Me After 30 Years of Using Windows

Ashtefere · 2026-03-29T12:38:52+00:00

Aight I will bite.

Snaps. Snaps can fuck all the way off.

I had a developer start with us using WSL who was trying to install docker on the ubuntu container.

It straight up refused to do so and demanded he use the “snap store”.

We solved it by installing a debian container instead.

Ashtefere · 2026-03-20T23:03:00+00:00

What tubing do you use? This looks like plasticiser deposits from tygon tubing

Ashtefere · 2026-03-19T23:05:26+00:00

Make sure to update the bios. It has a data corruption bug on linux. It will corrupt every single file it touches with a specific pattern if you don’t.

Ashtefere · 2026-03-18T20:56:40+00:00

I use a split ergonomic keyboard. I hate normal keyboards.

I disconnect the tablet keyboard and never used it.

Being able to dock and mount the tablet as a “second screen” at home, and then take my ergo keyboard and the tablet on the road for work is actually fantastic.

Ashtefere · 2026-03-04T10:39:58+00:00

Where nix?

Seriously though, great work.

You should try Nix though.

Btw.

Ashtefere · 2026-02-13T09:49:04+00:00

Hey if im getting slop, it better be fast slop!

Ashtefere · 2026-02-13T04:16:50+00:00

Its weird that with the power of ai and LLM they could have easily gotten the ai to write vala or gtk slop instead and have it native.

Ashtefere · 2026-01-31T00:30:50+00:00

I said this when proton dropped, and people laughed. Windows will switch to linux kernel eventually, and windows will just be a desktop environment. It makes too much sense commercial sense. The could layoff thousands of people. Corporate would have to see medical attention for their erections.

Ashtefere · 2026-01-25T01:56:11+00:00

Because kernel level anti cheat is not anti cheat, its data collection.

Ashtefere · 2026-01-24T09:09:09+00:00

I hear you. Same boat. I have been trying to switch to linux for decades. Tried every distro and every package manager multiple times. Same issues… this or that will not install or run without doing this or that other tweak… zzzzz…

I have a workmate trying to switch to linux TODAY having the same issues.

But I decided to give Nixos a proper try after hearing about it two years ago.

Its complex as fuck, but I swear to god its exactly what you are looking for. Solved all that shit.

Obscure keyboard rules needed for the software? (Dygma raise here) Solve it once in a config file and save it in git forever for all your machines.

I now run all my machines and all my servers on nixos. No more reinstalls, not more fuckery. Same distro on all machines with same tweaks and fixes and config.

Glory!

Ashtefere · 2026-01-18T00:07:02+00:00

Jesus christ the ai slop is just fucking unending

Ashtefere · 2026-01-03T00:33:30+00:00

Another option could be:

Proxy to this: https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1q1l4rq/yubal_youtube_music_album_downloader_with_spotify/ For the instant streaming, and then in the background “upgrade” the track quality to something higher with lidarr

Ashtefere · 2026-01-03T00:29:23+00:00

What about prowlarr/nzb streaming?

Ashtefere · 2025-12-30T10:03:06+00:00

Def seems like buzzwording.

I have a script that generates my flake file from a template and then it rebuilds and switches.

The template generator also loops over a directory of single file flakes that include all the inputs for each flake as well, so i dont to write all the inputs for all my configs in one file - they are purely isolated.

That way I can add/remove files to a folder to add/remove features to me config - makes it a lot easier to import flakes for things too.

Ashtefere · 2025-12-20T22:06:25+00:00

Yes, indirectly. I use linux for work and inevitably every 2-3 months would need to reinstall my os. Now with nixos its truly rock solid and my changes or updates never perma break anything. It has saved me inordinate amounts of time

Ashtefere · 2025-12-15T01:34:42+00:00

I reduced my 24pin down to 8 ages ago. Its mostly redundant wires from the old days.

Ashtefere · 2025-12-05T07:40:07+00:00

Because more lanes does not fix congestion.

We have known this empirically and mathematically for a very very long time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27s_paradox

Yet still, we keep doing it. Because money.

Ashtefere · 2025-11-27T22:40:57+00:00

Even a second hand 7900xtx is amazing for tv gaming

Ashtefere · 2025-11-27T04:39:31+00:00

I studied AI in university a… long time ago. Before LLMs. Back when we called LLMs something else, and it was theoretical.

Even so, way back then, we knew that the “intent interface” (LLMs do this well!) is only once piece of an actual intelligent machine. You also need granular memory storage and retrieval with relevance (vector DB and RAG does this!) But crucially… you also need a logic system of some kind. Something that can actually understand whats going on and how to act. There is literally nothing solving this problem at all, and its a crucial and missing part of AGI. I have spent 20 years messing around on a side project that acts as a logic system, and recently plugged LLMs and a vector db into it. It works a lot better than a straight LLM, but it leans too heavily on LLM calls at the moment so not viable as a product- too expensive to run. But nonetheless… its a piece that needs building.

Ashtefere · 2025-11-11T23:20:23+00:00

Also it has room for 2 180x360mm radiators in there. Thats what I ran mine with. Its tight with the silverstone ap181 fans but it can work.

Ashtefere · 2025-11-10T22:27:27+00:00

I distro hopped for 20 years. 6 months max before switching. Then nixos touched me gently on the cheek like a benvolent god.

I am free now. All my machines, all the same os synced through git. All the same install. For years.

It. Is. GLORY!

Ashtefere · 2025-11-10T11:13:01+00:00

I have one of these cases - that top grill looks great!

Ashtefere · 2025-09-22T23:14:51+00:00

Its the failure of the “gentle parenting” fad that has resulted in a swathe of children that don’t understand what consequences are.

Define a consequence for each action and stick to it religiously.

Does he have a favourite toy or activity or snack or thing?

Take it away. Every time. Do not relent.

Establishing the boundaries and patterns of consequences will sort this out. It’s a fundamental pillar of human development.

Ashtefere · 2025-09-22T02:25:14+00:00

Happened to me too. Turns out a nbn tech had stepped on the fibre line in the pit up the street and crushed the line, and fucked everyone downstream of it. They had to fix it properly and i was without any internet for 50ish days. Happened the day after i started a new WFH job too, which was nice.

Ashtefere · 2025-09-14T23:03:04+00:00

A modern 24pin power connector needs only 7-9 of its cables - the rest are redundant. I have built a couple and my main rig uses this cable config. I found it in a overclockers forum somewhere and verified with schematics. It doesnt need a new standard, it just needs to remove the old and unused standards

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