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Thoughts on AMD's Current Direction for Buyers
[@[email protected]'s recent post](https://lemmy.zip/post/22973459) gave me a couple of thoughts that I'd like to share;
Preface
Current Context (as of Sept 18, 2024): AMD's Reprioritization of Data Center Clients Over Laptop OEMs
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If AMD were to upgrade the consumer class to server class via their CPU feature-set expansion and partnerships, they'd have a higher likelihood of acquiring new developers to focus and develop AMD's drivers (esp on the Linux side; pending native support for developers) which could create a positive-feedback-loop for both AMD and the Linux community:
- better Linux support on AMD = higher probability of adding new AMD Linux Devs
- more AMD Linux devs providing improved Linux desktop experience = more Windows and macOS users jumping ship who would then also help improve AMD Linux desktop exp
- (while writing, this made me think of SC2's Protoss Katamri Deathball)
- more AMD Linux devs providing improved Linux desktop experience = more Windows and macOS users jumping ship who would then also help improve AMD Linux desktop exp
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With AMD's current decisions I see:
- AMD's laptop market shrinking; leaving competitiors to fill in for AMD's departure/vacancy.
- Desktop PC users gaining a higher competitive advantage as performance headroom increases due to AMD's pairing of CPUs with server-grade features with enthusiast mobos
As a knock-on effect users would become more able to start new tech businesses powered by AMD components as self-hosting becomes more accessible via the AMD Linux relationship in addition to NVIDIA's albeit small but increasingly competitive strategies to enter the FOSS competition
- FOSS startups are in an interesting position as the increase in competition from both AMD and NVIDIA in the Linux space is likely to simutaneously:
- increase capital expenditures(startup costs) due to expanded mobo and CPU feature-sets (in context to the Linux ecosystem) but
- also decrease long-term costs due to increasing feasibility for users to self-host their own services thereby reducing cloud-dependant subscription-costs
As a systems analyst the current environment in the tech space really tickles my brain in delightful ways🤔
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Please note however: As I have no certainties about what the path lies ahead in addition to potentially being misinformed; please take everything I've said with a grain of salt in that all of this is speculation and are my thoughts alone (sadly I also have no insider information to provide further supporting evidence)
huh this post just gave me a thought;
Current Context (as of Sept 18, 2024): AMD's Reprioritization of Data Center Clients Over Laptop OEMs
If AMD were to upgrade the consumer class to server class via their CPU feature-set expansion and partnerships, they'd have a higher likelihood of acquiring new developers to focus on AMD's drivers (esp on the Linux side pending native support)
With AMD's current decisions:
- I see the laptop market shrinking leaving competitiors to fill in for AMD's departure.
- Desktop PC users gain a higher competitive advantage as performance headroom increases due to AMD's pairing of CPUs with server-grade features with enthusiast mobos
AMD is potentially letting RISC or ARM chip manufacturers enter and take over AMD's vacancy
This is kinda insane if true?
gods
I thought at worst it'd be a typewriter with a vga or ps2 hookup but this is worse than I thought
having to use that and only that means you're gigafucked💀
reading the article, I had a thought/question: wouldn't the Swintec typewriter solely act as the typing implement and not as a stream blocker in a sense?
The typewriter obviously wouldn't have functions such as n-key-rollover, macros and whatnot but would it restrict what application can interpret the user's input?
If so then maybe someone could agrue that this is yet another case of IBM's Bundling
Last, he wipes down the Swintec typewriter bolted to the table.
you're right and that's real cursed
even in the place closest to hell on Earth it looks like FOSS prevails yet again🌻
behold OnlyOffice installable on Linux, Windows, and macOS
- Licensed under AGPL-3.0
rip, check thread below
they're not even trying to be subtle with this now huh
we're full 1984 Big Brother now
it's highly replayable esp because of Steam Workshop modding support, it's got excellent singleplayer campaigns, fun online multiplayer racing with friends and arcade modes, soundtracks that really gets the blood 🤌P U M P I N G🤌🔥
also works on Linux with no issues✨
Here's also the 1.3 Electric Boogaloo Update
and 1.5 Kinetic Update🤗
totally fair
I’ve also seen other KDE apps for Windows and macOS before, but had no idea this would also work with Dolphin.
IKR?
I just searched Dolphin as a potential recommendation as I knew that Okular works on Windows but I def wasn't expecting it to actually be possible (until yesterday) lol
this might be a dumb question but what's a suzyqable?
Surprisingly enough KDE's Dolphin
Nightly Installers on the bottom:
You'll want the bottom x86_64.exe👍