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All I can do is cy an ide refrain from a venomous reply.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You blight be on the right track.
/ravi
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Maybe civility can be infectious.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Now that's a germ of an idea!
/ravi
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Hopefully, it will spread.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Is SpaceX against space travel?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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No - its just soft-core space travel. Now SpaceXXX is truly hard-core!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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I'm looking forward to reentry.
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Really?  - because the first stop is Uranus.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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One of the stupidest, most childish, pieces of crap to ever leave a recording studio in the name of music.
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It was dolly parton singing it, it was just so wet, so pathetic.
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Any suggestions? I haven't even decided on an O/S yet. Bare and naked - except for 4GB of DDR4 included. This[^], the RAM added US$15.
It's definitely not the high-end. Easier to justify entertaining myself with whatever I way it turns up.
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Seems like a good pick. I have something similar, a bit more CPU, with Linux Mint.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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FWIW - My NUC (NUC7i5BN, 16Gb RAM, 1TB Samsung SSD, Windows 10) is a bit unstable. A year's worth of Windows updates and driver updates have improved matters but she's still wonky now and then.
If she boots and stays happy for 3-4 minutes she's usually good for hours - but 1 in 10 or 15 times she'll crash hard during boot or immediately after.
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Well - if I do windows it'll be Win7. So far, current version's pretty stable - although I still miss XPsp3.
So many directions to go in. A Linux media box? A home server (low power makes that sensible)? Maybe even a network server - isolated from my clean systems (just-in-case), and a website?
Well - it was my father's day present for myself - so I'm accountable to no one !
Nyah ha hah!
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Have you checked the Intel site for drivers? I found that Windows 10 definitely needed them, rather than whatever Microsoft supplied as the default.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Have you checked the Intel site for drivers?
Yep. I use Intel's fancy driver update utility. Stability has definitely improved in the last few months. One BIOS update seemed to have the biggest effect.
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I have a similar device (older generation, i3) running Windows 10 as my TFS server. If you install any version of Windows, I suggest that you look at the Intel site for any relevant drivers. These drivers are not necessarily downloaded via Windows Update.
My NUC has been running for months now without any problems, so running Windows 10 definitely works.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Thanks for the driver thoughts. I was hoping that (at least) it would include sufficient video drivers so I can set it up.Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Windows 10 definitely works.
Not on any of my systems.
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I agree win7 (as you mentioned) has the edge over linux should you want to turn it into an entertainment box. Sure linux can do the movies etc but it's lighter on the games.
- that is guessing being a bit over 14 years old you're probably not into fast action shoot-em-up games... there's some great strategy / thinking games out there (that btw also don't need triple-quad-GPU's and nitrogen cooled CPU's).
Plus linux is more fiddly to set up if you switch between different monitors (TV's) with different specs - a lot less automagic than windoms - same too for add-ons like universal remotes, paddles, joysticks, x-ray goggles...
Linux is great if you want to spend half of your time on the box fiddling with it, windows 7 better if you just want to sit back, plug stuff in and use it. (in fact even better than XPsp3 when it comes to just plug something in and use it.)
And win-7 beats win-10 in that no worries whenever it updates of "will it or wont it work" - notwithstanding waiting an hour for the update to finish to find out (during which you cant turn it off, or say watch a movie or play a game.)
7 is the only sensible choice if all you want to do is use it for the very reason you bought it for.
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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So far, my only game is Dungeon Crawl (Stone Soup) and my concession to modernity is using the tiled version. There seems to be a version for everything.
Somewhere down the line I'll probably get into VR goggle (X-Ray Specs are passe)[^] At which time, I'll probably need to get more computing power than any of my current systems have.
Not making it a choice, but Ubuntu had a media version - I might look into that if it's to become a media box.
Here's a thought, obviously wishful thinking: if this were Linux based and used as one of the household media boxes, it's a way to get Mrs. Wife more accustomed to not-Windows and not-Android (we don't do Apple). The interface is functionally the same - getting rid of any hesitancy and fear.
As for the fooling around to do things consideration - isn't that what we do, here? Thanks for additional input into the pool of "OK, now what?" considerations.
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Lopatir wrote: linux is more fiddly to set up if you switch between different monitors (TV's) with different specs
With respect, that comment reflects history, not the current situation. My primary laptop, running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, has no trouble with external monitors of all shapes and sizes, VGA or HDMI connected or even a USB to DMI dongle. I just looked, it has cached setups for nine different monitors it has encountered. Plugging any of those in again, it doesn't even have to think about setup.
The only device I've had any problem with it recognising is a no-name USB 5.1 "sound card". And IIRC Win10 doesn't like it either.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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