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minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoBlob free capable computers are so old though. After trying one I don’t know how I survived that era without even using ssds. Before that how the hell did live with Pentium 2, 3, and 4?
minus-squareFrisbeedude@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoSome of us had to install Windows XP SP2 and 4 on these machines. I made money just sitting in a room watching progress bars.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoThere was a lot less data to grind through.
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoStill faster than the 286 with math co-processor that I started with at home.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoI’ll butcher the explanation so here’s the Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob Usually its the uefi/bios where its hardest to avoid
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoOoohhh that! I just didn’t realize that’s what they meant.
Blob free capable computers are so old though. After trying one I don’t know how I survived that era without even using ssds. Before that how the hell did live with Pentium 2, 3, and 4?
Some of us had to install Windows XP SP2 and 4 on these machines. I made money just sitting in a room watching progress bars.
There was a lot less data to grind through.
Still faster than the 286 with math co-processor that I started with at home.
Can someone explain blob to me?
I’ll butcher the explanation so here’s the Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob
Usually its the uefi/bios where its hardest to avoid
Ooohhh that! I just didn’t realize that’s what they meant.