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RAM??? Let use GDrive as swap (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No but I am looking for a new laptop and this time I'll definitely spent more time checking Linux compatibility.

My previous thinkpad worked fine out of the box, but my current laptop is an HP Omen, that I mostly selected for the price to performance ratio. But I immediately learned that Linux compatibility sucked. Like not being able to boot an Ubuntu usb drive (without messing with the boot parameters).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah before getting my current laptop I looked into the Linux compatibility. I went Thinkpad though this time and it honestly works amazingly. I can't use all the features (fingerprint mostly) but thats moreso because my setup doesn't have any way to rather than support not existing. And biometric ID can be less than useless when used as the sole security measure, such as unlocking your phone with your fingerprint. If someone wants the data on that device bad enough, they now have a means to get it.

And in response to XKCD 538, good luck getting me to clearly say my complicated ass password correctly after being beaten lmao. If I could I probably would