OEM, they can lock the bootloader. So at least there’s that

Amazon in 2010 was like 75 a share

Can’t miss what you never used

On my wish list. I did not imagine that it might be funny

Oh…it’s you.

What’s this from?

Still have a 2009 Acer Aspire One running. Slow but fine for web and email and doc editing. Also small and battery lasts quite a while.

OpenSuSE still the wallflower

Joke’s on them, life with an old laptop, a new battery,and Debian is amazing

The point is that they shouldn’t know the password to compare it to another user’s password. So at best it is not salted and at worst it’s not encrypted.

Also to maximize copilot

Evolution of language in an insular environment with limited population turnover

It’s OK I ain’t seen em either

It is the asking that matters. If you sound really unhappy it makes maybe a little tiny bit of pressure, but many little bits make a lot

Libby,libraries have lots of things…for now

These are Chromebooks, and you can install Debian on them. They still suck, but at least you can control them

TrueNAS is a easy way to start

Just an extra data point, you can self host the model too. Clawdbot or moltbot or whatever can use Ollama. Not that this helps with the garbage, but at least it won’t cost you.

Supercilious

I loved my E36. Every one I see now is a clapped out POS except an occasional M3