Gaming on a Scientific Data Computer

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[@Banana.YouTube]

sure

[@gabethecool]

That transition was so goofy

[@algret132]

I can use cyber ghost and it’s the same thing duh 🙄

[@Banana.YouTube]

@@algret132 YEA

[@PieStudios]

What ad agency did you go through? Or did you contact them directly?

[@catthing3398]

You know its rough when the 3ds ran Half-life better.

[@Banana.YouTube]

Comment on my latest video for a chance to get a shout out!

[@Macko_z_Bogdanca]

Lmao

[@thefunnydoge]

3ds runs it at like 20-30 fps while this dudes pc just makes a beat

[@crestofhonor2349]

Keep in mind the 3DS ran it at 400x240

[@algret132]

Lol

[@NiCoTHX]

disabling the steam overlay AND the avatars animations in the chat/profile section is a HUGE boost on a machine like that.

[@robertpaws]

Or just use a pirated version.

[@vilzio89]

@@robertpaws how do i watch this right when someone replied today... why does youtube always stop and reccomend everyone for no reason

[@Shadowluis99]

The "let me give you some background" *fade into white for 1 second* and it cutting back to you going "I have no idea" was such a good bit and its at the start of the video. Sets up how good this video will be.

[@neoqueto]

Yep, it gives off that "oh that guy is funny" vibe

[@dabert5972]

I was about to click off before I saw that. I just knew it was going to be a banger after that. Between that and "The Solution", I was thoroughly sent

[@TheExFatal]

Honestly one of the funniest gags I've seen on youtube

[@jajoothecoolman]

999th like,.

[@gowanlore2434]

​@@neoquetobrudda that's just called finding someone funny.

[@jojojojo4332]

steamdeck at home

[@Purrception_78]

For real 😂

[@dev0xr1]

Lmfao

[@AlohaXChicken27]

Mom can we get steam deck?

[@icravedeath.1200]

​@@AlohaXChicken27cute pfp❤

[@Nox_Ludicro]

Oh hey, a Trimble! I used to do some IT work for a small engineering firm, and their land survey department had a lot of Trimble equipment. I hated having to work with them. They're literally only made to manage GPS location points stored in .csv text files, so there's no need for performance of any kind. This is a fancier one than I've seen, having a full-blown OS. Most I've seen run some version of Windows CE. The model you have isn't familiar to me, but the fact that is was so hard to open was likely due to the fact that they're built to be used outdoors in the field while surveying property lines and elevations and such. That would also explain why the spec's are so low, as theses devices are usually entirely passively cooled, without a single fan or vent, since it's meant to be weatherproof/waterproof to some degree, as well as drop resistant (so mechanical drives are a no-no). That's also likely why the I/O connections were all on a separate piece from the rest of the thing, so that water or dirt can get into a USB port without getting into the main device.

[@lazyg123]

I work in the mining industry and we all use Leica equipment, but we need to use scanners nowadays so the survey tablets have to be somewhat powerful, still all comes in a text file though lol.

[@Montgomerygolfgator]

I know Trimble for CoPilot and PC Miler, CoPilot is a truck GPS suite for ELDs and iOS/Android. PC Miler is a a tool for office-side truck milage estimates, fuel solutions, and it interfaces with ELD messaging so a driver can request directions in text form from an ELD. I figured with the pogo connector and Windows OS (a lot of ELDs run/ran XP or CE) that this was some stand-alone solution for things like box trucks.

[@JasonLihani]

Thank you for this. I wanted to know more about this thing's normal purpose. You're the best.

[@AleK0451]

i wondered why this thing looks like a JCB ipad

[@windstream25]

As a surveyor it wasn't a practical data collector and most just stick to old rangers because the average age of a surveyor is 60 and are afraid of new tech

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Fun fact: Trimble are the current owners of the CAD software SketchUp.

[@MrMaxymoo22]

That's why I knew that name!

