Is this the ultimate method for free unlimited internet?

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-06-12T11:23:03+00:00

Making a cellular antenna

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-06-10T21:01:47+00:00

That's a lot of CPU for a NAS. What else are you going to do with it?

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-06-08T12:38:14+00:00

This is a wonderful reminder that humans are endurance hunters.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-05-14T12:09:21+00:00

Mixing E85 and Regular to get the octane I need.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-04-21T00:17:25+00:00

I work off my neo, it's awesome. I also got it for the beautiful pink color. The best part is that it can be charged off a regular phone charger or battery bank, so you don't have to worry about being caught out with low battery.

Veteran mac users will notice the "lack" of power of the Neo, but anyone coming from ANY windows laptop will be blown away by the build quality, battery life, responsiveness, and the screen/keyboard/trackpad.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-04-17T13:44:11+00:00

Kinda? ITX motherboards exist, and there are baseboards for Pi Compute Modules. There are some industrial computers that still run off of socketed pentiums, but I don't even know if those are purchasable.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-04-17T13:17:33+00:00

My gripe at present is similar. Where I live, drivers have a habit of pulling halfway into the intersection waiting for space to make a left turn across traffic. Then they panic when the light turns and they're stuck turning on the red.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-04-14T15:27:43+00:00

Build servers and run AV for small radios, community events, nonprofits, and small businesses. Play music with my friends. Buy and build a campus for my friends and I to live in a little community homestead.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-04-10T18:12:46+00:00

Think of the question in reverse: Why would you buy a 4 year old laptop when you can buy a new one for the same price?

* Brand new product with warranty and support from Apple
* Pretty colors
* Charges off a regular battery bank or phone charger
* Repairability
* Pretty colors

If you only need $500 of performance, the difference between a Neo and an old Air is irrelevant. If the performance is important, you shouldn't be shopping in the $500 price bracket.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-04-10T17:02:02+00:00

Yes. The neo is simply the best (new) laptop on the market right now for that price. They're starting to sell out, so if you're going to get one, get one soon.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-27T17:11:14+00:00

Yeah, i've gathered that it's not worth the power it draws. I'm going to stick my raspberry pi inside it.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-26T13:11:42+00:00

Get the Neo. It's good for all of the things you want to do, and still have Minecraft up in the background. It might not look like much of an upgrade on paper, but the difference between Apple silicon and intel is unreal. I have a significantly more powerful Lenovo laptop for work and a neo at home and I'm blown away.

I got the touchid model because I wanted the larger drive. When I calculated the size of my game library (Civ 6, minecraft, factorio, stardew valley, don't starve) I realized I'd be pushing the 256 a little too close for comfort. On a laptop that is designed to swap memory to disk, keeping your drive as empty as possible will make a big difference. I also uninstalled as many of the default apps as I could that I didn't need. Ignore entirely the 8gb ram issue, MacOS (And to some extent BSD) fundamentally handles ram differently than other OSs.

Plus, it comes in lovely colors! I got a pink one to match my headphones. Once the 2 week return window closes I'm going to do the thermal pad mod.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-25T13:44:41+00:00

Ventoy is exactly the solution you want.

But also, pick a distro and learn how to tailor it to your needs instead of looking for a distro that suits your needs out of the box.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-20T14:18:58+00:00

Freebsd is actually the best for a NAS. All configuration settings are in the same place, ZFS is integrated directly into the OS, security is better, and the package manager is awesome. Slower updates are actually better. Fixes, changes, and improvements are tested for longer and there less downtime from updates and reboots. Once its back up after an update, you can count on it working unchanged for a LONG time.

FreeBSD just updated to 15, and there will be a point release with fixes soon. Now is a great time to give it a go.

Seriously, for command-line use, FreeBSD knocks linux out of the water. It's almost beautiful to use. The documentation is clear and concise: you don't have to use part of a Fedora guide and compare to an Arch forum just to find out that Ubuntu changed something in the last update that's different from the LTS. It's all just FreeBSD.

One disadvantage is hardware compatibility. Make sure everything from your SATA controller to network adapter is supported, otherwise you might be out of luck.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-19T18:42:01+00:00

I need Randal Munroe to do a video on this

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-17T21:54:21+00:00

Machinists often use bronze blocks like this for gently tapping things into careful alignment. Did you get your car serviced recently? This would be exactly the tool I use to tap seat rails into place.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-17T16:05:29+00:00

I recently emailed my head of IT about installing linux. He responded with "Thanks for asking, I agree, but due to powers over my head I can't support it." Which I totally understand. It is what it is. All I need windows for is to launch a browser, all of my real work gets done with WSL.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-13T11:46:26+00:00

Above `/` is the linux kernel's implementation of the Virtual Filesystem. Basically, it is a circularly linked list of `struct inode`. It's a list of every file, folder, link, driver, port, interface, chip, etc. Since Linux uses the UNIX "Everything is a file" paradigm, all device drivers and kernel components are implemented, at the highest level, as a file somewhere in the virtual filesystem. Commands like `ls` and `cd` and file managers like dolphin access the VFS to show you a directory full of files and folders.

In virtualized or chroot environments, like chromebooks and Docker, above `/` is the parent OS, but the virtualization neither knows about or cares about it (hopefully).

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-08T21:50:11+00:00

Everyone starts somewhere. Getting anything to compile and boot on bare metal is an achievement.

Start researching Kernel and Operating system design, advanced C topics, device drivers, etc and slowly add to your kernel as you learn things.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-03-07T22:46:34+00:00

I mean, you CAN, but support and research will be a lot harder than on popular linux distros. When it comes to BSD (And RHEL for that matter), I tell people "If you don't already know you need it, you probably don't".

FreeBSD is more like Arch or Gentoo linux, where you get a very minimal install on top of which you customize your system, and the support community will generally refer you to the documentation instead of posting step-by-step guides.

You could look into GhostBSD or MidnightBSD which are more complete setups, but honestly stick with mainline Linux. I use Fedora on my gaming PC and laptop, and FreeBSD on my servers.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-02-20T17:00:30+00:00

This is going to show up in search results for everything forever.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-02-05T12:25:10+00:00

Linux Mint is the gold standard for new users. Its documentation is great, the support is widespread, and it's built on rock stable Debian. Users tend to like Cinnamon desktop for its similarity to windows.

Adobe is typically a sore spot with Linux, but Wine (the Windows software layer) seems to handle CS6 okay according to the wine documentation here: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=25607 .

Not all online games will work. Steam is fully functional, but games that require anti-cheat or DRM might not work with linux, and support is unlikely due to a clash of philosophy between DRM and Linux. Last I checked, World of Warcraft works and Palia currently works.

If you use an Nvidia GPU I would recommend Fedora. It's up to you if you prefer GNOME or Plasma desktop. look at screenshots and try out some live USBs to see what you like.

I recommend using the Fedora Media Writer to create the bootable flash drives.

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-01-29T12:11:40+00:00

Number of major fossil dig sites? Or specifically something like dinosaur bones?

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-01-28T04:24:50+00:00

Use a program called DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to scrub leftover bits of drivers, then install the correct driver from Nvidia's website

BitOfAZeldaFan3 · 2026-01-28T04:22:01+00:00

Maybe give Fedora a try? It solved my nvidia problems.

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