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T313C0mun1s7

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Geek, Sys Admin, Cloud Architect, Opinionated. My first PC was a Commodore Vic 20, I have been using Linux since 1996, and on the net since it was called the ARPANET, but I am not as old as all of that would imply. I just started very young.

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thelinuxcast, to random
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Every effing time I use a yml file I have problems. I just about abandoned a docker thing I'm working on because it wasn't working. No errors or anything this time.

The problem ended up being, as you all know, those effing spaces. For fuck's sake.

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@thelinuxcast Yes, when using a format defined by whitespace, it is actually important to get the spacing correct. It is still more readable than JSON that litters curly braces everywhere.

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May be going to Jellyfin instead of Plex. I cannot for the life of me get it to see all of my TV show files. It seems most, but leaves whole or complete seasons out, despite there being the correct metadata for those shows attached.

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@thelinuxcast using Plex instead of Jellyfin is like using OpenOffice instead of LibreOffice, MySQL instead of MariaDB, ownCloud instead of Nextcloud, or CentOS Stream instead of AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux. Sometimes a project shits itself and you have to move on to the community's rescued version.

mike, to random
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My wife unironically asked my eldest last night what he wanted for "first" dinner. I feel like we're raising hobbits.

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@mike So if my meal schedule is as follows, are you calling me a Hobbit too?

Breakfast - 7 a.m.
Second Breakfast - 9 a.m.
Elevenses - 11 a.m.
Luncheon - 1 p.m.
Afternoon Tea - 3 p.m.
Dinner - 6 p.m.
Supper - 9 p.m.

I'm not really that rigid though, sometimes there is snacking too. Ok, most of the time there is snacking.

thelinuxcast, to random
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Proxmox installed and running.

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@thelinuxcast now check out LCX containers. So much nicer than Docker, because like a VM, they are persistent. Typically if what I need is small, and single use, I will use an Alpine Linux container rather than a VM.

kev, to random
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1984, the classic book from George Orwell, has been on my to read list for many years. I finally got around to reading it.

https://kevquirk.com/1984

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@kev I still have not read the book, but I have not read fiction in close to 30 years. I have however seen the movie starring John Hurt .

kate, to random
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The mnemonic I use to remember Markdown link syntax is that the square brackets look a bit like a button and then the round brackets mention the URL as a note afterwards:

button

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@kate Thank You

thelinuxcast, to random
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Finding a good tutorial on YouTube to learn how to use docker is like pulling teeth. They all have prerequisites, which means you either have to go learn about those first or just find something different. Has nobody learned to assume their viewers know nothing? Hello, does noob ring a bell?

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@thelinuxcast have you tried Network Chuck?

frameworkcomputer, (edited ) to random
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(Knowing I am asking a Linux-centric audience, I have tweaked the X poll a bit as I know my audience here)

Which Operating System release are you most excited for?

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@frameworkcomputer as a professional web host, it felt like I waited forever for CloudLinux 9. Otherwise I am pretty happy using current versions and don't typically upgrade as soon as new versions of a distro become available.

gamingonlinux, to Steamdeck
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Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition out now on Steam - works on Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/horizon-forbidden-west-complete-edition-out-now-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck/

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@gamingonlinux is it as bad of a PC port as Zero Dawn was? Love the games on PlayStation, but I found Zero Dawn unplayable on my PC. Wasted good money on it.

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@eldamir at the time I was still on Windows, so you couldn't blame it on Proton. It just ran very poorly. Halting and stalling frequently, crashing out of the game, and never having that smooth feel that it did on PS4. You also lost that satisfying haptic feedback when you drew the bow, held the tension, and released.

I wasn't alone in this either. When I went looking for solutions others reported the same. After months of trying the consensus was that it was just a really bad port.

thelinuxcast, to random
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Back on Hyprland for now. Needed a break from Plasma. If I stay on Hyprland, I will transfer plasma over to my standing desk and laptop so I can continue my review.

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@thelinuxcast
You know I liked the look of Garuda Linux, but I just could not get into Plasma. Also being an Arch based Linux there were just too many things that didn't work right out of the box, some if them I found near impossible to fix. So I went back to Linux Mint with Cinnamon, and I just borrowed the assets from my Garuda install, and tweaked my Cinnamon to look like Garuda, but with a more traditional lower left menu and taskbar.

