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rem26_art, 1 day ago

I think others have mentioned TrueNAS as an OS for your Desktop. TrueNAS uses ZFS which is nice cuz it uses RAM to help with speeding up file operations. TrueNAS makes it easy to set up NFS shares if your laptop is running a Unix-like OS, or Samba, for anything else. IDK how much RAM is in your desktop, but if you can get that to 16 or 32 GB, you'd be set on that front.

For dealing with an OS you don't want to change, I'd think about the following first:

What is the speed of your network card in the Desktop? If its 100mbit, you may want to look into upgrading that, if possible to at least a Gigabit card for PCIe. That would speed up anything you do with it.

As for needing local sync for when you're away from your home network, Syncthing could maybe do what you want. TrueNAS can run Syncthing pretty easily as well, but it can be installed on anything, though, idk how this works if you set Syncthing to track a folder thats also one mounted on your local machine via NFS/Samba. Syncthing will just sync the most recent changes to a file to the server, so you can sync when you're on your home network. Assuming that no one will modify the same files on your desktop when you're away.

rem26_art, 22 hours ago

There's one thing I forgot to consider in my original reply and I'm sorry for that. With TrueNAS you'd probably have to copy your data off of the existing drives to somewhere else because they will have to be reformatted to create a ZFS pool. I don't know if that is practical for you, so please don't feel like the following is something you must do or anything.

I think you're doing great. Sorry for the late reply. To answer your questions:

1. TrueNAS Scale is an OS that is built on top of Debian. Using TrueNAS makes set up simpler to set up, but you could implement what you want with a Debian install, but if you were to install TrueNAS, it would replace whatever existing OS you have installd.
2. Yes, TrueNAS would manage your filesystem. It can manage your hard drives for you. Its UI isn't too hard to understand, and it can be accessed and managed through a web browser on your Laptop.
3. TrueNAS has some software packages in the form of docker containers, they are managed through the TrueNAS UI. You can browse them though their website here. My advice with these apps would be to set up your NAS with all of the drives in storage pools first before installing these. If theres something you want that isn't supported, TrueNAS can also set up Virtual Machines, and you can use one of those to run those services, provided your CPU supports it and its turned on in the BIOS. If you go need to go down this route, you will have to set up a bridge network in TrueNAS in order to get the VM to communicate with TrueNAS over your network, but that's not particularly hard or anything.
4. You will need to run TrueNAS on its own computer, yes. What I was suggesting was installing TrueNAS as the OS on your Desktop. Idk if thats practical for you or not, since doing so would need you to wipe everything on the boot drive of your Desktop, so idk if you have a place to copy any important data off of it to.

In terms of comprehension, yeah I think you've got it.
I think a NAS system would handle your caching idea for you, if I'm understanding you correctly. Having a good file sharing setup over LAN, whether its using NFS, or Samba would allow you to mount a folder from your Desktop on your Laptop and access them.

For files that you want to have access to when not on your home network, you could set up a folder that Syncthing tracks on your Desktop, sync that with your Laptop, and then have access to them that way.

rem26_art, 2 days ago

... it never occurred to me that it could be fs tab

rem26_art, 6 days ago

It seems like the phone is applying wayy too much of some kind of sharpening filter. Are you zooming in very far? Cuz it may be trying to compensate for digital zoom by sharpening the image afterwards. If you've got a Pro mode setting on the camera app, maybe try using that instead and get closer to your subject, if possible. Pro mode should hopefully stop the app from applying any touch-ups to the image it thinks it needs.

rem26_art, 6 days ago

and you just know this laptop is running Windows Vista

rem26_art, 6 days ago

Hope PCPartPicker lets you factor in the cost of calling your power company and asking them to wire up your house for 3 Phase soon.

rem26_art, 7 days ago

the friendler

rem26_art, 8 days ago

absolute unit of a dove

rem26_art, 9 days ago

Thanks! lol REM's had a bit she's done since debut where she talks about hitting her viewers in the head with a frying pan, so i felt it would be a fun addition to this piece. And gotta go cast iron lmao.

rem26_art, 11 days ago

kinda hard to make video games if you keep laying off the people who make video games...

my heart goes out to those in the industry going through all this crap, man

rem26_art, 13 days ago

thats really good news! I hope it catches on. Soldered RAM really is an annoyance

rem26_art, 13 days ago (edited 9 days ago)

Tangentially related, but I remember being in college when Tesla was like starting to take off. Like the Model S had just come out. I went to one of the Tesla internship presentations on campus and listened to some of the people who had the internship the previous year and they talked about how they were pulling like, 60+ hour weeks and that they had like, a shuttle that ran all throughout the night to take them from the workplace to the housing. Some talked about going back home at like 3AM, and then showing up for work again at 8AM. It really sounded kind of like it would be a very stressful experience and I didn't even want to apply after listening to it. I guess they were paid well, but

Sounds like things have only gotten way more chaotic since then

rem26_art, 13 days ago

the interns

rem26_art, 14 days ago

School Supplies 2024:
Pencils
Notebooks
Folders
Merlot > 1L
White Zinfandel > 1L
Glue < 1L

rem26_art, 15 days ago

at this point, Boeing's gonna need a defense contractor's worth of weapons to deal with all of these whistleblowers... oh wait.

rem26_art, 16 days ago

fun fact, orteil42 is the developer of Cookie Clicker

rem26_art, 18 days ago

oh wow thanks for sharing. I had never heard about this player before. It seems pretty cool

rem26_art, 18 days ago

give me that zstd --ultra 22 its the only thing that will fix me

rem26_art, 20 days ago

There's nothing in Spotify's ToS that says you can't be a clam and use their service

rem26_art, 21 days ago

i swear half the problems i try to fix are ones ive created for myself lmao

rem26_art, 21 days ago

my greatest fear in life is messing up so badly that Steve Burke calls me out.

man it sounds like things are really bad at EK

rem26_art, 22 days ago

Nvidia can be tough sometimes with linux, but not impossible. Seems like Linux Mint has a Driver Manager program that can install Nvidia's proprietary drivers for you. When you first install the OS, it'll just use the open source drivers, but those usually don't perform as well while gaming as Nvidia's own drivers, so you'll have to switch them after first boot.

protondb is a website that crowdsources how well specific Steam games work, and any workarounds that may be needed, if you'd like to check game compatibility. You can set it to show only reports from PC users, rather than PC and Steam Deck users.

rem26_art, 25 days ago

Our country is set to lose trillions in revenue due to the demon infestation, but experts agree that 90% of that is due to workers erroneously caring about themselves instead of their employer