Squeezing Linux on the Minisforum V3 AMD Tablet, SUSE Linux boasts 19 years of support, Raspberry Pi Connect gains a shell, and one wonders: after 30 years, could you finally make the switch to Linux?
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:13 Slack deleting history on free accounts
00:45 Snapdragon X Linux benchmarks?
02:36 Pink keyboard show and tell
03:37 Linux on the Minisforum V3 AMD
07:24 SUSE support extended to 19 years
09:45 How long have you used Linux?
10:29 5 reasons to never use Windows
20:48 Raspberry Pi Connect console
Minisforum V3 AMD Tablet
https://mudkip.me/2024/04/14/A-Brief-Review-of-the-Minisforum-V3-AMD-Tablet/
- The AMD powered 8840U Minisforum tablet in the wild.
- 14″ screen, 40Wh battery, 32GB of memory RAM for under a grand.
- They even tossed in Win11.
- All of the hardware worked out of the box with Fedorf. Even the fingerprint reader.
- Touchscreen wired as expected and hey, KDE has a tablet mode if you don’t want to squint.
- No autorotation and the volume buttons only work with a keyboard attached.
- Runs for around 6 hours if you baby it.
- Battery drain during sleep is only around 1-2% over 8 hours.
- Portable display mode doesn’t support touch because reasons?
- That would have been extra handy to have.
- Maybe Venn has finally found that portable Linux tablet he has been wanting.
- The writer mudkip says that the performance is outstanding, and it outperforms his/hers M1 iMac with many tasks.
- That is high praise indeed!
SUSE 19 years support! (RTheren)
- SUSECON 2024 was last week in Berlin, Germany, and there was a huge announcement for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or SLES, 15 Service Pack 6 release.
- It includes Long Term Service support for a whopping 19 years!
- That is 7 more years than Canonical’s Ubuntu LTS, which was recently extended to 12 years.
- And you may be asking yourself, “Why 19 years, and not 20 years?”
- Well, because of the Epoch. In the ZDNET post Steven Vaughan-Nichols states:
- “That’s when the time-keeping code in 32-bit Unix-based operating systems reaches the end of the seconds it’s been counting since the beginning of time — 00:00:00 GMT on January 1, 1970, as far as Linux and Unix systems are concerned — and resets to zero. Just like the Y2K bug, that means that all unpatched 32-bit operating systems and software will have fits. The Linux kernel itself had the problem fixed in 2020’s Linux 5.6 kernel”
- The new SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 6 also includes:
- Linux Kernel 6.4
- New OpenSSL 3.1 library for security compliance
- And SLES’s new feature that encrypts your data in memory, not just in hard storage, or while being sent over the internet.
- Also, you can use SUSE Manager 5.0 for server management and Linux instances on any SLES you are running.
- And it supports over 16 different Linux distros, including RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, and even on Raspberry Pi OS.
- For comparison: Windows Server has 5-10 years of support, and MacOS has 3-5.
- Still not quite the 20 years for Solaris 11.
30 Years Of Linux
- This week Microsoft decided to automatically backup customers’ data making OneDrive opt-out.
- On top of that, they have removed the documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11.
- Now I know some of you will never leave the corporate embrace of your Windows dom daddy but some are starting to wake up, even the diehards.
- Your Windows desktop exists to collect telemetry, serve ads, and basically do whatever it wants, when it wants, without your consent.
- In return, you get the illusion of choice, ease of use, and okay hardware support.
- But some of you are convinced that switching to Linux is impossible.
- But what if the roles were reversed?
- Independent contractor Jack Wallen wrote a bit about that for zdnet listing 5 reasons he could never run Windows or MacOS after 30 years of Linux.
- 1. “It makes sense” is a valid argument since any OS you’re familiar with typically, well, makes sense.
- 2. “It’s easy” No it’s not. Linux is just as hard / easy as any other operating system you’re unfamiliar with.
- And while you could go your entire life with Linux and never so much as open the terminal (as claimed) it’s more likely that you win the lottery every day for an entire month.
- 3. “It lets me work how I want” Yes, Linux is highly configurable, and you’ll probably need to crack open a terminal to configure some of them.
- 4. “It’s flexible” Plenty of desktops and WMs to choose from and they all have gangs of configuration options.
- 5. “It’s secure” By default it is but that’s only as secure as the users willingness to download random packages and type in the root password.
- Or use unverified Snaps or Flatpaks.
- If you’re concerned about privacy or customization then give Linux a look, those are being phased out on the Windows side.
- But don’t let anyone tell you that’s is going to be an easy transition because it’s not, not even a little bit.
- Could you switch to Linux?
Slice of Pi
Raspberry Pi Connect Update
- So about 1 and a half months ago, on LWDW 422, we talked about Raspberry Pi launching Raspberry Pi Connect, which is an easy way to access your Raspberry Pi remotely via the web.
- Well, they have listened to the Raspberry Pi community for features they would most like to see in this powerful service.
- And a new beta of Raspberry Pi Connect has been released, but this time not only does it have support for the Raspberry Pi 5, 4, and 400, but for all Raspberry Pi computers going back to the very first one, the Raspberry Pi Model B released in 2012!
- Also, this is regardless if they are running Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit or 64-bit, Raspberry Pi OS Lite, or Raspberry Pi OS with a desktop.
- Another great feature that is new is remote shell access. Raspberry Pi states on their news blog:
- “The new remote shell feature in Raspberry Pi Connect enables you to launch a shell on your Raspberry Pi device from a web browser, over a secure connection. This provides access to your Raspberry Pi without a desktop environment, extending support to older devices as well as devices running Raspberry Pi OS Lite. Remote shell access also works much better over low-bandwidth connections than screen sharing, making it a handy option to have.”
- And if you use a Wayland compositor, like Wayfire, you can also share your screen.
- This is ssh with extra steps.
- Keep in mind, anything done with this could be relayed through one of their TURN servers.
