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Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
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Since nobody can afford memory, this means mainboards and cases will get cheaper, right?
Or... we could learn to code software so the average mouse driver doesn't require a gig of free RAM, 10 gigs of swap space, and 15 CPU cores?
Just a thought.
The mouse driver is already part of the OS in Window and Linux.
That shit you complain about is the Adverts Delivery & Private Data Capture application.
I believe that was implied
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Xfce already exists
I mean i agree, but how does this help me building an affordable gaming rig?
Those words don't usually come together...
Not anymore.
They did when I built one in 2017 that I'm still gaming on today (with a RAM and NVMe upgrade)