[@lars2k1]

Trimble also develops CAD plugin Stabicad (for AutoCAD and Revit)

[@WoWMinGM]

@@lars2k1 I work with infrastructure, road and ground design, surveying and that all that jazz. Trimble is near and dear to my heart haha

[@mauriciorighetti670]

I think they make autopilots for tractors and combines too

[@ibethatgoldfishmf]

i remember using sketchup for a woodshop class during covid

[@Sajingu]

There's something about people messing around with older tech (or weaker hardware) to get it to do things that it was never meant to do just amazing.

[@AlTiri-rd7ly]

I know right? I think it feeds the child inside all of us.

[@hellohaveagoodday]

I totally get that. Shows the freedom of technology, feels like playing with lego as a kid and realising you can add sets together.

[@UBvtuber]

Literally my entire childhood lmao Tryna get an IBM Thinkpad T23 (I think) to run Project 64. lol

[@therealcryptical6254]

YES. I thought I was alone lol

[@RazorsharpLT]

This DEFINITELY could run Half-Life without any problems It used to run on a 64mb ram 733mhz machine back in the day with 3DS voodo graphics cards. His issue is his profound dumbness in using steam. Just download a non steam version ffs.

[@TsarBlin]

Why did I think this was a Dankpods video

[@Ponkowski]

Similar camera placement made me think same xd

[@theinsideoftechnology5134]

@@Ponkowskilol

[@jasonnugent963]

Does he break out the 1 grit?

[@hayd3ni]

Same quality different flavor of nugget

[@Poyrik]

IT'S THE NUGG POWER

[@Alien_Bob]

I'm gonna name my first kid Trimble Yuma in honor of this thing

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Trimble Yuma-Bringus

[@samdavies2069]

Have you done it yet? Or has your wife left you, filed for sole custody and a restraining order on grounds of insanity?

[@notthespy-r3n]

what no don't do that

[@SireGoofsalot]

HAVE THEM BE BORN IN YUMA AZ

[@Nukle0n]

@@SireGoofsalot 3:10 to Trimble Yuma

[@sakelaine2953]

Those old Atom processors had multithreading on a single core, so they'd show up as dual core but they definitely were not. That entire Trimble is basically a ruggedized netbook.

[@Samdaman131]

I'm so, so happy this showed up in my recommended. What a stupid concept. Your channel is incredible. Please do more of this.

[@xPLAYnOfficial]

Hello Bringus Studios! Cool video! I thought as an Intel Atom enthusiast and collector I would offer some advice on how to improve performance on hardware like this, given my extensive experience with Atom-based machines: 1. Atoms from this generation will generally take a 200mhz boost via FSB overvolting, which I highly recommend you do. 200Mhz doesn't sound like a lot, but going from 1.6Ghz to 1.8Ghz is substantial and can give you more FPS in games especially. 2. For OS, I highly recommend Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE 32-Bit. It's up-to-date (they just ended support in April of this year), very lightweight (in my experience it runs better than XP on hardware of this vintage), and is fully-compatible with applications like Steam. 3. Believe it or not, most of the lack of speed you're experiencing is actually from a combination of OS and hard drive. A slow hard drive, coupled with Windows features like Search Index, can bring CPUs like this to their knees very quickly (and also steal a lot of CPU cycles from games). Upgrading to a solid-state storage medium (which I believe it is possible to do on this particular device) will help a LOT. 4. This Atom is actually single-core, not dual-core. It's hyperthreaded so it shows up as "2 cores" in Windows but it's one physical core with 2 threads. The USB is also 2.0 "standard speed", not USB 1 or 1.1, which is a subset of USB 2.0 that doesn't get talked about much (or really at all). It's USB 1.1 speeds with USB 2.0 compatibility. 5. Running Steam or other launchers is a pretty quick way to steal most of the CPU power before the games even begin. Running them natively without a launcher will definitely help matters, as you've expressed already in the video. 6. In regards to improving performance in-games, the biggest bottleneck isn't actually the CPU (I know, crazy) but is actually the system bus. 533Mhz stock is quite slow, SATA speed is SATA 1, and the screen resolution is too high for the embedded GPU. Turning off as many things that need to be live-loaded from the disk as possible can help a lot (such as textures). 7. I'm sure this is nothing new to you but retro gaming is pretty decent on systems like this. Feel free to ask if you have any other questions. Fun to see some Atom love :D

[@xPLAYnOfficial]

@liecr mk3 gaming Technically no, however it can be when you overvolt / overclock the FSB

[@xPLAYnOfficial]

@liecr mk3 gaming Well usually the safest bet is to slowly up the FSB voltage until it no longer works, then resetting the BIOS and setting to the last setting that worked.

