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  • Not a fan of the XPS line (expensive, not great thermals, and meh port selection) and I have never own one (though I’ve seen others with them). That said, I have a few of their Latitudes (currently using Latitude 7420) and one Precision and those run Linux really well.

    One thing most people don’t realize is that Dell does support Linux (ie. Ubuntu) beyond the XPS line and you can buy Latitudes or Precisions with Linux support OOTB. Additionally, Dell ships firmware updates via LVFS on their XPS, Latitude, and Precision lines. The support isn’t perfect, but I have been happy with using Dell hardware and Linux for over a decade now.

    PS. You can get really good deals via the Dell Outlet (my current laptop is refurbished from there), and you can usually find a number of off-lease or 2nd systems or parts on Ebay (very similar to Thinkpads).













  • pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.orgtoFediverse@lemmy.mlWhy so many POST requests?
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    11 months ago

    POSTs are how federation works (ActivityPub is a Push-based protocol). When you “subscribe” to a community on say lemmy.ml, you are telling it to periodically send you updates about that community. This comes in the form of POSTS.

    As to the frequency of the POSTs, I can imagine something like lemmy.ml having a lot of activity that it needs to inform your instance of (new votes, new comments, new posts, etc)… but I’m not sure if one request per second is reasonable or not.