APU stands for Accelerated Processing Unit, which is basically just a CPU and GPU on a single die. This also simplifies data transfers between the two processing units, which no longer have to traverse the (much slower) memory bus.
On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have finally switched 100% to Linux, after shutting off the 27" Retina iMac > I have used for years. The iMac has great hardware, its 5K display excepted, > but MacOS has become more and more oppressive, demanding that I sign on to > every cloud service under the sun. A couple of new mini computers with AMD > APUs (I have no idea what APU stands for) are driving a pair of 27" 4K > displays for the main and 24" 1080P displays for the secondary computer. > Both computers run Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. > > I've tried using Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 as desktop computers, the hardware was > (barely) adequate, but I ran into too many issues with the operating system. > > Becoming more familiar with the Gimp means Adobe is next to be kicked to the > curb. You don't support Linux, eh? The transition has been easier than I > thought it might be. > > I stopped using Windows many years ago, thinking the Mac was the answer, but > I've stopped being an Apple fanboy due to their OS. I still have a MacBook > Pro, but that mainly gets used when I'm out of town. It has been a good > experience! > > On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello again NLUG, >> Mike here >> (NLUGger since March 2013, Linux user since Aug.2018) >> >> I'm happy to announce that Microsoft penitentiary is further in the rearview >> mirror than before. >> >> In Fall'98 we started using Lotus Approach (the DB app of the Lotus123 / >> Lotus Smart suite), which led to a 20 to 27 year sentence in Microsoft >> penitentiary. It was way ahead of MS Access in capability back then. Lotus >> stopped updating it after WinXP and discontinued it; we've fortunately been >> able to run it on Win7/10/11, although it's supposedly officially no longer >> supported on Windows. >> >> I've been thinking and thinking and thinking about of how to replace it in >> the event Microsoft's increasingly tyrannical garbagification makes it no >> longer useable. >> >> Our network engineer Greg Cooper got it running on a Proxmox based Kubuntu >> VM through a combination of WINE and Bottles. >> >> I've tested the basic functionality we need and am about to pass it on to >> the staff and hopefully to the 82 year old computer hater after initial >> staff testing. >> >> If anyone needs more specifics on configuration to make other old Windows >> software run, Greg can probably provide the details. >> >> I suspect Microsoft "Updates" has been forever automatically stealing every >> bit of user data, every keystroke and mouse click and browsing history at >> the behest of the NSA and CIA. >> >> Thanks to everyone in NLUG for helping me escape Microsoft penitentiary. >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXYuKHqjcnk74DRmsMKzogWzyQE%2Bje2JU%2Boy%2B_PZxqRKTw%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CADPPtrqyFvS%2BsPK_9mbHJo6VLdcjbczJv%2BqsjuL7eHTT0MNH-Q%40mail.gmail.com. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcV9JJxGjOkxa_%3DqqX36F4mL5UCLE_s1NEFSmW_Vaz0y6w%40mail.gmail.com.
