First they laughed at Russians
Then they laughed at Chinese
Now they laugh at Americans and Brits
Who’s gonna laugh the last?
No system is good enough to prevent abuse and dismantling of democracy. Europeans already lose footing and need radical action to stop repeating same mistakes. Authoritarians are already knocking on the doors, and they will not be quiet.
Seems like Americans also choose cars by this principle
I’d rather not taste your nut
X11 is heavily outdated and vulnerable, but it features one thing Wayland doesn’t: it works with everything.
So, if Wayland checks your points, go Wayland. If something breaks - X11 is there to back you up.
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It is! But the extent to which it is used is limited by the efficiency losses that come with electrolysis, logistics, and reverse conversion.
I assume it could still be useful in applications that require long hauls, as dragging a heavy and expensive battery around can negate efficiency benefits over the long runs.
Pouring out a gallon of water is an immediately identifiable thing
Yes, as in “you can impress people with that”, no, as in “it gives any sort of accurate perception”
There are plenty of things that consume orders of magnitude more water than AI. You’ll be much better off ecologically by skipping the last few seconds of your shower or eating a tiny slice of meat less every week than by not using these tools.
Besides, many of them can be run on your regular, air-cooled PC.
That’s not to say that AI training in general is not an ecological issue - but most of it actually goes in directions other than LLMs and image generation tools, and for models already trained, the footprint is straight up negligible. You likely wasted more energy reading this than getting an AI to make an image for you.
The expenses are mostly upfront though. I’ve spent like $400 on a relatively fancy NAS and two 3TB WD Red CMR drives five years ago, and since then, there was that.
Of course, depending on your use case, there could be extra expenses as well, some of them recurring:
Now, for the streaming alternative:
Your NAS system will pay off in a little over a year (maybe two years if you go all in with huge drives, fancy NAS configs, extra expenses here and there), and it’s smooth sailing from there.
My unit works for 5 years already with no maintenance, is still fully supported by the manufacturer, and I don’t expect to replace it in a few more years.
Self-hosting allows you to have all your files on all your devices, like many have used to with the streaming services. Also, some smart TVs specifically require to connect to some server to grab movies from.
If you don’t need any of that, regular hard drive will suit you best.
RustDesk could be a brilliant option, but the company is huge and there’s little chance to alter management decisions of this magnitude. This would take a lot of work on IT team, and as of right now, they can’t even care to update what they have, featuring outdated clients because they somehow “work better”.
But anyway, thanks for advice! Could be useful for my own projects.
Sounds fun! Can see how well it runs on Linux.
X11 applications still run under XWayland
Somehow with XWayland enabled, the app still specifically demanded an actual X11 session
What’s Omnissa’s stance there?
They promise it will be done, but they already moved the dates several times
Migration would be great, but it’s not sometching an individual employee can do of an employer uses what it uses.
Not dismissing the idea that it might be for real, but random man being able to grope the literal President sounds kinda sus.
I’m not super into Mexican politics, but doesn’t she have guard on duty to prevent just that?
This. “Did I wash X already? Does it feel clean? Am I sure?”
You make it look like old Nvidia cards are the only reason X11 is held around.
Heck, I had trouble installing remote desktop for my work (they use Omnissa Horizon) on Fedora, because the app still exclusively supports X11, and Fedora removed it in version 42.
There are plenty of instances of similar things happening here and there, and currently, ditching X11 will still be catastrophic for many users’ workflows.
Ideally, yes. But if Nvidia is stubborn, there are two ways to go about it:
Poowned