kellenoffdagrid

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[–] kellenoffdagrid -1 points 4 days ago

I totally agree, it's not changing the amount of backwards maneuvers you have to do, so what's the point? It's only slowing you and everyone else down on your way in, which is generally when people do not want to be slowed down. If the concern really is about backing into people, then maybe they can learn to be cautious, use/install rear cameras, and get a grip lmao.

Also, ditto on the smaller car thing, I wish hatchback sedans with a hitch were more common than SUVs, they're just better for everyday use/fuel mileage/maneuverability.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh man I've kept my 2015 Macbook Air around purely because it handles light Ableton sessions better than my old Windows desktop did, and more reliably than Ableton under WINE. Ableton is a dream on Macs, I'd love to switch to Reaper though; would you say it's worth switching?

[–] kellenoffdagrid 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh that is beautiful, cool to see that manufacturers are interested in leaning into more relaxed designs based on the OGs. I've never been much into RGB-heavy peripherals and cases, so I'm excited to see more of these easy-on-the-eyes options.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 14 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure you should be fine. Seeing as you mentioned you're running Zorin in another comment, there's a page from their support site that tells how to update. From my reading of it, it shouldn't risk messing up your dual-boot situation unless you're doing a fresh install (in which case, even that should be fine assuming you make sure to overwrite the correct partitions). You're miles more likely to experience issues dual-booting after a Windows update than any Linux updates.

Side-note, while I understand that people are trying to help by saying you can run some other Linux distro for free, that's neither helpful nor answers the question. I paid for a copy of elementaryOS once because I wanted to support the project, and their very fair pay-what-you-want scheme allowed me to use what was my first Linux distro for free.

I get that some people might be turned off by Zorin keeping some cosmetic features "locked" behind a pawyall, but they really aren't -- you can make all those changes manually with other apps/editing config files manually, it just isn't as easy or seamless. But that's the point of their business model, they save non-essential features for the paid version as an extra incentive to support their work on a solid distro, knowing that some people might either value the convenience enough, or simply want to support the development monetarily.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kellenoffdagrid 3 points 1 month ago

They've got a lot of good material, glad to see them in this thread

[–] kellenoffdagrid 5 points 2 months ago

She absolutely deserves her flowers though, people who can switch from beautiful cleans to hatefully-heavy screams are crazy talented.

Their new album is pretty damn great too, glad they stuck the landing on the sophomore LP.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 2 points 3 months ago

I don't read or speak a lick of French, but hell yeah, Susan Kare is awesome

[–] kellenoffdagrid 1 points 3 months ago

Okay, I think I understand your point better. While I still think his perspective on demanding users is pretty reasonable, I agree (and didn't make clear enough) that Martin's reaction here comes off less-measured than it should've. He definitely isn't all victim, he's stoked some flames and not done his part to de-escalate on many occasions, that's for sure.

This whole saga really is a shame, the guy clearly is talented, and there certainly are issues with how the Rust4Linux integration has been handled. I really hope things can improve systemically here.

Out of curiosity, what were some of the projects you managed? Much respect for your open source work, shit's not easy.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

his perspective of the user base is also oddly skewed. He was surprised users wanted better battery life? ... Surprised users wanted external display support?

I think this misconstrues his point: he was talking about a subset of users ("entitled users"), not calling all the users entitled.

To me, it seemed less that he was surprised users wanted certain features, more that he was burned out by the feature requests that spent time expressing personal grievances, making demands, or getting mad about the project's pace. I understand that might come off as him being overly-sensitive, but I absolutely see why a constant cascade of FRs written like demands instead of no-BS questions would wear down on someone, especially while they're simultaneously trying to deal with upstreaming.

he needs a long break away from something that's become both too personal and toxic

I totally agree here though, I just hope that this whole fiasco isn't written off as the result of some vague burn-out. There really does need to be some change in kernel maintainer authority structure and the culture. That can only really happen if someone respected (e.g. Linus) makes some moves to encourage more cooperation/openness from certain C maintainers, and helps put in place better guidelines for how Rust contributions should be handled. It's simply too disorganized right now, and that makes it too easy for individuals with power to let their egos get in the way of good progress.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Where did he show up, out of curiosity? I'm not seeing any activity from him on the Github issue tracker or his account here.

