Posts by tabman

Confused - help please

I hope you will all allow a very basic question from someone who doesn’t know too much about the differences between AMD and Intel processors.

I have always bought Intel model chips for my PCs. I am a believer in the model which states that you buy the most expensive processor and motherboard and then build your machine around those components, I have never bought or knowing used a PC with an AMD processor chip inside it (and I doubt that I would be able to tell if I did. I have nothing against AMD but that is the way it has worked out for me. We use Intel machines at work, I use an Intel desktop at home and on the go I have an i5 laptop and an Intel Atom tablet.

Ever since I have had MS Vista I have used a gadget which showed me the loading on each processor (not for any other reason than I thought it looked good). When using these gadgets, I noticed that on a dual core machine it showed 4 processors. On the system tab in settings it showed two processors but 4 processors with hyper threading. I had no reason to believe otherwise so I always expected that an AMD chip would do the same (i.e. if it had 4 processors, I would see eight cores due to hyper threading.

Is this article saying that on an AMD processor, if it states 8 cores, the gadget I use would report 8 processors? Do Intel hyper-threads=AMD cores or have I missed the point of this entirely?

I know that this is probably a dumb question but that is how it seems to read to me. Could someone try and explain in plain English for me?

Example:

Is a 4 4.0 GHz core Intel i5 (for example) = 8 core 4.0 GHz AMD

I know this is a bit of a TL:DR but any help would be much appreciated.

Switch to dual booting - SME advice requested

Hi everyone,

I have recently set up my laptop as a dual boot machine running Win 10 and Mint 17.2. Everything is working fine but I am seeking a bit of SME advice from you all to help ease my transition into regular Linux user. I hope you don't mind me posting here, some of the Linux forums seem awash with people waiting to jump on the noob and overload him with sudo this and tar that and don’t you know this, etc.

Mu primary reason for installing Mint is because of the privacy concerns around Windows. It's not that I have a big secret to hide, just that I don't think that my correspondence, web browsing, shopping and everything else should be made available to any company or a group of companies. I have no plans to abandon Windows completely but would like the choice of using Mint when I require a bit more privacy.

So I am here with a few questions that I am hoping that you all, as subject matter experts, can help with or at least point in the right direction.

1. Windows and Mint are both installed on the same physical disk. Does the Micros ft EULA allow them to look at non-Microsoft parts of the disk? i.e. Can they use the EULA to read letters thatI have written in Open Office on Mint?

2. As a total Linux noob, do any of you have suggestions for Linux software equivalents? Open Office is not bad at all but are there equivalents for software like Auto Cad, Media Players, Torrent Client, e Book readers? I am aware that Google employs similar data-collection methods as Microsoft – should I reject Chromium and run with the supposedly less secure Firefox or am I a small enough needle to be forever disregarded?

4. Ad blockers. Do I need one? Do I need any sort of malicious software removal tool? I don't believe that Linux (and Macs, and iPhones, and ietc.) are immune to the talents of a dedicated group.

5. One Drive. I have a lot on there. Is this accessible from Linux?

Like I said, I am a complete newbie. Any and all help appreciated. Thank you in advance even if the advice is RTFM. If the advice is RTFM can you please point out where the F the F-ing M is???

Thank You.

CAT Bum Juice

Anyone from DNST apprenticeship days circa 1993 should remember a similar story to this about mango flavouring (i.e. guess where it comes from when the manufacturer can't be bothered to get actual mangos)

thumbs down - from who?

one thumbs down for saying thanks to someone .....Classy,,,

Spot. the fanboi/droid.

have the guts to admit your hatred.

WP8 to Droid avoiding Apple

I'm a long term windows phone user right from 5.x. I guess brand loyalty exists as I have stuck with them through to WP8 but that brand loyalty only exists to a point. I have seen the UI improve to possibly the best out there and I have seen the quality of apps decrease. Now have a nexus 7 on droid, with a highly customisable UI and a good set of apps (once rooted). I can categorically state that my next phone will also be a droid for the same reasons that I love my nexus7. As for apple, the UI is dated, app store full of fart apps and the form factor really doesn't do it for me.