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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Can someone help me correct my stupid mistake? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So I got a VR headset today and while trying to make it work on my pc I did some messing around in the UEFI settings. In my unending wit I accidentally seem to have disabled my GPU because I misread what the setting would do. I am an absolute noob in all matters computer and so am at a loss about what I have to do to make my pc work correctly again. Any help will be welcome.

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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many fancy motherboards have a button to reset these settings as well. Often the bios settings are referred to as CMOS settings as well.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it's almost pointless to give an "if, then, elsif, elsif" scenario if just removing the battery does the same thing, and all motherboards have a battery for the CMOS.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

the batteries are being soldered onto the motherboard now-a-days

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Never seen that, and I build with hundreds of variants from all the big manufacturers. Haven't seen that once in a PC, Laptop, or SFF.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

i last saw it the last time i was a system admin tasked w spec-ing out hardware for our offices in austin, ft. lauderdale, denver, and inland empire and i remember being surprised at how much worse they were than the thinkpads i had grown accustomed to supporting as front line tech in mountain view 10 years before that.

and now w that in mind: it would have been circa 2015 so the landscape should have changed by now; maybe they reversed course like they did the rubycon capacitors that caused the capacitor plague 15ish years ago.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You buy such a thing with Club Z points?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

i though that was just a canadian thing