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she/they

Bit of a mess, kinda depressed, and going through a gender identity crisis :3

(Ongoing issues, brain pls fix)

  • Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project

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  • Is Garuda a serious distro? Last I heard it was basically a few people's hobby project. Not to say one shouldn't use it, but I don't know if it's on par with EOS and Cachy.

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • The problem is, even if I am willing to deal with some inconveniences, many others aren't. How am I going to move a server with >100 active users and multiple thousand inactive ones? And what about the six others I have that fit that description? There's quite a few servers I could go without, but around a dozen that I'd much prefer not to lose.

    I've already been trying, but people don't like Revolt, Nerimity, Matrix, hell I tried Mattermost. Some people are fine with some of these platforms, but there is never any remote consensus.

    At least some have cancelled their nitro subscription, making them a net loss for Discord in the future.

    Discord has, despite everything, been my primary chat/social app and to switch to something else one has to uproot absolutely everything. That's sadly not feasible.

  • Tips for moving from TrueNAS to Debian for a NAS?

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  • On your point about it being "easy" to install containers via the app interface, are there any guidelines for how to configure them when all you've got for reference is a Docker Compose file?

    A lot of stuff matches 1:1, but there are often oddities here and there, and I'm still not entirely sure of the correct way to configure storage. Some guides say to create datasets in the pool and then configure some to use the "apps" preset, while others should use "generic." Others say to just use the automatic permissions checkbox, and others still tell you to check the "Use ACL" box. When I haven't found a guide, I just created the datasets manually, set them to "apps," and so far it has worked.

    And when I want to use Docker containers normally, I've been advised against it. There used to be something called "jails," but that was deprecated with the new Containers tab in the GUI. Apparently, that's being dropped again for some reason, but the jails are still deprecated, and any time I search for how to use Docker Compose, I get so much conflicting info. Some say to just run docker compose as you would on a regular server via the command line, while others say that could break the system and tell me to just use VMs instead, and it's all a mess.

    The SMART stuff I mentioned was definitely my lesser worry, just a mild annoyance that tipped me over to consider switching, but the apps feel like I'm learning a whole new abstraction layer instead of just writing a Docker Compose file with input fields. Maybe that's just a me problem though and I'm simply refusing to adapt, I am really not sure.

  • Tips for moving from TrueNAS to Debian for a NAS?

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  • Huh, sound pretty simple overall. I was mostly afraid I was missing some key features that would be painful to set up and were needed for a NAS, but apart from the filesystem and SMART tools, this isn't much less setup than I had to do with TrueNAS. Thanks!

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    Tips for moving from TrueNAS to Debian for a NAS?

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    Ideas for very simple improvements to instant noodles?

  • Screw it, I’m installing Linux

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  • It kind of reminds me of the whole Rust situation in a way. The evangelists were so heavy-handed that an active counter-movement developed, and with the adoption being wider the fanatics are heard less and what remains is their counterpart. We certainly aren't quite there yet with the Linux discussion, but it seems to be what we're heading towards.

  • Whats the worst game mechanic?

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  • "Ah a cutscene, time to drink some wa FUCK" It's gotten to the point where in games which pull this stuff I wait until the cutscene is over, then pause, then drink. And in games which don't, I'm usually a bit anxious anyways, just in case they suddenly start pulling out the QTEs.

  • Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple

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  • Oh they have a lot to do with the decisions of politicians. But more on topics of economy and how they can profit as much as possible, rather than the supply of arms. Still I swear every second politician here is getting bribes "funds" from the car lobby.

  • Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple

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  • I think part of it is that they can actually do anything long-term. Even the most altruistic president in for example the US will get four, at most eight years to do what they're planning. That's not enough time to do anything meaningful, all the while they're dealing with flak from the consequences of the last presidency, and their successor will at best take credit for their achievements, at worst destroy them before they succeed. And that's assuming the citizens didn't elect a self-serving megalomaniac.

    Winnie the pooh, I'm pretty sure, actually cares about his country. He's by no means benevolent, but he has the power, resources, and time to build proper infrastructure and reshape the country as he sees fit.

    Socially they're way behind from what I, as an outsider, can tell. Women's rights at least seem somewhat acceptable with definite room for improvement, but queer rights are even worse. Oh and there's a literal genocide of Uyghurs so that's pretty fucking bad.

    But the benefits of China's dictatorship lie in the fact that they can actually think in the long-term and not just until the next election (the politician's equivalent of the next financial quarter) so they can wield their powers and resources to achieve these goals. The glorious leader must be praised for centuries to come, that can't happen if the earth becomes uninhabitable due to climate change or the country crumbles in on itself due to failing education and a failing economy.

    Now if only that applied to citizen's rights...