[@guidoopossum]

As OS I like antiX more for old PC.

[@guidoopossum]

@liecr mk3 gaming idk man recomend Mint xfce, I know one more lightweight and work for 32-bit CPU

[@DanielTimberwolf]

Ah, the ol'reliable netbook gamer survival guide.

[@gorfelbt]

He really just stole a science computer to play half life. This is the stuff I watch. And I love it.

[@Lamario862]

you could not have said it better

[@apenasgargorio]

this is the most fitting thing i've heard by a landslide like playing a racing car on a car radio xd

[@Lightningmcblue]

ad ends at 13:10

[@uncraftbar]

i like the READ THIS NOW file on the desktop and how after the update there was a second one named THIS ONE TOO just to get fully ignored by bringus haha

[@BringusStudios]

Someone has sponsorblock installed

[@uncraftbar]

@@BringusStudios OHH LOL. well that makes sense haha.

[@gamagama69]

@@BringusStudios uhhh 😅

[@aiodensghost8645]

@@BringusStudios unfortunately you can thank KZbin and their invasive ad rolls

[@XdekHckr]

@@aiodensghost8645 sponsorblock is not blocking youtube ads, it's extension driven by community that let you skip part in videos that are sponsored by someone or just boring

[@robot-s]

Weirdest steam deck

[@professortortilla]

Steam deck education edition ✅️

[@FLAMExHASHIRA]

Steam deck stone age edition

[@Lachrymogenic]

The thing looks like that Tablet that Tails uses in some of the 3D Sonic games.

[@VerdeMorte]

It *really* does...

[@therunawaykid6523]

Sure is a chunky boi

[@remixedcat]

his 2nd middle name is trimble

[@ChaseMC215]

And his wall still tastes like dirt.

[@Bolt_BDA]

This man is the alternative universe dankpods

[@ben_the_potato]

still way better than the school computers

[@RyderSpitz]

Nah I hacked my school pc and it runs pretty good Minecraft gameplay and mods

[@space_bacon1953]

@@vexnaxV2 they understood the joke, they just chimed in about how their school was different + this is YT not Reddit

[@accontdeleted2583]

@@space_bacon1953 dude it's basically the same thing going r/woooosh in a comments thread is allowed and sometimes it ends up on reddit.

[@awii.neocities]

@@RyderSpitz "Hacked" your school PC? What do you mean? It obviously isn't a Chromebook because you're running Minecraft, and if it's windows, how did you "hack" it. Windows is about as holeless as a block of cheese so theres many ways to break through. Chances are your parents bought it and because of that, they can't lock the BIOS. So if you just reinstalled windows, that isn't "hacking" that's just wiping and reinstalling.

[@RyderSpitz]

@@awii.neocities not really hacked, but I just went into my teachers admin account on the school site and got the password to admin on the computer and wiped everything abt the school from it

[@ImDannn]

This is the calmest amount of computerised chaos I have ever seen in my life and I’m all for it

[@nyanpasu64]

I think the reason the keyboard driver takes time to install, and anew for every different port you plug the same device into, is because Windows is trying to locate a driver from online when it has a perfectly good driver available to use. I think I ended up turning off online driver searches on Windows 7.

[@themonkwhoburnedhimself]

That "haan" when the installation went from 1 to 0 was golden. Love you Bringus, keep doing you.

[@M0ving7arg37]

Love the use of the windows 7 log in noise from censoring.

[@itisugamer]

That was one of the smoothest sponsorship transitions I've ever seen, hats off to you Sir Bringus

[@trustyvault13canteen32]

I always say that any pc can be a gaming pc with the right tools and games, i was wrong

[@aiodensghost8645]

No, you're right. You just gotta give a bit more effort than usual with these.

