Cool?

How do I tell if my niece is attracted to me, especially when she seductively shifts her clothing around and bends over a lot when she knows only I can see her?

Read the sticky: >>76759434

>GNU/Linux questions >>>/g/fglt
>Windows questions >>>/g/fwt
>PC building? >>>/g/pcbg
>Programming questions >>>/g/dpt
>Good, cheap laptops >>>/g/tpg
>Cheap electronics >>>/g/csg
>Server questions >>>/g/hsg
>Buying headphones >>>/g/hpg

How to find/activate any version of Windows?
https://rentry.org/installwindows

Previous Thread: >>88101751

>>88095883
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™
>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook)

Why ThinkPad?
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap
>Excellent keyboards, tactile feel and quiet
>Great durability: magnesium roll cage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels
>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop
>Easy to repair (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain
>Excellent Linux & *BSD support

ThinkWiki - General info about ThinkPads/specs
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

Modern models:
>X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap and light
>T420/T430 - 14", 900p (1080p w/mod board), Ivy Bridge support on T420 w/coreboot, quad core upgrade, classic keyboard mod on xx30 series
>T520/530; W520/530 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quad core models
>T440p/540p; W540/1 - last ThinkPads with socketed processors, easily replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement)
>T440s/T450(s)/T460(s)/T470(s) - ultraportables, good battery life
>T480 - last ThinkPad with swappable battery, T25 keyboard mod, excellent performance/battery life, getting cheaper

Upgraded models:
>X210 - X200/X201, i5-8250U quad core
>X62/X63 - X61, i5-5250U
>T70 - T60, i7-7700HQ
IPS displays, USB 3.0, M.2 x4, MiniDP, no dock
https://forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=117

BIOS replacement:
https://coreboot.org - T440p, X131e, X1C1, and xx30 series (no 61) or older
https://libreboot.org - X/T60 and xx00 series

Additional resources:
https://biosimage.booru.org
https://1vyra.in

UEFI patches:
https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches

Chat:
https://t.me/thinkpadgeneral
https://discord.gg/Ybdz7AS
##ibmthinkpad on libera
#/tpg/ on rizon

>want to order pizza online
>order website requires nonfree javascript
>tfw the botnet wants me to starve

1GB
> only good enough for really light OS and applications like Midori

2GB
> decent, but not good enough for 2015

4GB
> okay, but you might run out of memory when running applications like the Adobe suite or demanding games

8GB
> ideal price/performance?

16GB
> very good, enough for at least 3 years?

32GB
> expensive and overkill for gaming, but it's nice to have if you're editing videos/images in 4K with tons of layers

64GB
> overkill, just overkill. Can't image you actually using all that

128GB
> only for the most high-end servers

>Hired as sole 'data scientist' at small company
>No supervision
>They don't care how I produce the software as long as it works

Should I write all my scripts and programs in obscure languages such as D or Crystal so it essentially becomes impossible to fire me unless they want to start over? Any potential downsides in this that I'm not seeing?

>be me
>get tired of unremovable carrier bloatware on an unlocked phone
>go to usual suspects (xda, 4pda)
>nothing
>google "how to root brandmodelname"
>click on first website
>Their spec sheet says I have Qualcomm when I clearly have MTK
>click on second website
>oh yes download this thing
>adfly meme (100% legit download link no virus i swear to mom and shit)
>redirects me to fucking google googling this website
>fucking pajeets.jpeg
>9000 hours later i find a nigerian (yep, a nigger from africa) unlocking bootloadersimilar phone with mtk-client
>try it
>it works
>now, i need to get a fucking boot image
>try method nigerian dude suggests (wwm something and sp flash)
>doesn't fucking work, SP flash throws out some random error even if you use mtk exploits do disable (((secure boot)))
>all fucking guides assume you have only one boot image, not fucking boot_a and boot_b partitions
>feed magisk boot_a
>reboot
>didnt brick fucking phone
>ROOT is installah

FUCK Pajeets with their SEO tricks.
FUCK Android for not providing a method to get root access
and most importantly
FUCK MTK

Is GNU/Linux better than Windows in every technical way? Meaning, if we disregard retard-friendliness and game compatibility?

If you had the power, what would you do to improve the current state of personal computing?