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • may require command line and config files to do it

    I'm comfortable enough with those, that shouldn't be an issue then. Thanks for the info!

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • Oh I didn't even consider the fact that I might need to pass through the iGPU. Thanks for pointing that out, will double check. Although it'd be very odd if TrueNAS struggled to do that, considering how many people use it and how many of those have some kind of self-hosted streaming service. But of course, always best to check anyways!

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • Very helpful, thank you! The CPU choice has had to be remade anyways as I have mentioned in other places in this thread.

    Looking at the 5750GE it seems to be OEM-only, so I'm not sure where to reputably get my hands on that.

    The 5700G looks very intriguing, it's only barely more expensive compared to the last price of the 4650G I saw. If I find nothing else, I'll probably go with that one then.

    I am still concerned about wattage though, I struggled to find any regular CPUs with a notably lower TDP than 65W - although I'd honestly be most intrigued by what it draws at idle-ish, because if it's like a <5W difference there I wouldn't bother... but of course idle changes depending on the system so not like that can be properly listed anywhere.

    Do you potentially also have any Intel suggestions? Other people here mentioned an AMD iGPU might cause problems with Jellyfin.

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • I run EXOS drives in the under-stair cupboard. They’re noisy but they’re not that bad.

    I think anything described as "noisy" would be too much, especially considering the savings are decent but not huge.

    I’ve not heard of AMD CPUs handling this under Linux at least.

    I'll double check that then, just to be sure. Although I have noticed that, between me writing it down and now, the CPU is no longer available where I live, so I have to find a replacement either way.

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • You’re not using a CPU that most distributions support for hardware transcoding. You either need to use an Intel CPU with QuickSync or stick a discrete nvidia card in the box.

    I see, I chose that one based on a recommendation from I believe the channel was called "Wolfgang's Channel". They make a lot of home lab content and showed the iGPU working fine for Plex, so I assumed it wasn't an issue.

    Are you intent on building your own box?

    Yeah pretty much, I think it sounds fun

    Regarding disks Seagate EXOS are often cheaper than IronWolfs and have higher MTBF than even the Pro. Don’t ask me why they’re lower cost, for more bang.

    As I mentioned in my post, apparently they're way louder since they're made for datacenters where noise is crazy anyways, and since I am planning to have the NAS in my hallway I'd like to avoid the datacenter vibe, even if a handful of drives won't cause quite that level of cacophony

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • I sadly can not. The old PC I'm scavenging from is incomplete and my current PC has a DDR5 motherboard. So the earliest point I can check them is once I've built the NAS since then I'd have a functioning PC here with DDR4 support.

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • Got it, thank you

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • Is noise the most important prio? Would you spend money for this goal?

    Not the most important, but it is an important factor. If I am not losing much otherwise, I'd like to keep it not louder than say, an idling fridge. I would spend some more for quieter drives and fans, since those are the biggest noise concerns.

    How about power usage?

    Absolutely important, power prices here are some of the highest globally.

    How about price limitations?

    I'd very much like to stay below 2000€, preferably below 1750€. Currently it's coming out at around 1600€.

    When looking at harddisks, there is that performance issue called "CMR or SMR" (google it). Your ST8000NT001 seem fine performance-wise as the use CMR.

    Yup, took that into account, but nonetheless thanks for mentioning it!

    If you need really quiet ones, then maybe you want "desktop" harddisks. But many of them use SMR which limits their performance.

    Doesn't need to be super quiet, just not disruptive, I'm planning on having the NAS in the hallway.

    Most guides recommend Raidz2 currently. Do you use backups?

    Raidz2 means there are two entire "unused" drives which would be quite painful for my budget. I am planning on renting around 1TB of rsync storage and throwing things like Immich's data on there. This is fine to me since I'd prefer one backup off-site anyways. Any of my jellyfin stuff can always be redownloaded as long as I keep a list of what I got somewhere else. Oh also I'm planning on getting all four drives at different stores and/or different times (at least a week or two in between) to reduce the chance of them failing all at once.

    When buying SSDs, check for the "TBW" spec.

    Noted

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • Prices fluctuate but last I checked it was around 1600€. Also, after posting this thread I re-checked the CPU and noticed that isn't even available in my region anymore apparently, so I'll have to find a suitable replacement there anyways.

  • Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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  • A friend of mine had an unRAID NAS and moved that over to TrueNAS later after being bothered by the licensing costs, that's why I was looking into the latter more. I do know how to RTFM, so I think I should be fine on that? But maybe there's gonna be a huge negative surprise, I suppose I don't know that yet

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  • How come? I've seen those recommended quite often.

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    Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please

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    3-2-1 Backups: How do you do the 1 offsite backup?

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    NAS, Home Servers, and where do I even start?

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    Home server tips and security for beginners?