Hmmm… Honestly, it’s a very nice car. Mine is the chronos trim, so it has all the bits and bobs and over in the US we didn’t really get anything beyond the original E-tron Quattro. I will say, I think I’d rather have a BMW iX, it was pretty much nicer in every way (but it does look ugly I suppose). The extra range would be life changing though.
Yeah, it’s the HUD of an Audi E-tron. I was sitting in the parking lot adjusting the settings when I saw a licensing disclosure for the hud in that menu. Turns out, based on the copyright it runs Redhat Linux, which is kinda funny since it’s meant as a literal window computer.
I’d wager this is only the operating system for the HUD. The design language of it is somewhat different than the rest of the infotainment, and it seems this car has like 7 or 8 computers. As for what the underlying “car” itself runs… I’d have no idea, probably a heavily customized version of whatever Volkswagen is using in their EVs.
Idk where you live, but in the rust belt anything past 15 years old is basically dead due to significant corrison. I wish there were more to be done about it because I love wrenching on old Miatas, but they just continue to salt the roads even months before the first snowflakes (at least, where I live) and it eats vehicles to the point of safety issues and frame breakages over time. (My first car, a 1999 Suzuki esteem, actually had the frame snap while I was driving due to this. Body corrison was minimal, but the frame and undercarriage had completely given out).
I think they’ve been doing HUDs in vehicles since the late 80s? They’re not very common though since they generally have reliablity issues (this is a lease).
All you need is a swarm of crabs.
Lol yeah! Sorry, it’s kind of tough to photograph since it’s a HUD. I just noticed the “display license” selection when adjusting the height while in the parking garage today and felt it was silly enough to warrant sharing lol.
Technically a windscreen, but we’re gonna give it a pass for the memery, right? 👉👈
Heads up display in an Audi E-tron (the open source license citing Redhat)
I’ve actually had this occur before to a machine I specifically disabled the tpm on so that it wouldn’t happen (it was an account less frozen kiosk). I was fuming the entire time I spent rebuilding it.
It’s likely done in an automated way by the same equipment that tests the hardware, so costs are probably more along the lines of a few fractions of a penny, and imo shipping any device without an os at all is a bit silly as they could very likely end up in the hands of someone without the capability or equipment to image them.
Still gotta be careful since some manufacturers have started auto-connecting to open access points when they detect them.
Have you considered giving your linux install a little caffeine?
Jokes on you, dude is rocking Qubes /s
I wouldn’t say it has anything to do with the financial affluence of the gamer, but I agree with you that the vast vast majority of gamers simply do not care. Like with a lot of things, that same majority would be better off if they did.
It’s abstraction all the way down?!
Depends on the game. Apex, Riot, ubisoft, and EA all ban vm players. A list of other companies do as well.
Easy way to get yourself banned in online games just an FYI. Most online games will detect and ban virtual machines now since they’ve become commonplace in cheat/hack communities.
A full year of multi month hikes across the world. I want to see it all and meet new people.
Unfortunately the single core speed of arm chips is not fabulous, that’s what is mainly required for good performance in most games. You’re best off going with a r traditionally supported cpu for now. The revolution will come (and it’ll most likely be RISC).