Dell releases a monster all-in-one Linux workstation! Devuan gets a stable release candidate, Ubuntu 12.04 reaches EOL, and Android Nougat comes to the Raspberry Pi 3. All this, plus your feedback.
Colour key – Venn Pedro Mathieu Jordan
Phase 3
http://blog.system76.com/post/159767214983/entering-phase-three
- “Time to make our laptops even more expensive.”
- I don’t believe the prices will jump up
- Remember, we’re talking about cases here, not motherboards
- They’re starting with desktop computers, and I’ve never really been interested in pre-made desktop computers
- But they have finally made a laptop I would buy, the Galago Pro. Shipping in May.
- Starting with desktops and plans to move to laptops.
- I always liked the idea of AIOs but was always disappointed with the glorified laptop parts.
- These, on the other hand, have full on workstation parts including proper graphics cards.
- You get your pick between Quadros or Fire Pros.
- With the highest end Fire Pro reportedly letting you push 6 UHD displays at 60Hz.
- Everything about this screams business machine. It’s a “workstation”, not a “personal computer”, it ships with professional GPUs, it has a Red Hat option
- So, yes, it’s a bit expensive. But it’s not supposed to go in your home (unless you work from home)
- So, now that we have the machines, can we have companies using 30 of those in their offices developing AAA games on Linux using Unreal Engine and Blender?
- Oh look, a DaVinci Resolve workstation.
- BTW 27-inches @ UHD (It don’t do 4K) will be unreadable.
- You DO realize that’s not how Hi-DPI works, don’t you?
- I am in great pain, please help me
- Ryzen was tested with an updated 4.10 kernel and 4.11 kernel as it has code implementation for Ryzen’s simultaneous multi-threading.
- Y U no Handbrake?
- Kinda sad that the 1800X only offers 11% over the 8350 in Unigine Valley.
- Why not Superposition?
- Stay away from Gigabyte motherboards, gotcha!
1.0
https://devuan.org/os/debian-fork/stable-candidate-announce-042017
- Calling yourselves “Veteran Unix Admin” does not give you more credit
- I wonder how many mainframes are powered by Devuan
- There an OS used by actual Veteran Unix sysadmins that doesn’t use systemd, it’s called BSD, there’s even a Debian version of it.
- This project was born from hatred, I’m amazed they managed to reach the Release Candidate stage
- Eight projects use it as a base.
EOL
https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-12-04-end-of-life/
- What does this mean for all those games which claim 12.04 minimum requirement?
- Nothing! Because neither the developers or VALVe give a toss about it.
- And if we’re being fair and the Steam Runtime does its job, you could in theory still keep it.
- If your company still relies on 12.04, you might want to check downstairs in the server room because your sysadmin might be dead.
- And there are companies like TravisCI that have wait until the VERY LAST MINUTE to offer something more recent.
- You might think they would have jumped directly to 16.04, but no they are migrating to the already antiquated 14.04 which forces me to take the Docker route because I have no use for something that old.
- Give Canonical $150 for ESM support and be done with it.
Dead and Buried
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3191867/open-source-tools/ubuntu-phone-security-updates-end-in-june-app-store-closing.html
- You think people were wary of buying full Linux devices before.
- The number of people who got an Ubuntu phone or tablet and who are not capable of migrating it to Android is exactly zero.
- And there’s nothing to complain about, if you buy a device from Samsung, Google, Sony or whatever big brand, it would have become unsupported even faster.
- What if they closed the Google Play store?
- Now it all depends on how good the community support will be. (Remember, we talked about UBPorts)
- Ha! These things were DOA.
Slice of Pi
Tinker
http://edgeup.asus.com/2017/04/19/the-tinker-board-takes-asus-into-a-new-world-of-diy-computing/
- We talked about the TinkerBoard previously and it’s now available!
- And yes, it’s still the best board you can get with the same form factor as a Pi
- Asus may have dropped the price a bit, if I remember correctly it was announced slightly above $60, now the MSRP is $55 (but it will likely be more in the first few months)
- Gigabit ethernet, 4 USB ports which are now on a different bus than the ethernet.
- Integrated WiFi and bluetooth.
- HDMI is limited to 1.4, you’ll only be able to push a 4k display at 30Hz, and even in regular desktop use you won’t get 2160p proper either. It’s upscaled 1080p.
- And if you want to play 4k video with hardware acceleration, you need to use the TinkerOS media player.
- Android support is also coming at a later date.
- You’re going to need a 5V 2.5A USB power brick to drive this thing, which means, unless you have a really power hungry tablet which came with one of those, you’re going to need to buy one as well.
- Even my SHIELD tablet only uses a 2.1A USB power brick.
Volume
http://wsmlab.blogspot.com/2017/04/ir-volume-control-for-sonos-connect-amp.html
- This is giving me an idea.
- I’d like to do the opposite, instead of intercepting IR signals from a remote and sending them to a device, I’d like to control my TV from my phone or computer
- Replace the IR receiver by an emitter, change the software a bit and it’s done.
- Or, you know, buy a Playbar.
- It just reminds me that 1) I have to get a Raspberry Pi 3 and 2) I have to get Android 7 working on my Nexus 4
- You lot get the tubes working (and someone confirm Plex) and you will have my attention.
- Not really ready for the prime of time.
Feedback
RGB
http://linuxgamecast.com/bradley/?m24ift2
- Short answer, no.
AMD
http://linuxgamecast.com/bradley/?FaqoNlz
- Thing is, if you want to upgrade just flash the BIOS.
- Okay Cameron, you yourself just admitted they’re comparing it to the Maxwell chips to make it look more attractive.
- You seem to be the one who doesn’t listen, because we said as much.