Bit-Rauschen, der Prozessor-Podcast: Wie Chips Strom sparen

Alle modernen Prozessoren sind gespickt mit Stromsparfunktionen. Wir sprechen darüber, wie sie arbeiten: Folge 2026/12 des Podcasts Bit-Rauschen.

https://www.heise.de/meinung/Bit-Rauschen-der-Prozessor-Podcast-Wie-Chips-Strom-sparen-11297624.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#AMDRyzen #BitRauschen #PC #Energie #FairIT #Halbleiterindustrie #IntelCorei #IT #Journal #Prozessoren #news

#GentleOS, A hobby operating system (#OS) for 16/32-bit vintage #PC

🔸16-bit Version

Minimum requirement :
· 8086+ CPU
· 192 KB RAM
· CGA display supporting 320x200x4 mode

› https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos

🔸32-bit Version

Minimum requirement :
· i386 CPU
· 4MB RAM
· VGA display supporting 640x480x16 mode

› https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32

#RetroComputing #PermaComputing

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Photo of a beige Tandy 1100 FD "Laptop computer" on a brown wooden table; The keyboard is QWERTY and the LCD display shows the nice retro GUI of GentleOS

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Photo of a beige Toshiba T1900C laptop on the same brown wooden table; The keyboard is QWERTY and the color display shows a little different nice retro GUI of GentleOS32

How Croakwood captures the challenge of a townbuilder like Anno but avoids the stress and pressure - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-croakwood-captures-the-challenge-of-a-townbuilder-like-anno-but-avoids-the-stress-and-pressure #Birdview/Isometric #Strategy:Builder #SinglePlayer #TexelRaptor #Management #Croakwood #Strategy #Fantasy #Indie #Mac #PC

It's a bit scary talking to some people these days, who's first (and sometimes only) significant computing experience is a smartphone or closed-ecosystem PC, and not a general purpose PC.

Real Stockholm syndrome stuff: "I'm so impressed by Apple, my 2019 macbook still gets updates! most android phones only get 3-4 years"

Well a general purpose PC gets practically unlimited updates if you install the right thing on it.

#foss #linux #openSource #PC #tech