[@AlexanderScott66]

Well it would be good for like, Snake, the game that can fit into a QR code

[@Deathbatman]

Nah

[@luigimaster111]

At the very least I bet you could run some retro console emulators, maybe not a gaming PC but certainly a... TV console of sorts. Retropie might he a good choice, since that can run on a device with as low as 512 mb of ram. 1 gig of ram certainly is the main bottleneck, used to game on a netbook that had I think the exact same CPU, but the 2 gigs of ram gave it enough memory overhead to handle Minecraft beta 1.6 at 15 fps, and half life 1 at at least 30, don't quite recall.

[@nnauricio]

I used to play a lot of games and emulators a with my phentium 3 and 256 ram back in the day like project 64, ps1, cs 1.6, gunz the duel and other stuff without a single problem

[@runeeyesaudiovisualshenani4638]

is this fancier dank pods?

[@cliffordreynolds1835]

No Dankpods would be comparing this computer to an Apple product probably,lol.

[@greystratford2039]

this is less fancy dankpods

[@Many_Sparrows]

This is exactly what modding is all about, Jerry-rigging stuff together just to find out it doesn’t work anyway

[@ArsiRochell]

2:43 missed opportunity to say “Alright Trimble, time to tremble”

[@bromoment2003]

Ubuntu stopped 32-bit suppoort a while back. I'd recommend using something like debian instead. It still has 32-bit support and is fairly stable. Not sure if it would help much with steam though but it might make the device a bit more usable

[@techiewiskers]

mabye Puppy Linux? its cute too

[@master74200]

Steam runs fine on Debian, with Proton as well. Has for years.

[@thenoddingturtle]

Debian is definitely a good choice for this class of hardware. Unfortunately, that Atom Z530 has GMA 500 as graphics, so no hardware acceleration in Linux.

[@techiewiskers]

@@thenoddingturtle mabye put windows 98 se on for shits and giggles

[@thenoddingturtle]

@@techiewiskers XP works just fine

[@jehad7033]

The american dankpods

[@ArthadJohnson]

Fax

[@BigRigCreates]

Trying to guess every song in this video 1. Donkey Kong Country level select. (1.1 gannon warlock punch) 2. Delphino Plaza 3. Idk some obscure DS game 4. Everybody votes channel 5. Mushroom bridge / city - Double dash 6. Something from Toadstool Tour 7. Hyrule Courtyard OOT 8. Brawl Main Theme 9. Something something animal crossing 10. Mario world 2 athletic 11. Mario odyssey - steam gardens Also, fun video!

[@TheRealRuddRants]

That warlock punch. had me in stitches.

[@geraldhand5047]

Got to admit.....ya pretty slick on workin them sponsors in, creative and such, I ain't even mad, about watchin ads lol

[@FutureSoap]

This dude boutta find out what the quadratic formula for Mario world is

[@ethanwaldock2515]

My boy about to learn the Konami Theorem

[@FutureSoap]

​@@ethanwaldock2515 My guy boutta be preaching ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️ start by the end of the video

[@Banana.YouTube]

Comment on my latest video for a chance to get a shout out!

[@Ar10ch_]

This is so awesome lol, part of my job is administering license management servers for a wide range of engineering, chemistry, and geosciences software so I'm somewhat familiar with Trimble. They've got a ton of different software out there, but what I'm familiar with is their geosciences and mining engineering software. These tablets would be used for geospatial work (in my personal experience), e.g. surveying land and mines, capturing data from laser scanners, and stuff like that. A lot of the work is handled by specialized equipment, and these tablets are basically just there to gather data points and stuff, not much actual processing needed from what I understand. I've been hoping the geosciences people go for a tech refresh so I can nab one of these from the e-waste, lmk if you'd be interested in selling it lol

[@RisingRevengeance]

Thats a special kinda potato. In 05 I had a garbage emachines netbook or whatever they were called. Nes emulation was basically all the gaming it could do and even that was probably better. Edit: Nvm this potato is definitely better!

