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  • Fix your Windows PC by Installing Linux Mint

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  • All major Linux distributions are roughly equally trivial to install these days. Mint is actually harder due to the relatively old kernel at least having more potential for lacking hardware support causing issues. The actual process is get similar for most of them.

    Frankly the installation isn't what is likely to cause issues for most people. But something breaking down the line, or wanting a new something (at adding app/functionality/running Windows program/...). How hard/easy it is for them to figure out how to fix that.

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  • I'd suggest looking into TeamSpeak, like others have mentioned. Trivial to self host, too.

    Edit: to be clear, this would cover the voice call aspect of discord, not the chat channels and other community tools. While it's can do text chat, it's more of a side feature rather than core. I didn't think it does images or video, but it's been a hot minute.

  • Fix your Windows PC by Installing Linux Mint

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  • Please stop recommending mint. These days now modern alternatives are just better, especially when they might want to game even just a bit. But it's not just shut taking, mint is kind of stuck in the past for a lot of things.

  • Anyone experienced using Linux with a corporate AD?

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  • We don't have either of those, joining ad is still mandatory.

  • I keep waffling on Proxmox. Sell me. For or against.

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  • but you can do everything without it.

    yes but why would you? There's a reason we use GUIs, especially when new to a field (like virtualization).

  • Aldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadar

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  • The 3$ isn't a component price but also retail already.

  • Aldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadar

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  • The actual hardware cost of these devices is actually minimal. Basically any wifi capable microcontroller, a camera and depending on implementation some storage (or a micro sd-card holder). So that price is only cheap in comparison to existing products.

    For reference, said microcontroller with basic camera can be had for like 3$ or something.

  • I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems

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  • The 9 problems were in Windows. He's going from Linux to Windows. Title is a bit easy to misread.

  • What the most memorable moment from any video game?

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  • The number of people that actually remember this line from playing the game, and those that just heard it are probably very different though. Not sure the distinction matters.

  • Whats the best voice acting in any video game?

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  • Narrator in Bastion. Just glorious.

  • The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started

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  • Sorry but the theoretical price of cells isn't relevant to the consumer. The price of products containing them is. This thing costs currently on the official site 900€ (with some sort of sale going on). The Elite 100v2 with comparable capacity, but using LiFePo4 (included in the same current sale) costs just 550€. To add insult to injury, it also outperforms the Na model in nearly every aspect except sub-freezing performance (where it at least still works, but nowhere near normal spec values either). This includes an abysmal solar charging efficiency for the Na of roughly 50% at normal temperature. Somehow.

    Again, once the price reflects the cell cost, this could be a very attractive option. At the moment, unless you're into camping in sun-zero climates, it's just a very bad deal.

    Edit: to be clear the Na model also doesn't have a better life expectancy, not according to the spec. Both models are specified to "over 4000 cycles", not there is no percentage threshold specified for the Na model. The LiFePo4 model includes "to 80% capacity" in that definition. If this is specified somewhere for the Na model, I can't find it.

  • The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started

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  • The thing currently costs at least 50% more than the closest equivalent LiFePo4 from the same brand. The only real advantage seems to be it's ability to handle sub freezing temperatures, but usability still drops dramatically (both capacity and available power delivery). Everything else is straight up worse in this one in direct comparison.

    It's only the first product, so it'll most certainly get better. Also as numbers of products sold rise, costs fall. Once these are cheaper, that are a real choice.

  • Got 'em

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  • It's level, not flat. Measuring flat-ness is a whole different complexity and ball game.

  • Which distro for a non-technical windows user?

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  • First two seem fine. Just commenting to actively discourage Ubuntu, as it does many things bad or just weird.

    If you expect someone to need a lot of real windows programs (wine) or games, look for something pre-configured to be hassle free. Like Nobara or Bazzite (both fedora based).

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    Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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  • I would also throw CachyOS into consideration, if you're not hard set on an immutable distro.

  • DIY YouTuber builds cheap VR headset and makes it open-source

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  • The critical thing with these is response time. If it's even slightly too high (I think 20-30ms is easily too high), some/many people get very motion sick. Getting that time down as low as needed is also not trivial.

    With it only being 60 Hz on the controller itself, that's basically impossible to hit. That's 16.6 ms already. Then the processing, sending to the PC, and the PC reacting has a budget of just a few ms? Yea, not happening.

    I'm assuming he's really not sensitive to this. As it's open source now the people who are sensitive can improve it. That's the beauty of open source after all.

  • Videobombing

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  • Why is whoever filmed this clearly not able to comprehend that holding the phone sideways would probably be better?

    Or is it a compilation of entirely 16:9 content letterboxed into a vertical video?

  • VPN Comparison 2.0

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  • So then delete the row. OP, you control the spreadsheet, right?

    I can't speak for others, but I personally appreciate the info anyway. Because I wouldn't trust a VPN company that's been around for like 3 months. And it allows you to judge a track record with context.

  • Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica

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  • Mine are of course also on a VLan but with no Internet access unless they need it for everyday operation (like a radio, or the amplifier that can play Spotify).

    We don't use the manufacturer apps at all. Everything is integrated into (fully local) home assistant. No need to open a specific app to operate a switch, or a light. Everything in one place. Trivial and incredibly clear. Things that can be are of course automated.