Yes.
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Well, theoretically they can, and it's already been proven that they can tap into anyone's phone, so what's stopping the NSA from spying this much? The use of proprietary software in literally everything, and companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. secretly working with them, not only that, but the amount of exploits the NSA has on hand is insane.
Windows XP, but it was during its ending phase, so I think it really was Vista. My first Linux distro was Kali Linux because I wanted to be a cool hacker when I was a kid. I never got too much into it then, though. I then found Ubuntu, and strangely enough, I switched to Trisquel, which wasn't too bad. I decided to go all the way and buy a T400 with Libreboot/Trisquel when I was about 15 years old and used that as my second computer for about two years. I learned how to start installing Libreboot myself. It was a really fun experience (not really, there was a lot of quitting and crying), but it taught me more about GNU and the entire philosophy. I started to learn more about GNU and RMS when I was 18. Now I'm 20 and use Arch. The end.
Nobody brought up race except you. And ah, I can see now, you're an anarchist? Enjoy making below $15/hour then chump. Cry about why nobody gives you opportunities, its because your mind is absolutely smooth as butter. I will gladly keep all my firearms, thank you very much for giving me more reasons to do so. I just love how you immediately pulled the race card, that's how you try to win all your conversations eh? Pathetic.
Yeah but then you probably say you want to ban all guns as well, just so that people can come over undocumented and bring over whatever they want. Again, doesn't sound smart. What about all the people who did it the legal way? I don't think having completely open borders is a great idea. It's why I advocated for lessen the amount of time it takes to become a citizen, so they can do it the legal way and don't have to get deported. You don't even want people to be documented? You're just going to let anyone in from one of the countries with the highest crime rates?
They already are banned. I wonder, why there is a fentanyl crisis in the US?
Actually, Linux is just the kernel, not the whole OS. The full operating system is called GNU/Linux because it combines the Linux kernel with GNU tools. Teaching people about GNU and why it was made is important. It’s not just about using software but understanding the freedoms behind it – the freedom to use, study, modify, and share. Free Software is about more than just open-source, it's about user freedom, and that's a crucial distinction. Now, I'm not forcing you to say GNU/Linux, I say Linux most of the time myself, but you should still teach people about GNU.
No, when you have sex traffickers and drug cartels coming over, I don't think that's very smart. What I think needs to happen is to lower the limit of how long it takes to become a citizen of this country, that's what really needs to change.
I just fixed it, thank you for the heads up!
There are PCIe x4 cards with dual NVMe slots, and there's other PCIe cards that have like 4 SATA slots. You can use as much space as you want :)
Specs:
i7 4790K ($50)
9020 Optiplex Motherboard ($10)
32GB DDR3 RAM ($35)
7900 XTX 24GB VRAM ($900)
1TB M.2 NVMe ($50)
EVGA 700 BR PSU ($50)
24 pin to 8 pin adapter for motherboard ($20)
NVME PCIe x4 Adapter ($12)
Molex to fan adapters ($7)
Power button adapter ($6)
Total: $1140
Using Arch GNU/Linux (Tried installing Debian, couldn't get the AMD drivers to work properly, so I'm using Arch for the moment)
Can run Stable Diffusion, LLMs, and basically all my games at 1440p High to Ultra settings (RDR2, GTA V, Arma 3, etc.)
GPU passhtrough doesn't work for the moment, but I can still run virtual machines. This is a Haswell motherboard, which can be 100% freed in the BIOS over time when we have enough Libreboot devs who can reverse engineer the rest of the blobs. Intel ME is also disabled (theoretically, since you can't actually fully remove it). This is a build that I did for fun, in the future, I'm planning on switching to a Z690-A motherboard with DDR5(can be flashed with Dasharo firmware). If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
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I use a LibreCMC router too, I love it! I have an OpenWRT network switch (VLAN support) with 100% free software in the OS layer; I believe some firmware blobs were removed as well. I have OpenBSD on all my systems and run Whonix VMs in vmm. All my hardware has Libreboot with IME fully removed, 100% blobless in the BIOS. I didn't update my EC or microcode. I strictly use free software and removed anything proprietary, including non-free firmware packages. All system updates get routed through Tor. I don't use a dedicated GPU since I don't play video games anymore. I truly learned to value freedom over entertainment. Learning coding has been my main thing since I got rid of everything proprietary, and let me tell It feels super empowering.