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@thelinuxcast I know KDE likes to let on how customizable Plasma is, and many drink the KoolAid on that, but I think you are right. There are many things I have come up against that I just can't do with Plasma. It throws up issues with scroll bars, keyboard bindings, etc. It certainly isn't anywhere near as customizable as Enlightenment was in 1998. With over 25 years to improve on that desktop, you would think we would be further along.

thelinuxcast, to random
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There is something very nostalgic about listening to Angela Lansbury singing Beauty and the Beast.

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@thelinuxcast that would be because she sang it 33 years ago.

thelinuxcast, to random
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I cannot for the life of me get Jellyfin to work. It just cannot find ffmpeg on my system, despite pointing it directly at the binary in the startup script.

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@thelinuxcast I typically install natively on Linux, no Flatpak or container, and I have never had an issue. However, I feel your pain as I tried to move my Jellyfin install to an M1 Mac mini and it just doesn't want to work no matter what I try. I'm thinking on getting another computer just to move Jellyfin back to Linux. The old Linux host is no more.

yakkoj, to random
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According to Manly Man Brigade, "straws are for women and children".

So it's "unmanly" for me to use a straw to drink from a glass, like I've done at a restaurant forever.

It's ridiculous. "Unmanly" to eat ice cream cone in public or to use a straw in public. These "rules" are obviously made up.

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@yakkoj The people who come up with those rules are obviously insecure in their own manhood. So in my book, they should be ignored.

mike, to random
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Is it over the top to remind everybody right in middle of a discussion about DR servers that you're going to be on vacation on Monday and including a 😏 at the end?

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@mike no, I'm afraid I'm not. I'll be doing an email server migration starting Saturday at 9:00pm and going at least 18 hours into Sunday, and I'll still be in on Monday morning.

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@mike thank you. So do I.

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@mike it didn't, but let's not get into that.

thelinuxcast, to random
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I'm going to end up spending 3000 on parts for a homelab setup. Vast majority of that is hard drive space.

Stop telling me storage is cheap.

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@thelinuxcast I just purchased 3 identical SuperMicro servers, each with dual Xeon 14 core, 28 thread CPUs, 64GB memory, and a dozen 6 TB SAS drives. I built a fully hyperconverged ProxMox cluster with HA. The servers were under $1000 each. You would be amazed at the still very good computing power you can get from eBay if you know how to look and don't mind buying something that is 3-5 years old.

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@thelinuxcast using a Kill a Watt the most power draw I was ever able to measure was 340 watts on a single server for about 30 seconds while the fans were all clearing at full speed and all the drives were spinning up and initializing. While running they are typically drawing about 212-220 watts. This is on 120v power, and they would be more efficient on 240v power.

You would want to put them in a room that can exhaust the heat and where there is something between you to dampen the fan sound.

thelinuxcast, (edited ) to linux
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@thelinuxcast I think you're missing the word "off" in there. Unless, that is, you're going to give me the entire order for 10% the normal price.

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@thelinuxcast 😉

kev, to random
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You know what I’d love? A domain registrar that allows me to pay in pounds sterling (£). Instead, I have to pay in USD ($) and for every transaction, I see this shit on my bank statement.

Can any of my fellow brits recommend a decent registrar that allows me to pay in £, that doesn’t cost the earth?

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@kev Been using Joker.com for nearly 20 years despite being in the US. They are German and normally deal in Euro but translate everything to USD for us. Maybe they also support the Stirling Pound. I make pretty heavy use of their API and have thousands of domains with them. The few times I have needed to use support they have been excellent.

gamingonlinux, to random
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Just a reminder we won’t ever be using AI tools for articles 👍

We also don’t chase search engines with clickbait SEO crap either. By humans for humans.

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@gamingonlinux Don't go making promises you can't keep. You only know the current state of affairs. You don't know what the next decade holds. AI is absolutely in its infantcy, we can only guess at what the future holds, and likely our imagination is not good enough to guess right.

thelinuxcast, to random
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White Christmas is the least Christmasy movie ever made.

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@thelinuxcast More than Die Hard?

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