✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago

i think if your network card has "UEFI secure boot" you have done something wrong. probably a lot of things

i counted at least 6 different pieces of firmware when looking at it component by component (if you can call a 128 GB eMMC with Ubuntu on it "firmware")

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago

i thought this network card runs linux

i was wrong. it runs TWO copies of linux

Show threadthunfisch2d ago
@whitequark @s0 okay, but does it run crysis?
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago
@thunfisch @s0 it has 32 GB of DDR5 and a PCIe root complex. I bet I can make it happen
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago
@thunfisch @s0 the soc is an aarch64 device probably fast enough to run qemu and wine
Show threadthunfisch2d ago
@whitequark @s0 I love the fact that you seem to be seriously considering it 😅
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧2d ago
@thunfisch @s0 you did ask!
Show threadthunfisch2d ago
@whitequark @s0 fair :) more as a shitpost than anything else but deep down I am a bit curious.
Show threadClaudius2d ago

@thunfisch @whitequark @s0 reminds me of that time where someone installed Linux on their harddrive. That is, "ran it on a relatively beefy controller chip on that HDD".

Sadly, it's been 10+ years, and I can't find that post any more :-(

Show threadthunfisch2d ago
@claudius @whitequark @s0 omg that's awesome. Imagining the conversations. The meme potential. The hysterical laughter that follows.
Show threadthunfisch

@claudius @whitequark @s0

...and of course it was spritesmods. Absolute legend.

https://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack

Sprites mods - Hard disk hacking - Intro

Apr 8 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadClaudius2d ago

@thunfisch @whitequark @s0 This time I'm bookmarking it :-D

Thanks for finding it again!