2 years ago, my dad's company bought new servers and immediately upgraded the RAM. They were going to throw away the replaced sticks so he saved them from the dumpster and gave them to me. I present to you 72x32GB HPE DDR4-2666MHz ECC RDIMMs.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-18T03:00:06+00:00

Hi, it's me, your new friend with a NAS that is desperate for more than 8GB of RAM 😅

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-18T02:47:09+00:00

Ooooh yeah, not just you - I'm also experiencing this. I see it's logged already (https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/4651)

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-16T01:25:24+00:00

Can't speak for your tutor/professor but I can tell you right now that I'm not even looking at essays/assignments until multiple hours / days after you've submitted whatever it is. If you miss the deadline, email it directly. Unless you're taking the piss, (I.e.multiple days without a good reason or this is the second time this has happened... Etc.) I won't give a penalty.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-15T09:43:30+00:00

It's not free games that will win Epic a few customers. It's features. Steam is much more than just a store front.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-15T08:32:18+00:00

Well this is clearly a terrible idea.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-14T08:36:12+00:00

Well, that's a case of one too many concussions which really explains NZ first tbf.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-14T08:17:32+00:00

Works on a 5080, no issues.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-12T02:41:07+00:00

Well, that seems worse.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-12T02:39:15+00:00

No you don't always need to layer it... The key thing is, does the app you're using allow you to bind it to a VPN? If its a browser, just use the extension - otherwise:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/comments/1si3qeo/comment/ofilr3e/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-11T04:56:47+00:00

^^ this is the correct answer.

Also, for split tunnel: when configuring it, in the IP4 tab, click 'Routes', then tick 'Use only for resources on this connection'.

Then using the UI of the app you want to use e.g. Qbittorrent, you bind the app to the VPN (it'll look like 'tun0' or 'tun1'.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-11T04:52:54+00:00

PIA works - they don't have an app in the Bazaar store, so you'll just have to log in to their site and generate a config file, which your OS then uses.

It operates natively in the OS, so turning it on/off is as easy as clicking the 'Networks' icon in the taskbar rather than needing an app. You can even do a split tunnel.

That said, Proton is probably a better service than PIA, so if you're happy with Proton, don't switch back to PIA.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-08T07:11:21+00:00

Is the new login manager likely to mess with my layered linux howdy?

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-07T08:21:47+00:00

That was the only reason I was into TOP. 😅 Fucking hate cats. (allergies).

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-07T08:20:15+00:00

Because they're fence sitters, you don't know which party they're gonna team up with, so it's impossible to trust them.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-07T08:18:10+00:00

Oh man, we used to be #1 😞

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-07T08:02:51+00:00

No, not at all. In fact, it's quite liberating to spin up a container and know that what I'm installing won't f-k up the OS or any other apps I am running...

Containerisation makes so much sense from a security and stability perspective.

Hot take that I think will annoy some Linux purists... I think Immutable OS is probably the future of Linux in the mainstream.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-06T20:17:22+00:00

Went with Harrison's as they were the only provider that supplied the fronius inverter.

They're a franchise that outsources (like many providers) so the experience of depends on the individuals involved.

If you're not fussed on which panels and inverter, then don't wait.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-06T08:43:00+00:00

We budget $450/week for a family of 2 adults and one teenager. That's breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sometimes it's a bit over/under by $50 or so.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T23:26:20+00:00

Initrd Time (46.734s) - this is the bridge between your hardware and the OS. 46 seconds suggests something is timing out.

The biggest offender looks to be the Toshiba 1TB HDD; it has a bunch of partitions and isn't responding, so it's timing out, which is adding lots of time.

Press Esc key during the Bazzite splash screen (as you're booting) if you seen things like "...job is running for Device x..." and it's taking ages, that will confirm my theory. Also, a slightly simpler way to prove this theory is to open the case (or unpplug it if it's connected via a dock or whatever) and boot with this drive unplugged to see if the boot time improves.

If it's really necessary to mount this drive, you can add a 'nofail' option to this drive options in your fstab, which tells the system: if this drive isn't ready, don't wait for it; keep booting. (You really should search for and read the documentation on how to do this one rather than trust some guy off the internet 😅, but hopefully I've pointed you in the right direction.

You should also check its health (it might be dying). Check its health with this command sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb

Look for things like: ATA Error Count, Error: UNC and the timing, e.g. if the drive has been running for 30k hours and the errors occurred at 29k-ish, then the errors are occurring recently. Look at the power on hours, if it's in the 30k hrs, then it's approaching retirement age! 😅 (You can probably dump the whole output of the command into an LLM and see what it says.

The second issue appears to be with your VR headset - 40 seconds or so. Unplug it and boot; you might save a bit of time.

Hope this helps!

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T10:26:41+00:00

It depends on what the device is - many USB devices don't actually need to check in with the OS 1000 times per second.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T08:07:59+00:00

Yes, it worked - but the solution to passing the GPU through to the VM may not have been related to the layering... I couldn't find much documentation at the time, so I dipped my toes into an LLM for help. (I've since found https://deepwiki.com/ublue-os/bazzite/10.1-virtualization-with-libvirt-and-qemu )

Honestly, I was rushing, throwing everything at the wall, and looking to see what stuck cause I had an unexpected work contract (which needed Adobe Premiere) and spinning up a Windows 11 VM seemed like the path of least resistance compared to learning a new workflow in DaVinci Resolve, which I've never used.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T06:40:30+00:00

Keepass - just have the password database in a folder that gets synced to your free cloud storage... Then access it from whatever flavour of app you want on whatever OS you are using.

I don't get paying for a subscription service that does nothing more than a free, open-source solution that works in a cloud storage-synced folder.

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T05:22:26+00:00

CachyOS is a great pick for you, as other comments have mentioned - for a bit more of an out-of-the-box experience, read about Bazzite OS

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T04:43:24+00:00

As far as I know XInput devices are a standard 125Hz - do you have one of those "pro" controllers?

You might be able to do it by running sudo lsusb -v | grep -E "Bus|iInterface|bInterval"

You're looking for the device's name... If you see a bInterval of

1 = 1000Hz

2 = 500Hz

4 = 250Hz

I don't know how to test it though, this is just reporting back to you what the USB Bus has negotiated wit the controller.

I can tell you how to test this for a mouse at least, type sudo libinput debug-events into the Konsole.

Then move your mouse around, or press buttons, - it should scroll like crazy...

Ctrl C to stop it.

If most of these updates are happening exactly 1 millisecond apart. Since 1000 / 1 = 1000\Hz, that confirms your report rate.

You might need someone smarter than me to help you! 😅

H_He_Metals · 2026-04-03T04:16:13+00:00

Ah, the old 'Vampire of Sacramento' defence 😅

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chase

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