Brandon Hall

My interest in owning a Nintendo #Switch is way higher now that #Linux can run on it.

I imagine that such feelings might annoy #Nintendo, but part of me wonders whether they'd benefit from just letting this be the case — maybe going so far as to allow using a Switch in this way to work easier.

Apr 28, 2018 at 1:26pmTusky
Show threadNobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]Apr 28, 2018
@bthall That was one of my original motives for buying a #PS4.
Show threadNobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]Apr 28, 2018
@bthall I'm leaving my current #Switch as-is, but I might be persuaded to get extra(s) if this remains a possibility.
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Also, it was #PS3, not #PS4.
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CC: @mike
Show threadmoved 2 @[email protected]Apr 28, 2018
@lnxw48a1 @bthall @[email protected] What ever happened to the processor in the #PS3? I remember there being some hype around it.The cell processor? People talked like it could make computers better, but then I never heard of it again?
Show threadNobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]Apr 28, 2018
@sikkdays @bthall @mike The Cell processor did seem to disappear. I did read about some company using cell processors in some sort of cluster thing for a certain industry. But I also marvel that the processor that was supposed to change things is barely used.
Show thread/^xj9?$/Apr 28, 2018
@lnxw48a1 @bthall @sikkdays @mike

we haven't gotten better at writing programs that can actually utilize a large number of cores at the same pace that we've been stuffing cores into our chips.
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Show threadCrazypedia Apr 29, 2018
@bthall I remember that getting a ps3 was party to run a Linux media center on it. Sony backtracked and put an end to that before too long. A hack might stick around longer unless they start banning device ids that do that
Show threadread-only account (Rain 🚱)Apr 29, 2018
@bthall TBH the switch looks like a way better tablet than some Android tablets out there, so it would be absolutely rad if they let people run whatever on it
Show threadDivanApr 30, 2018
@bthall should you really support such a company though by buying their product?