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  1. visitor2015
    With the existing amount of different Linux distributions LTT can make this a series where they simply show 10 distros at a time and talk about them. I really would like to see more LInux content on this channel. It is always refrehsing to see that there are more options to Windows or MacOS than one might know. Worth mentioning would also be DSL (Damn Small Linux). It also can be run natively under Windows using a bundled Quemu hypervisor. Russia also has its own distro named Astra Linux. I have installed Siduction on many machines and also use Linux at work.
  2. visitor2015
    Does the USBvalve also protect the host against USB killers?
  3. visitor2015
    Then you never have seen a current gen. Dell keyboard.
  4. visitor2015
    The reason those old OptiPlex machines with Kaby Lake and below generation processors now flood the used market is, that large companies or government institutions are switching to Windows 11. Those old machines are not suitable for that OS anymore, because Microsoft does not support those old CPUs or lack of TPM2.0. Also those old machines will not get any modern BIOS or driver updates anymore. From a security point of view this might be a problem and unneccesary liability when those vunerable machines are still in operation. If the warranty contract or lease has expired any repair for those machines might be either expensive and/or taking too long. One big advantage of those prebuilt machines is - as Linus mentioned - one saves a lot of time and effort when deploying those machines to a large number of users. With just dozens of employees in house and hand made computers might work, but if you have hundreds or thousands of employees one might lift some weight off the IT department. With warranty and service options available from those companies like Dell, HP, Lenovo etc. you just call them when a problem with the hardware arises and they will fix the issue for you within that maintenance or warranty period. Those Micro models in a 1L form factor are also nice devices for the average office person that just does some light office, mail and browsing tasks. They don't consume a lot of electical power and don't waste valuable space on the desk. Those old shown devices also make up for nice Linux machines.
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    Actually the wire gauge and colors can easily be reserached from the USB specificiations which the USB-IF offers to download. Just making any lenght of cable from off the shelf standard cable does not tell the whole story. To comply one has also to respect the voltage drop at rated current for that connection. Using the thinner data lines (white and green) for power is a bad idea. Alex as an engineering person should have known that. I also don't get why they don't use the heat gun also for the heat shrink tubes. Using a lighter leaves that black marks and is not controllable in temperature. As an electroniic engineer myself who tailors many cables myself some things look not right to me.
  6. visitor2015
    My Reasons: Full source code available and changable to indivitual needs (Depends on actual license term). Many choices for distributions. Can work well with older hardware where new Windows versions don't work anymore. Central package management using standard repositories. One central instance keeps all parts of system and user software up to date. Powerful shell that fully allows complete system control using standard POSIX and GNUTools. Most servers on the internet run some sort of Linux. System stability. Can run for years without interruption. Ksplice can also patch kernels at runtime, so no system reboot is required. Fully customizable. Available for many hardware platforms and processor architectures. Many Windows/Mac programs are also available for Linux. No need to relearn anything in that case.
  7. visitor2015
    I am seriously emotinally aroused after that ciricisim about the TrackPoint. I never thoght that one enineering guy like Alex would complain about the presence of that device. I seriously hate trackpads and I'm glad that I coudl turn the trackpad off in the BIOS of my W520. The TrackPoint is the surperiour input device for moving a mouse cursor around. Every business notebook should have that. I remember the Twitter thread some weeks ago about the trackpoint. It seems the nobody of LLT staff read the replies. FYI my profile picture is set purposeley as it is. Praise the trackpoint! On other topics I agree. 1366x768 pixels and TN panel screens should be forbidden in 2019 and even FHD is too less height these days. I wish the 16:10 aspect ratio would make a combeack on mobile. I seriously miss the 120px more height on WUXGA vs FHD and could use 2560x1600 instead of 2560x1440. 4K with 4096x2560 would be my dream.
  8. visitor2015
    Fermilab has many similarites for superconducting linear acceleration technology to FLASH at DESY or XFEL.
  9. visitor2015
    Hi, this was an impressing video about that facility. If you ever will be in Europe soon, don't miss out on DESY/XFEL in Hamburg, Germany. See https://www.desy.de or https://www.xfel.eu and get in touch with our PR department. I think they might be interested to show you around. Don't miss out on visiing the actual accelerators itself like XFEL, FLASH, PETRA, HERA and more. I love to see other research institutes seen through different eyes. DM me for details.
  10. visitor2015
    It's very satisfying to just lift out the connector from the PCB without using any force.
  11. visitor2015
    I think @AlexTheGreatish needs a selective wave soldering machine to remove those pesky DVI connectors without barbaric angle grinding.
  12. visitor2015
    It looks like they have put in a FHD or 4K screen in the device. Instead they could have also used a 16:10 WUXGA or QWUXGA panel to get rid of that THICC ugly chin and the unnecessary ROG logo.
