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Lemmy predicts: Chromebooks will become the new Thinkpads
  • As others have mentioned, perhaps while the metaphor is weak, your spirit is strong!

    My kid's Chromebooks (I purchased for them before the school provided) reached EOL before they finished elementary school.

    I installed Linux (Gentoo) so we could continue using them. When power is correctly configured, they were very cool to use as a quick tool to search for something, answer an email, write a quick document and other simple tasks. They did not work well as workstations as an old Thinkpad might.

    Since they are so light, and the battery lasted forever, we would leave them on a counter, and pick them up as needed.

  • Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Now Just 6 Weeks Away
  • Did you read the article? Simple text and PDF readers are in the cross hairs. Apps that aren't "engaging" are in the cross hairs.

    I expect developers of perfectly fine apps will have to manually vet those apps with Google.

  • external hdd disapeared
  • I used this when my son's computer wouldn't boot after a Windows update. None of Microsoft's tools would repair the disk.

    I attached it to mine and ran ntfsfix on it. Success!

  • Why do some Americans get angry at other people for not speaking English?
  • Does the USA have an official language?

    "No English" can be interpreted many ways. A few examples might be: "It's really hard to learn, I've tried and I just can't get it!" "I don't make enough money to take lessons, and I don't know anyone who will teach me. Will you?" "I've learned some English, but I feel nervous speaking to strangers."

    I suppose "I refuse" is possible. I assume people with such an attitude are in the minority (I'm an optimist).

  • [HELP] Running Spellforce 2 Shadow Wars

    I'm attempting to run Spellforce 2, Shadow Wars from the CD's, but running into some issues.

    It installed nicely enough using lutris and wine. When I attempt to run the game, however, I get the following in t the log:

    wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <=20, unable to use setpriorty safely Initial process has exited (return code: 0) All processes have quit

    Not sure where to go from here. I notice it's available as part of a package of other Spellforce games from Steam, though not quite sure how they're pulling it off.

    Any pointer is useful.

    Thanks in advance.

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