[@TheRokkis]

I've used computer made by Trimble. So the thing is I'm forestry engineer and at one point "rugged tablets" were a thing in forestry business in Finland, might still be, dunno, don't work on the field anymore. We got to use couple of different ones in school tho. Basically they all were underpowered, very expensive tablets that wouldn't die even if you threw it into the river after losing your mind with how shitty they were. The idea was that "we need a tablet that can handle rain, dropping it on the rocky surfaces and so on. There weren't that many to choose from, so manufacturers apparently realized that they can use shitty hardware and wrap it into enough plastic that it survives almost everything and sell it with 5-10 times the price you'd actually pay for such lackluster hardware. Not sure is forestry companies still use those "manly" tablets, because most of the time they were really slow, almost unusable and just generally bad. Older people couldn't use tablets anyway and younger workers knew how shitty they were, because they actually used computer in school, home and so on. Worst part was that they were supposed to be used in remote areas middle of forest but in reality those things couldn't catch internet even middle of the city, so most of the time they were offline and off GPS and you just had to hope, that when you get back to the internet the data was still there (plot twist: we made backups with pen and paper for a reason, but that's on the software side and not tablet's fault. But that also meant that tablet was even more useless).

[@adamtheman17]

that would be great for RetroPie OS with emulators

[@SodaMazing64]

9:43 As someone who's first computer was a crappy Gateway notebook, this part hit me the hardest.

[@Mr_Pmg_Gaming]

Had that very same netbook you referenced, the acer aspire. What a brutal machine lol

[@alexbassett6967]

"time for our third operating system" - truly words to live by, reminds me of my childhood

[@Macko_z_Bogdanca]

Hey, I love videos like this but I would like to point some things out, you might have better luck witch directx games since intels opengl drivers are trash and hl runs on opengl, also this is intel atom so even if it was quad core it would still be bad.

[@elwey7552]

hl1 can run in software mode

[@nugzmedallion8929]

"What is this thing? Let me give you guys a little background: I have no idea!" Great start. I'm hooked ngl.

[@jeromehodges8898]

6:20 dankpods moment

[@raigon_pawa]

Why is his transition to sponsor segments so dang smooth 😂

[@michaeldemers2716]

I personally would have gone with Crysis. I believe that would possibly run. I don't think it will do anything more powerful than that.

[@tommythelizard1521]

Hello Mr.Bringus! Did you know that the 32 bit version of puppy Linux from 2020 only takes up around 65MB of RAM at start up and I’m pretty sure it’s still supported to. I installed it last year on laptop from 2006 and it was pretty good. it’s based on Ubuntu also.

[@Fukik-p4z]

🤓☝️

[@BaroqueSphinx]

What tool did you use to expose the wires on the destroyed laptop charger cable?

[@BringusStudios]

www.amazon.com/Self-Adjusting-Stripper-Klein-Tools-11061/dp/B00CXKOEQ6

[@ethilaron4176]

You tried to run N64, a 64-bit console, on a 32-bit computer. Good job.

[@shejan0986]

Not the same thing, you can run N64 emulators on a 32-bit x86 system

[@hamsterwolf]

Probably needed the full direct x 9 update . If you were running none service pack xp almost no programs want to run on that. If you can get sp3 onto it you could probably get project 64 going.

[@mrtaufner]

I just found your channel and I absolutely admire your persistence

[@tommo120]

Can't wait to see what you do with the X1 Carbon! Also, definitely very jealous. My current printer is a tiny cube from 2017 that can print 13cm in each direction

[@floatinsardines8104]

Gotta love the way you brought in your sponsor. It's quite the surprise for those uninitiated with Xubuntu and doesn't feel as shoe horned in as other sponsor breaks I've seen. Keep it inventive, I wanna see more ways you could bring a sponsor without destroying the vibe of the vid too much.

[@BringusStudios]

Thanks man. If I'm going to be intrusive I might as well earn it with a laugh

[@markusTegelane]

I think this Intel Atom has 1 core, 2 threads, not 2 cores (because hyper threading)

[@BringusStudios]

Yeah you're right I made an oopsie

[@MandrakeFernflower]

​​​@@BringusStudios a p3 coppermine from 2001 runs XP better than the trimble

[@endruv_2287]

Not even a minute in and you're ripping electric cords apart. I both respect and am terrified of these engineering channels.