  13. visitor2015
    Kudos to Dell: Once I had to call the Dell support about a problem with my Dell Latitude D830 which was just 1.5 years old and I have ordered with 36 months NBD onsite serivce. In end of 2009 I had to call the business support here in Germany because the main board died on a Saturday afternoon. The phone lines were already closed at that Saturday afternoon, but I called on Monday and arranged an appointment for Thursday morning after I got put through after max. 10 minutes to an operator. The service technician appeared at my parents home while I was still at work and replaced the entire motherboard of that machine without any questions asked. This machine which I bought in February 2008 is still working today and never had any problems again with this machine. My machine at work (Latitude E7450) needed twice NBD support during it's 36 months period. Both cases were perfeclty addressed by very competent technicans direclty in my workplace. So why is anyone still buying that consumer crap these days when you can really get very charming and competent and well working support for your business grade machines?
  14. visitor2015
    Uhm, acutally the liquid metal application almost gave me ASMR. lol.
  15. visitor2015
    FYI, the refusal of repair is also summarized in the German tech magazine Heise-Online.
  16. visitor2015
    @Tankers I also thought about linking that video. I hope that Lenovo leared from that and will bring better devices with their upcoming Tx80 series at CES 2018. By the way: I still love my Dell Latitude D830 which will turn 10 this year. The newer Latitudes have worse screens and keyboards than my machine. Although I would love to have a middle button for my PointingStick. But the most intersting topic Linus forgot to mention: Bottom side docking port on the T25 for a proper docking station. There is nothing better than just smash your notebook on a docking station and use your favorite displays and input devices connected to it without ever having to touch any cable at all. The notebook itself can then just rest in the station without need to open the display lid.
  17. visitor2015
    Finally, the video I was curious about. I hope someone at Lenovo got the idea why people love the ThinkPads and the classic keyboard. with the Trackpoint. From my feeling the trackpad could also profit from additional mouse buttons below to further decrease size and improve palm rejection clearance. Honestly 3" diagonal for a trackpad is large enough. But what I miss most is the 16:10 AR screen which turned out to be the first choice during the past polls in the R&D phase of that project. Instead of *yawn* FullHD they could also have gone to WQHD (2560x1400) if they had to use the horrid 16:9 AR. This would certainly make it a machine for 2017 instead of a machine of 2014 (as in T450). Because ThinkPads are also well known as good devices for Linux, the next step would be to ditch Windows 10 and finally install a proper operating system on that machine. Can we now hope for a review of Dell Latitudes and Precisions or more Lenovo ThinkPad T and P series?
  18. visitor2015
    The small 10 key-less brother of that is available for $1500 US: https://store.artlebedev.com/all/optimus-popularis/
  19. visitor2015
    Jesus, torque is specified in Nm (Newtonmeter).
  20. visitor2015
    So when is the Lenovo ThinkPad T25 review video coming on?
  21. visitor2015
    The ThinkPad T470p offers also quad core KBL CPUs with dedicated GPU. If it's not terribly urgent it might be good to wait for Coffe Lake. Personally I wait for a T480(p) and would like to see if they carried over some good stuff from the T25 like the 7 row keyboard. Unfortunately the T25 was only available with 1080p screen. I want at least 1600p (2560x1600).
  22. visitor2015
    Is it really motion blur or just a strange combination of panel refresh rate and camera shutter?
  23. visitor2015
    I agree to many things Linus requested in the video.But: VESA: I don't know what TVs you are used to, but the TVs I use do have VESA mounts. BT-Remote: As already mentioned, Bluetooth may use more battery power as a simple dumb IR-remote. Why so many coaxial Inputs and no SCART connector? How do you receive the TV Signal? One may also need one RF connector for DVB-S2,T2,C each. Also nice to have: real power switch for 0W power compsumtion. Even modern standby PSU use several dozens of Milliwatt. But most importantly: Disable overscan on all inputs. Why the hell is this even still a thing in the digital era? Nothing is more stupid than connecting a TV to a computer, setting correct resolution but still having a terrible picture, because the dumb TV scales the picture by few percent cropping the picture. Maybe one could also wish Thunderbolt as universal AIO interface for connecting AV-receivers.
  24. visitor2015
    Ahh, that explains the changed layout of your office site. I thought that you rented a second compartment in the business park and put new dry wall construction in it. From the previous videos the space inside your "machine hall" did not look that wide as it does now. Especially with respect of the additonal personell you hired from the point you moved from the residential area office to the business park.
  25. visitor2015
    For roughly 140k one could actually hire three editors for one year. The prices are absurd high. Or how many villages in Africa could be fed for how long?
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