It's not strictly Linux anymore, but I wrote a library (or userspace driver?) in Python that interacts with a ChromeOS Embedded Controller found in Framework Laptops and Chromebooks. The driver part of it interacts with the EC directly over the IO ports, which was originally written for Linux but later ported to FreeBSD and Windows since IO ports aren't at all OS specific. It can also talk to the cros_ec_dev driver on Linux if it's loaded.

https://github.com/Steve-Tech/CrOS_EC_Python

I wrote a GUI utility for Framework Laptops too, which also serves as the example for CrOS_EC_Python: https://github.com/Steve-Tech/YAFI

Oh damn, phoronix comments are usually bad, but they really got off the rails this time!

It seems like it's fixed now, but if possible use one of the mirrors, so everyone's not hitting that one server all that hard, it's usually faster too.

Or even better, use the torrent.

Because how can linux ARM run on a device that used to run windows x86?

Have you misread AMD64 as ARM64?

AMD64 is the 64bit extension of x86, often also called x86_64.

As others has said, ARM is a completely different architecture which is not compatible with x86 without translation layers. ARM also has a 64bit version called ARM64 (or AArch64).

It was pretty much plug and play for me, I don't really play much but it's worked for any game I've thrown at it (although there was some artifacting in CS2). I've also done some AI stuff with it and haven't had any issues.

That's true, but because of that you can get Cisco certifications, which could be helpful if you end up in an network related job. Those certifications will also give you a lot of knowledge of how networks work. (I'm currently completing a CCNA, and quite enjoy it)

A few other companies also clone the Cisco CLI, so there's that too. I wouldn't touch the Web UI if it has one though.

Also 10G is really cheap if you go with used SFP+ gear. Like I've got a managed 48x 1G + 4x 10G Dell switch I got for AU$78 running my network. The NICs are about US$40 used, ConnectX3s seem the cheapest, I usually use Intel X520s which are a little more (watch out for clones though).

For the accessories: DACs are AU$20 new from fs.com, and because you'll probably need ethernet for that router, a 10GBaseT transceiver is AU$90 new off eBay. Those you could probably buy cheaper used too.

Additionally you wouldn't be adding 10G to all your devices, I'd just definitely do between your router so you can have 3 1G devices maxing out your 3Gb internet, and maybe add it to a server or two.

And if you do your own runs, in my experience, fibre is slightly cheaper for the longer runs than CAT6 itself too.

As someone who works amazing well in planes, I need one of those.

I thought it said "freshly waxed cotton sheets" and was quite confused for a second.

You can download the windows iso from windows webpage, but if I remember correctly you have to do it in Windows since it depends on a downloader program.

It only forces you to use the media creation tool on Windows, everything else it gives you a link to download the ISO.

I kept a windows partition for years because I never knew if I would need it, it was only when I realised I hadn't touched Windows in months that I felt comfortable removing it

I'm exactly the same.

ffmpeg can't do the actual downloading, but if you do any converting/merging with youtube-dl it will use ffmpeg to do that. However ffmpeg can stream/download from rtmp and similar, but not YouTube, it's mostly just for doing literally anything with video files (and sometimes images).

You can use Cloudflare Tunnels too, so that you don't even need to port forward.