[@cydragon2.099]

On windows xp you possibly need the actual gpu driver for that scientific tablet pc... maybe look up the cpu to see of what igpu it would have to stage the right driver

[@mecyanned]

8:21 that gave me SOO MUCH NOSTALGIA

[@Dragzilla66]

This is why you save charging cables, no matter what lol.

[@armandobardo6861]

Centuries ago, I had a Casio CFX-9850G scientific calculator (actually I had the previous model in gray and monochrome) I made a very simple game based on gorilla.bas, it was a ship that appeared randomly on a line on the screen and you had to introduce angle and force to launch a bomb. It drew the trajectory of the curve using the grapher and if it guessed its coordinates a smoke was shown and a screen that said "sunk", if it did not ask for the coordinates again. The programming language was a very simplified BASIC, that Casio used, but that allowed each point of the screen to be graphed, I could never have an HP48G, they were very expensive.

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

I see you finally got you windows portable console!

[@Jellolotl7468]

My friend who knows nothing about computers when he looks inside one:”which one is gaming chip?”

[@scottcol23]

What a stupid little computer.. I love it! 😍 Keep up the great work! Really enjoyed this video.

[@destiny_02]

for a 32 bit cpu you should have used puppy linux or Opensuse basic install

[@zmateneslunicko3928]

You need to run old non-steam day one version of Half-Life or at least Xash 3D engine, while the first one is least resource hungry. Works just fine on my Via C7-M based 2006 XP UMPC.

[@LemarSullivan821]

ok, but can it run crysis?

[@aceoyame2619]

I have the sneaking suspicion in win7 it was using open gl with a missing open gl driver. As for in xp half life was using cpu rendering. I remember running Left for dead on an n270 which is a fair bit weaker. Granted, I did have to use a bunch of commands to make it run smooth

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

Yeah it was probably missing drivers

[@ducciboi]

This thing just looks so insanely impractical to use. I feel like these things exist solely to pretend to be medical/scientific grade and be sold exclusive to hospitals/institutions for an insane price because it's in some weird proprietary shape that companies love for some reason. Wouldn't be surprised if this thing costed $10,000 back in the day.

[@RetiredChannel89]

I'd love to see you turn a switch into a steam deck. Please bringus!

[@bljmario6410]

The potential issue with that is like someone already tried that, jumped through 50 bajillion hoops and still didn't work. (Lazy to put link here) Also someone DID manage to get Steam, but didn't run really well. For example, Pizza Tower ran at like 2 FPS on the Switch. You can do other stuff on the Switch with Linux tho, maybe trying to play standalone games and emulators.

[@win7best]

You should have gotten debian. It's lighter and is what Ubuntu is based on

[@Lachrymogenic]

One of my favourite reasons as to why I use Linux, is seeing people try to use it, get frustrated and claim that Linux sucks and they eventually return to Windows and make a bunch of jokes about how Linux sucks and tell people to just use Windows, meanwhile, as a Linux user, I'm perfectly fine with the OS, I know how to do stuff and how to fix stuff and I've been daily driving it for 2 years, gaming on it, basically doing everything I would do on WIndows on Linux. I try to help those kinds of people at times, but I often feel as if Windows users have the wrong idea coming to Linux. Theres definitely a learning curve, and if you're impatient then its not for you. But something about me just loves seeing people complain about Linux, meanwhile, I am playing Roblox on Linux, I am gaming on Linux, I am doing everything I've wanted to do on it, but it's just broken for everyone else, it seems.

