Kwell for mine, you're right, not quite 1gb
HUnless using --user (or specifying Flathub (User)
Pseems like they just confuse people with this
Oand most consumer devices that have ethernet don't have more than gigabit speed on it
CIt's not really confusing though, one byte = eight bits
Poh yeah that actually is gigabit what a load of shovelware
DIs your user in the wheel group?
If not it will ask for password
If not it will ask for password
Pit's confusing to end-users you're marketing to lol
CI have 1/100th of a gigabit
Omarketing uses megabit and gigabit because bigger numbers
HIf it wasn't, it wouldn't even ask for root cause I wouldn't be able to authorize lol
Also like I said, it doesn't ask on immutable distros such as silverblue, and I currently use bazzite, which doesn't ask for it just like silverblue.
Also like I said, it doesn't ask on immutable distros such as silverblue, and I currently use bazzite, which doesn't ask for it just like silverblue.
KDo you live in the distant and far land of Thud wherein you have to use only satellite internet?
Oif they could split bits in half they'd use giga-half-bits or something lol
CNot satellite, radio
CIt's not even to look better necessarily, just that back when internet services were starting out it was far more legible to advertise in kilobit/megabit
CSo it's a grandfathered metric
Pit is hard enough getting the average user to go from reading MB/s to Mbps and now they are just getting used to it we will confuse them on GB/s vs Gbps
P
Oyeah it probably originates from when baud was a metric
Pdefs
P100% for sure
Valso yeah, my internet is just at 1000Mbps (though sometimes higher) but 2.5gb is still super useful for LAN networking
Pwhen you're at the upper end i think just stick to Mbps
KMy first modem was a 2400bps
Padvertising "gigabit" is just vapid
Ksitting online for hours to download shareware from BBSes. 
Oin Japan maybe
CWe'll start getting residential 10Gbps in the next decade or so
KI'm old. I watched 'Hackers' in theatres on release.
Oin the US even gigabit is still out of reach of a huge number of people
Oit's far from the default for internet speeds
Vi kinda miss korean internet from when i was over there. so fast, so much bandwith. though apparently it's gone to more shit recently.
Oand it's also a single word that most regular people who know even a tiny bit about internet speeds associate with "good internet"
Vdue to isps, not the tech/infrastructure that is
KTo be fair, wiring up Korea vs wiring up the USA is exponentially easier by sheer scale of area.
CStill considering buying Starlink tbh, we have such shit infrastructure that it might be a better deal in the long run
OStarlink's primary audience is folks out in the sticks getting ignored by landline ISPs which were paid billions by the government to not ignore folks out in the sticks
Ppretty much
V
CMy ISP does 10gigabit residential. They also do 50 gigabit residential too, but I doubt it's popular
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Vuploads not being artificially limited is nice
Vcan't have static ip addresses until the 10gig plan in their arbitrary upsell though
CIpv6 rollout for everyone is soon (tm)
They're manually provisioning it for those tiers in the meantime. It's a thing
They're manually provisioning it for those tiers in the meantime. It's a thing
Pguffaw
KWhat's the key combo to close steam in desktop mode on a handheld if it freezes?
LYea, mine does 10gig fiber as well, but I only have 2.5 service.
L10 was jus over kill, and would mean having to put SFP cages on all my kit.
Pi know at least a couple people with connections like that
Pbut they are goblins
