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StrangeAstronomer

@ StrangeAstronomer @lemmy.ml

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  • What are my OS options if I wanted to disconnect my TV from the internet, use it's remote via CEC with a Raspberry Pi, and watch Plex, Jellyfin and YouTube (with sponsorblock)?

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  • I use mythtv (FOSS) and it's fine as a PVR (schedule, record and playback broadcast TV) with a SiliconDust HDHomeRun network-attached tuner. It also has playback for downloaded files but I prefer to use mpv for that. Mine is still connected to the internet and I use firefox/transmission for youtube and other functions.

    No idea about plex or jellyfin.

  • Is there way to capture wayland with ffmpeg?

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  • Recommend a simple, small cheap laptop < 15" I can chuck in my bag for use in coffee shops!

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  • If you're in the US, refurbished thinkpads are probably the best option. Not so much here in Australia (but you mentioned GBP so perhaps you're in UK). Whatever. I bought a refurb Dell Latitude 3120 for AU$229

    mfg yr 2021 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N6000 @ 1.10GHz 8Gb RAM Intel UHD graphics Intel Wi-Fi 5 9560 (160 MHz) Bluetooth 5.0 Display: 1366 x 768 11.6" touchscreen 2-in-1 Disc: M.2 256Gb PCIe NVME Class 35 SSD 1.35kg

    Runs voidlinux like it was born to it. It's my travel laptop.

  • Linux distro/setup best at not crashing from sleep/wake?

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  • It's probably more to do with hardware than distro. That said, using major distros is more likely to win. FWIW I've used fedora and voidlinux on my 3 Dell laptops over the last 12 years with nary a problem. One of them had nvidia but I used nouveau.

  • Curious about performance of nouveau on old laptops with discrete graphics

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  • voidlinux still has the 390 drivers available. I'm sure others do too:

    [-] nvidia390-390.157_6 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - Libraries and Utilities [-] nvidia390-dkms-390.157_6 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - DKMS kernel module [-] nvidia390-gtklibs-390.157_6 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - GTK+ libraries [-] nvidia390-libs-390.157_6 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - common libraries [-] nvidia390-opencl-390.157_6 NVIDIA drivers (GeForce 400, 500 series) - OpenCL implementation

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  • actual boomer here with foot on sway

  • What do you guys think about RHEL 10 adopting RDP instead of VNC or Spice?

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  • The biggest problem with RDP for me is the lack of a Wayland/sway server. How does the Fedora Sway spin cope with this?

  • Cheapest new device that can run linux?

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  • True - but don't forget cost of power ($ cost and environment cost). These old brutes consume a lot esp. compared to the SBCs.

  • Cheapest new device that can run linux?

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  • I have a Luckfox Pico Ultra-W running a 'buildroot' linux with a camera module that I use as a security camera. It cost me about A$33.

    I also have a Luckfox Pico Max running ubuntu simply to run smokeping 24x7 monitoring - about A$30.

    Finally a ESP32 CAM Camera Module With OV2640 camera that can be bought for less that A$15 (not linux but just FYI).

  • Stop Parsing (unstructured) Text

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  • venerable jq

    Ha! jq was the bratty kid I yelled at to get off my lawn. Now he's a drinking buddy, but still the youngest!

  • Bored. Give me a good "Living room PC" distro

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  • Almost anything plus mythtv, firefox, transmission and mpv. Done. I use voidlinux. Best ever.

  • I need to vent about Windows. I want workplaces to use Linux.

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  • I've been saying this for 30+ years, but no-one wanted to listen.

  • Emacs and XDG sitting on a tree

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  • Mesa 24.3 released

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  • Wow! acronym soup. I understand almost none of that.

  • What Linux distro surprised you the most?

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  • voidlinux: gave me much better battery life - I assume because it starts as a minimal system and one adds only the essentials to do the job - compared to the soup-to-nuts distros that pile everything in so that newbies are acccomodated. Of course, the voidlinux approach needs more linux skills - but it's not that hard and the doco is great.

    Also, I love the back to basics runit init system and runsv service runner (I'm old so I like that stuff) and the ultra fast xbps packaging system.

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    Sway/wlroots status update, August 2024 · emersion

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  • Thanks (to all the authors) for your hard work and contributions.

  • Has anyone made Linux Reddit Archives?

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  • BTW - thanks for Mistral. Another tool in the box!

  • Has anyone made Linux Reddit Archives?

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  • Quite right!

    You need to take it all (AI or internet searches) with a huge pinch of salt. Even ye olde text books were not infallible and often out of date, so sodium chloride was also required even then.

    The code either works or it doesn't - it's all in the testing. If you deploy AI suggestions without thought you deserve the consequences.

  • Has anyone made Linux Reddit Archives?

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  • so just use chatgpt or gemini - pretty sure they sucked in all of reddit to form their KB

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    StrangeAstronomer @lemmy.ml

    Some RSS links from lemmy feeds are broken - or is it my reader?

  • swaywm @lemmy.ml
    StrangeAstronomer @lemmy.ml

    Using nwg-wrapper for a HUD of help for sway modes