[@exodusismyname]

I used Linux for a bit when windows was broken and man I loved it, just wish it had more game support

[@Noxior12]

@@exodusismyname support is pretty good these days with proton, there is a lack of support in terms of anticheats tho

[@chadmasta5]

I have used Linux at various points across just about every type of hardware you can throw it on over the last 14 years. Oldest machine had a pentium ii from 1997 and the newest had a ryzen 5 3500u from 2020. I've used it on x86, x64, arm, ppc, AMD, and intel. AMD gpu, intel gpu, even Nvidia as bad an idea as that is. I've distro hopped all over. Laptop, desktop, tablet, all in one, and single board computer. Some as hobby projects, some I daily drove. I have never in my life had a single instance of Linux just work. There has always, without fail, been at least one issue that either needed to be solved by digging through old forum posts for similar problems on different distros, somehow sorted itself out temporarily before breaking again, or just being unsolvable. For all of its many faults, Windows is objectively easier to use. When I want a program I just get it. No checking repositories, no adding new repositories, no building my own executable, no work arounds to run the Windows version, and no searching for alternatives that may or may not even be able to do what I want. Linux has come a long way but it's still far from being something the average person will be able to use for their every day PC.

[@LakoIsFun]

The issue is that you'd need a modern PC to even play basic DirectX games, as DXVK needs VK, Vulkan. If your GPU is from anything before like the mid-2010s, you're better off using Windows since most of them don't support Vulkan 1 (DXVK needs like Vulkan 2/3), but *do* support DX12. Yeah, OpenGL and Wine's old interpreter might work, but they're not as compatible. So basically even if Steam worked perfectly on that Trimble tablet, I doubt that most games would work, but to be fair, Half-Life, an OpenGL game was the benchmark.

[@KopperNeoman]

Linux's gaming backends suck... compared to Windows. Granted, this is like how crows are stupid compared to humans, pigeons are smart compared to games journalists, and ESG is freedom compared to social credits, but it's still true.

[@AndersHass]

Proton ain’t emulation so there is barely any overhead with it thereby you dont need extra CPU power to use it compared to running native Windows (it might run better depending on the game and hardware).

[@slasher4050]

thank you for going some what in depth on what you were doing, helps me learn on how this stuff works as none of the other ones help. Its a great blend between showing the parts for those intrested and others just wanting to watch.

[@aaronandrews5648]

I remember running a similar system to this, the Gateway LT2016U and I had the opportunity to run Void Linux (running i3), DOSbox games, Yume Nikki, Cave Story, and Doom and some WADs. Alongside that I was crazy enough to do modern workstation activities such as web browsing with qutebrowser, image editing with gimp and inkscape, and office-work with libreoffice. One of the key moments I had was playing Oregon Trail with my therapist, it was super fun! :D

[@HungerGamesFan88]

now i want to see myhouse.wad running on this mf

[@shadowthefurryscientist]

but can it run Crysis?

[@TheDoomguy3232]

But can it run?

[@Banana.YouTube]

Comment on my latest video for a chance to get a shout out!

[@FaintAcrobat]

It's pretty strange that Half-Life is running like arse when the TRIMBLE YUMA, has much more performance then the recommended specs. I remember running it on like a 900mhz processor with a Voodoo3 card and it ran smooth as butter.

[@-na-nomad6247]

This doesn't look like a cpu/gpu power; it looks more like a voltage or amperage issue, pretty sure the cpu was not running full 1.6ghz because I played half life on atom 1.6 and it worked flawlessly, I suggest making sure the power supply is sufficient, maybe use a variable power supply to test giving it more beans ? maybe a next video where you give it more beans until it catches on fire ?

[@komidanohitouko]

That VPN transiton was just perfect 👌👌

[@jekser2329]

ik this video is 3 months old, but having DKC OST is a great way to get me interested, I love technology shit like this

[@bruddanecessity34]

not gonna lie, that transition to the NordVPN sponsor was good

[@burein_ita]

15:10 nah Ubuntu and it's derivatives have just become the Windows of Linux If you're dealing with 32bit machines ( especially atom cpus ), you're better of using Void-Linux or if you're brave Gentoo. That way you get a light-weight system, important if you only have 1GB of RAM. The other option is just downgrading to Windows XP if you wanna run some retro games. Atom cpus struggle with games like Half-Life anyways.