[–] kellenoffdagrid 1 points 3 months ago

The TOTEM was my first experience with ergomechs and I've been loving it, such a compact little board but doesn't sacrifice too many keys for functionality.

I've also quite liked the increased pinky stagger and splay, but that stuff comes down to personal preference/resting hand shape. The tiny Seeed Xiao controllers are nice too, almost wish I had a spare one to tinker with but I set up my board with a dongle instead of true Bluetooth to save some battery and make it more portable, so the extra microcontroller got put to use. I think I've gotten over 2 months of regular use on a single charge with the dongle setup, so I'd say it was worth it.

 

I have a spare SBC (Pine A64 LTS) that I currently have no other use for, and recently I got the idea of turning it into an IP-KVM. However, the software support for this board is a little middling, and the board's been somewhat overlooked by the community. That leaves me with no ready-made solutions for turning this board into a little PiKVM-style device, so I wanted to ask around and see what people more knowledgeable in this realm had to say so that I can approach building this, uh, less stupid-ly. The main issue I've had is just the overwhelming amount of information relating to building a KVM setup like this, so I figured I'd ask what kind of software/packages are necessary or if anyone has any tips on resources I might have missed.

Here's what I'm hoping to accomplish:

  • Connect the SBC to my homelab (a salvaged Optiplex 7050) to make it easier to manage/access BIOS without lugging it onto my desk
  • The board should be accessible on the local network via web browser, sending video with relatively low latency and capturing key/mouse input

Here's some basic info about my setup:

  • The most stable system for this board (in my experience) is Fedora IoT. The other OSes on the Pine64 wiki have given me issues with booting and Ethernet stability, especially the Armbian builds, and Fedora's given me no such
    • Because of this OS constraint, some of the DIY Pi-KVM setup scripts I've seen won't work. This OS is immutable and relies on rpm-ostree, which does affect the logistics somewhat
    • I've considered Alpine Linux, since a lighter base would be nice, but it requires compiling arm-trusted-firmware & u-boot for the board, which were giving me problems earlier. I'm sure I could put more effort into this pathway, but I haven't bet on it yet since I have no reason to believe the Fedora setup wouldn't work
  • The board has two USB 2.0 ports and a single Ethernet port. From what I've seen, this should suffice for the connections needed (one for video-in and another to send key/mouse over USB)

Hopefully this is enough relevant information, let me know if there's anything else I should add. Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

 

This seems to be one of the few communities focused on console hacking in general, and I'd love to see it get some more traction, but I'm not sure how best to help.

I'm a pretty casual console hacking enjoyer, so I don't have much new I can bring to the table, but I figured the next best way to improve the health of this community would be just reposting some relevant and interesting videos and blogs I've seen. I wasn't able to find more detailed rules for this community though, so I wanted to make sure that kind of posting wasn't against the community rules.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kellenoffdagrid to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of an external SSD that'd last me a while being plugged into my incredibly simple SBC home server. I've done a bit of research but haven't found much information about USB-connected SSDs and their longevity in terms of 24/7 use.

Some More Specifics What I'm aiming to do is use this drive as NAS that I can access on my home network, it'd mostly be used for syncing backups from devices, but would also probably get use as a general-purpose file storage solution. Basically, it's going to be plugged into my little Raspberry Pi all the time, but will only be used sporadically and generally won't be writing huge amounts of data at a time.

Given the above information, are there any external SSDs you could recommend for this application? Or am I worrying too much and should just buy your average Samsung/Kingston/WD/Seagate etc.?

Edit:

Thanks for the advice everyone, that was quick and helpful! The solution I'm gonna go with is a USB caddy/housing to hold a standard internal HDD, so hopefully this is helpful for anyone else in a similar place with a simple home server like mine.

 
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