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Thanks to Nvidia, there's a new generation of PCs coming, and they'll be running Linux (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?

Besides, why not use native Linux as the primary operating system on this new chip family? Linux, after all, already runs on the Grace Blackwell Superchip. Windows doesn't. It's that simple.

Nowadays, Linux runs well with Nvidia chips. Recent benchmarks show that open-source Linux graphic drivers work with Nvidia GPUs as well as its proprietary drivers.

Even Linus Torvalds thinks Nvidia has gotten its open-source and Linux act together. In August 2023, Torvalds said, "Nvidia got much more involved in the kernel. Nvidia went from being on my list of companies who are not good to my list of companies who are doing really good work."

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 81 points 2 weeks ago (33 children)

Honestly, I've found that my compute needs have been surpassed quite a while ago, and so I could easily get away with buying a $300 computer.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

I bought a former office HP EliteDesk 800 G2 16GB for $120 on eBay or Amazon (can’t recall) 2 years ago with the intention of it just being my server. I ended up not unhooking the monitor and leaving it on my desk since it’s plenty fast for my needs. No massive PC gaming rig but it plays Steam indie titles and even 3D modeling and slicing apps at full speed. I just haven’t needed to get anything else.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Being blind, I don't play video games and don't do any kind of 3D graphics and stuff like that. So many, many computers would fit my specifications.

Edit: My laptop right now is a Dell Latitude E5400 from like 2014 with eight gigabytes of RAM and a 7200 RPM drive with an Intel Core i5 and it works well enough. Honestly, the only problem with it is that it does not charge the battery. So as soon as it is unplugged from the wall, it just dies. And it's not the battery itself because I've tried getting new batteries for it. It's something in the charging circuitry. It works fine when it's on wall power, but it just does not charge the battery. I figure with it being 10 years old already, at some point I will have to replace it.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It’s something in the charging circuitry. It works fine when it’s on wall power, but it just does not charge the battery.

And it’s not the battery itself because I’ve tried getting new batteries for it. It’s something in the charging circuitry. It works fine when it’s on wall power, but it just does not charge the battery.

At least some Dell laptops authenticate to the charger so that only "authentic Dell chargers" can charge the battery, though they'll run off third-party chargers without charging the battery.

Unfortunately, it's a common problem -- and I've seen this myself -- for the authentication pin on an "authentic Dell charger" to become slightly bent or something, at which it will no longer authenticate and the laptop will refuse to charge the battery.

I bet the charger on yours is a barrel charger with that pin down the middle.

hits Amazon

Yeah, looks like it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086VYSZVL?psc=1

I don't have a great picture for the 65W one, but the 45W charger here has an image looking down the charger barrel showing that internal pin.

If you want to keep using that laptop and want to use the battery, I'd try swapping out the charger. If you don't have an official Dell charger, make sure that the one you get is one of those (unless some "universal charger" has managed to break their authentication scheme in the intervening years; I haven't been following things).

EDIT: Even one of the top reviews on that Amazon page mentions it:

I have a DELL, that has the straight barrel plug with the pin in it. THEY REALLY made a BAD DECISION when they made these DELL laptops with that type of plug instead of making it with a dog leg style plug. I have to replace my charger cord A LOT because the pin gets bent inside and it stops charging at that plug, but the rest of the charger is still good...

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