[@bigmodebestmode]

bro the editing, humor, and dedication 🔥🔥 spot on

[@CapitalGearGaming]

2:00 super easy way to distinct an HDD and SSD in any windows OS On file explorer, right-click the drive, properties, click tools tab, then click on optimize under optimize and defragment device. Or just open disk defragmenter by searching for 'defrag' It will state on the left side if HDD or SSD, additionally if it somehow doesn't, see if it will optimize the drive or just trim the drive. Optimizing is a HDD only thing, trimming is for SSDs.

[@alexisadoofus]

The real gaming is the friends we made along the way.

[@pankoza2]

ah yes, the Intel Atom Z530, the CPU that was only 32-bit when even 128-bit CPU's were considered obsolete 🤣😂

[@ManVsCliff]

The F in the F keys is for functions, so while your playing the game the computer will then start running background processes and switch your input to something else because it is not registered in that window anymore.

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

Only fitting to play Half-Life on a Scientific Computer.

[@linoio]

These Trimble units at least used to be ridiculously expensive special hardware for geo survey and mapping applications. I would not be surprised if they are still sold and in use. IMHO their business model was find something a geo related use case and sell something insanely expensive for it.

[@md1028]

They are but the newer tablets are much better, and yes that tablet prob cost someone around 6-7 grand when new as it is part of a RTS coordinates system that can run around 50k for the complete robot system. These are used in construction as it allows trades to map out there MEP systems.

[@ChaseMC215]

Should've remade Flower by Moby with the looping Half Life sounds.

[@terry2295]

AntiX is the most lightweight Linux Distro I know, it could be usefull for future expirements with severly under powered hardware. Edit: For some reference it runs pretty well on an old laptop of mine that struggled to play an mp4 file.

[@半中国人兄弟]

ran antix on a winxp laptop with 512mb of ram and 1.6ghz cpu ran fine except that the machine is really just broken

[@terry2295]

@@半中国人兄弟 What exactly do you mean with "the machine is really just broken"?

[@半中国人兄弟]

@@terry2295 half of the ports are broken, the cpu fan mostly run over the sides, the charging port detachable, the hdd is somewhat broken as the disk util says, the keyboard is unstable and so on

[@terry2295]

@@半中国人兄弟 If that was my device I'd probably scrap it for parts, if there even are any to salvage, and recycle the rest.

[@半中国人兄弟]

@@terry2295 apparently yes the only thing that i think I can salvage from it is the screen and the 512mb stick of ddr2 ram. maybe the hdd as the only thing damaged from it was the somewhat the first two sectors.

[@AidanTheCross]

Dude that was a smooth sponsor transition

[@XdekHckr]

12:05 dude, these vpn ads are so boring, just watch video on yt with title: "Why I no longer use a VPN (most of the time) and nor should you"

[@JessicaFEREM]

Maybe try Debian with LXDE instead, that might be lighter and brand new 32 bit also the installer is really small. you could write it to an honest for got CD (but you need to install it off the internet through the CD)

[@IlIlIlIlIllIllII]

Atom processor, 1 gig of ram, and 32gb hdd, but it’s rugged and industrial, so you know this POS was like $4000 new.

[@lenn.2907]

Hey! CAT Technician here. On our machines we use Trimble earthworks to set GPS points for guidance systems on Dozers, Excavators etc…

[@AndrewLobley]

It looks like the hard drive is a generic ATA-compatible hard drive. ATA is the standard that came before SATA and PATA, and is better known as IDE. That means it's an IDE hard disk drive. Also, anything with "64" in it is probably 64-bit and won't work.

[@JamesHanks]

bro thinks he's dankpods smh

[@ranibow_sprimkles]

Ahhh, trimble... tools for surveyors- and other similar folks. Often also with machines such as excavators. Precise things. Rugged things. (and expensive) one thing i have used from trimble was a robot total station. it was cool. - Still have a small pelican hardcase box that used to house a small 'key' chip for the software with trimbles logo on it. rest i sold off.

[@leafpirate]

i bet xash3d would've ran ok on that debian install if you just wanted to play hl1.

[@TheArcaneBrony]

"at least its dual core i think" nah fam thats dual *thread* "who likes their software to just work" steam works fine wdym, i386 issue

[@Bann]

Gee, I wonder why a 32-bit CPU was unable to emulate the Nintendo 64