Disagree when it comes to security patches.

Getting into the command line isn’t the problem. It’s the lack of consistency in how things are configured and the random command names that you have to remember or look up.

Windows might be tied to an online account, but Linux is tied to online communities to figure out nearly anything.

Fair, but why not enable updates by default? Not doing so seems like a disservice to the internet community.

Stock rpi released in December.

I just set up a raspberry pi and i couldn’t figure out if it would automatically update, there wasn’t any gui option for it.

I found a few websites all with different methods to set up auto update. One of the most accepted was some cli that was encouraged to copy/paste. It installed something, but it then needed additional config to work on rpi.

30 mins from the time I powered on it was ready. In windows, it’s enabled out of the box and searching for “updates” on the task bar finds it for you.

Which of these OS’s was easier?

Desktop streaming isn’t the same as web apps.

Modern desktop streaming is quite impressive. 100ms, 5% loss is no problem for most tasks. You don’t even notice it, and as a result your experience can sometimes be better.

Additionally you can offload some tasks to the local machine where appropriate.

You dont need to fit every users needs into a thin client setup, but you could fit probably 50% of all users onto one and they wouldn’t know any different. Think of the energy savings. Think of all that plastic that goes into a desktop or laptop that isn’t needed in a virtualized blade chassis. Think of the rolling performance upgrades. Think of never having your hardware go End of Support. Think of the old equipment that ends up properly e-wasted instead of shoved into a dump. Think of the batteries that no longer need to get produced.

I might play around with this idea and host my own non-profit Desktop as a Service.

I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere:

Renting PCs is probably overall cheaper and a lot better for the environment. Most people don’t need a machine, they just need a thin client and something to access a few apps maybe 30 mins a day.

Even “power users” don’t need a machine.

If there were a non-profit or not-for-profit that was selling maybe an rpi we’d be saving a lot of money and reducing climate harm.

I just don’t trust bezos to not be greedy.

Garbage article, but I think what they are saying is if you don’t restore your files from backup before you disable your onedrive backup, then you lose your files.

This sounds like user error.

Vpro is really only needed to get you into your bios or fix an issue where you disabled network somehow.

You could buy a standalone kvm. I think there’s one that uses a raspberry pi.

Or you could set up vnc or something similar on your host if you need a gui.

I would put vpro as a nice to have but not essential component option.

Non-vpro with amt will still get you to the pre-os screen I think.