Posts by Rookie1337

I don't want to sound like I'm discouraging you or saying Arch isn't good for this...but if your goal was to learn a lot more about Linux and internals I think Gentoo, Slackware, or trying to compile things from source in Arch would be...

All I see is another GPU I want but can't afford and that wouldn't work with my current desktop due to the Athlon x4.

On this topic of privacy invasion for data mining....considering how much information that is out there and collected and stored in disconnected databases...unless one is really important wouldn't they just be lost in the plethora of...

Quote:Originally Posted by Xaero252 http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=94080 This covers things well. Third post is very valuable. Hmm...all I got out of that thread is that if you want the best sound then you...

Quote:Originally Posted by Petrol because history shows people will constantly choose convenience and safety over privacy and freedom. technology has become a bad joke under the corporate stewardship it's currently existing. ...

Quote:Originally Posted by Petrol you're making things complicated for yourself. shifty software algorithms aren't going to make your source sound any better, just get pulse to pass it straight to the ALSA sink then set up the ALSA...

Quote:Originally Posted by ladcrooks First of all a big SORRY and I mean that Just my English humour and I didn't expect you to read it that way. Zoopla - property company and other names appear in our business world! Just in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Binary Ecyrb Yeah, after you figure out how to tear the system down, voiding the warranty in the process and then trying to get it to reconized a non specificed brand/type of HDD in exchange. As MS...

Quote:Originally Posted by ladcrooks I wouldn't use it because it sounds silly. You go and tell someone that you have Ubuntu on your computer let alone pronounce it, and most of the population wouldn't know what you are talking...

Honestly...I have to ask just how much worse can this Amazon thing the OP has built his straw man around be compared to the same privacy compromise you consent everyday using a cell phone or the internet itself? I mean what do you guys...