that cannot run natively on WoA

That’s why I said “at least in Linux”. And you’re right, I probably should have added “for open-source software”.

I haven’t used Windows since 95, and I haven’t used proprietary software for quite a number of years either, because the open-source offering is now good enough that I can credibly do all my computing without anything else. And so for my type of use, there is no significant hurdle running on ARM compared to x86.

But don’t think I’m in an ultra-minority: more and more people only use open-source software nowadays, and they’re not even power users anymore. It’s that good now. So I didn’t feel like mentioning it, because while it’s not quite mainstream yet, it’s common enough.

Using an architecture other than x86 also simply isn’t an option for a lot of people, ruling out POWER9 and ARM hardware entirely.

I call bullshit on this.

My daily driver is an MNT Reform, which is an ARM machine, and I have no trouble finding software. All the stuff I need has been packaged for aarch64 / arm64. At this point, thanks to the popularity of the Raspberry Pi, ARM is pretty much as mainstream as x86 these day.

The only piece of software I couldn’t find pre-built for ARM was an older version of Blender that could use my less-than-current-OpenGL GPU. Other than that, it’s all there and ready to use as quickly and as easily as on x86.

I was the first to be surprised by this, but it’s true: if you run an ARM laptop, you really won’t miss out on anything. At least in Linux.

The problem we have right now is not caused by Nazi-intolerant people.

Tell me: why is it that reasonable people always have to take a step towards the enemy and make them feel better about themselves? When this idiot voted fascist, he made no concessions. And now that he’s had a change of heart, we have to be kind to him and welcome him to the fold?

No. Just fuck off. Intolerance goes both ways. I have no sympathy for Nazi enablers, no matter how repentant they appear to be. Let them taste a bit of their own medicine.

Gerrymandering is nothing new.

What will set Trump apart is that I’m pretty sure he’ll deploy his ICE private paramilitary in blue states to discourage the “wrong” people from going out to vote, or deploy the military over some made-up emergency or other to cancel the elections altogether.

Why do you think ICE just got $45bn? Yes, that’s BILLIONS. Hell of a budget increase for a mere immigration enforcement agency isn’t it?

What do you think the LA rehearsal was for?

There won’t be fair mid-term elections. Mark my words.

Your house is on fire as a result of your decision

I don’t give a shit about this dimwit’s house: his decision set MY house on fire.

It’s great that some MAGAts suddenly see the light. But you know what? They can all fuck off.

He has a doctorate. In psychology, so he’s not a real doctor. But legally, he has the right to throw Dr. in front of his name.

Nothing like a brown socialist to work up a country of white-nationalist fascists.

Any credible fille will list Trump himself. Even the most die-hard MAGA halfwit will know it’s fake if Trump isn’t in it.

Did Pete Hegseth stumble on the Posse Comitatus Act’s Wikipedia page last night in a drunken stupor?

Judge-shopping has been a core strategy of the Heritage Foundation and one of their top priorities. They’ve been quietly paving the road leading to the current fascist mess by appointing extreme-right, extreme-right-adjacent and corrupt judges for years.

And now the trap has sprung. There is no justice in this country anymore.

We know Trump had exceptionally close ties to Epstein, no amount of gaslighting is going to swing that many people to forget that.

You’re deluded.

The MAGA morons who voted him into office knew he was buddy-buddy with the dead pedo before the election. And they knew their racehorse is a convicted sexual predator. Yet the MAGA morons voted for him. Why would they turn on him now?

The MAGA morons are morons. Their outrage won’t survive the weekend. And then they’ll get worked up against whatever their cult leader tells them to get worked up against.

MAGA people have zero principles, otherwise they wouldn’t be MAGA.

The danger with this is, Trump may well pull some truly inhumane and unconstitutional stunt to deflect attention away from his friendship with the dead pedo…

Wait until you get older and one day you’ll realize the kids are looking at you funny when you talk. Then you’ll realize you naturally talk “oldtimey” and your youth is gone.

Enjoy not being an old fart while you can and don’t wish to become one ahead of time. Trust me on that one, it’s not groovy.

Youtube and Facebook crack down on unoriginal and repetitive content eh?

So I’m guessing they won’t be jamming ads down our throats anymore. Hurray for that!

Nothing.

it is still running android underneath

Oh really? I wasn’t aware. That’s a bit of a letdown: I wanted to ditch Android altogether.

Then again, I suppose if the camera works, it must have something to do with running atop a working Android system.

I’ll look into all this. Thanks for the heads up!

Thierry Ardisson était trash avant que le trash ne devienne la norme.

Un vrai pionnier des médias modernes.

Pet à son âme.

At the end of the day, it’s the Heritage Foundation. They’re the one pulling the strings of all those retarded MAGA puppets.