Re: [arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

2016-09-29 Thread gurnaik via arch-general
On 29/09/16 11:19, Lukas Rose wrote: "Worked for you this day", "you were lucky "…? I am talking of 100+ Linux installations on different hardware over the last few years. Not just one or two lucky cases. And sometimes it was very new hardware, like WiFi-Chips that were released a few weeks

Re: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?

2016-08-19 Thread gurnaik via arch-general
On 19/08/16 16:05, Sebastiaan Lokhorst via arch-general wrote: Please stop this unfounded, tinfoil hat "Micro$oft sucks!!11" whining. If there is an actual reason why you shouldn't use a product, please say so, but this "don't use it because Microsoft made it" nonsense is ridiculous. They

Re: [arch-general] Virtualbox users shouldn't upgrade to linux 4.6.1-2-ARCH

2016-06-09 Thread gurnaik via arch-general
On 09/06/16 10:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hi, today I upgraded from 4.5.4-1-ARCH (x86_64) to 4.6.1-2-ARCH (x86_64), it's not in testing anymore, it's provided by the official repository, https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/ . On my machine the boot options are 'ro' 'threadirqs'