It is probably due to this change in the Linux kernel. That broke analogue microphone inputs on lots of systems. After that change, there were quite a few additional patches fixing those problems on individual systems (e.g. this one), but there are still lots of broken setups around. I have no idea what the original change was about exactly. It appears to have broken more things than it has fixed, but what do I know.
also i am having trouble hunting down what cuesheets means in this context?
When you rip an audio CD you can either create one file for each track or you can rip the entire CD as one track and create a cue sheet file which is basically a text file describing where each track starts in that single audio file. This can be useful to have an exact copy of the CD without adding unintended gaps between tracks. It is primarily useful if you intend on recreating the actual audio CD at a later time from the ripped data. Most people don’t need this.
I’ve always wondered how close to reality those tracks were. They certainly look nice. Same with the Dirt Rally games. Good to know they put in the effort to actually make them accurate.
No worries! That’s okay! :)
I would love to give Hypnospace Outlaw a try! Thanks for the giveaway! Every once in a while a take out an old PC to play some DOS or early Windows games. Recently i played Lotus III on DOS. I still like the game’s soundtrack. :)
If you plan on running the laptop all the time on wall power, make sure to limit the battery charge to 80 % or less, otherwise the battery will die pretty quickly.
I am not sure which CPUs exactly the article is refering to with those early i586 CPUs, but I do remember those Cyrix 6x86/6x86MX CPUs. When it comes to Linux, they were always treated as 486-class CPUs because they were missing some instructions required to be considered 586-class. On the other hand their architecture was actually quite modern, like a 686 CPU with out-of-order execution. The 6x86MX also supported the CMOV instruction which is usually associated with 686-class CPU. Quite strange CPUs from today’s perspective.
VIA also had some CPUs (certain VIA C3 CPUs) that the Linux kernel always treated as 486-class CPUs due to some missing 586 instructions.
AMD’s Am5x86 CPUs were rebranded 486 CPUs, while AMD’s K5 was an early 586 CPU that might fall into that early 586 category due to missing instructions. AMD’s later K6 CPUs should support all Pentium instructions afaik (but not CMOV like the Cyrix CPUs did).
Can anyone explain to me if a headless chrome browser is dangerous the way a regular chrome browser is?
Almost. You want to make sure to keep it as up-to-date as you would a regular Chrome browser. It does almost everything a regular Chrome does, including running arbitrary scripts on websites.
Yes. Apparently the issue happens with both internal mics and mic connectors where you attach your own mic. The seconds link I provided points to a fix for a specific laptop that fixes a non-working internal mic.