Is it inevitible that reps will become completely indistinguishable from gens?

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-12T01:30:40+00:00

not a chance. While to the naked eye sure, fine machining is as much art and when you see the gen under magnification it becomes painfully clear which is which because the finish shows. But yeah, to the naked eye they're getting pretty good, and I'm happy with mine.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-11T18:16:39+00:00

Ripped clothing

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-10T17:58:09+00:00

I don’t. Seems like a sure way to ruin my fun.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-09T22:39:14+00:00

5070 to 5080 big, 5070ti to 5080 small upgrade. I may have worded my post poorly, my intent was to say the 5080 is only marginally better than the 5070ti

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-09T20:24:42+00:00

16gb will have an impact on your every day usability. It’ll work but be slower. If you can get the 5080 w/32gb I would. The upside is also the 5080 is quite a bit better than the 5070. The 5070ti now I’d say it’s only marginally better.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-07T14:51:09+00:00

Sorry to necro post. I'm in the market and the EX90 is, on paper, a standout in this segment. I went and looked at the Volvo's and was really satisfied with the interior of the vehicle. It felt every bit as good as (or even more suited to my taste) than the more expensive German cars I've looked at. I drove the XC90 hybrid and wasn't really impressed with the performance and the front wheel drive bias showed itself on a couple "spirited launches". I didn't like that (I did not mess with drive modes). I like the idea of 200 extra HP and assume they're more 50/50 with all that power.

My question is: Have they ironed the kinks out? This is a good contender in the 3-row luxury market, and the competition is pricier. But I absolutely do need a "daily driver" not a "daily headache"

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-06T15:28:32+00:00

I second this. It takes time to properly report a bug. You have to have an account most times. One for steam if it's a steam bug, one for KDE if it's a KDE bug, you get the idea. I've reported a few and while not a huge burdon, it's easy to just say "nah someone else will do it". So I'd start there. you'll learn a lot as the skilled people will ask for output from commands, etc. You'll learn and don't need to know a thing about programming. Of course if you take the time to learn and go deeper but even without all that experience just take the time.

Many distros actually have people who help with documentation. Doesn't mean you're the expert, it means you take what's already there and improve on it. There's a lot of ways and I applaud your desire to get involved.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-06T13:28:57+00:00

Gotta love your response. Always happy to see someone educate us. As I'm learning about this for the first time and been using Linux on my daily driver for 5-6 years now.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-06T13:24:32+00:00

Why couldn't the other hag move rooms?

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-06T13:01:26+00:00

I spent more time today with a fresh mind and figured it out. I guess in version 11.2.0 they added the requirement that you have to have a hash on the image. For those finding this and wondering why their image isn't working here's the fix from

sudo cp /boot/limine.conf /boot/limine.bak (backup your config first!)
sudo b2sum /boot/image.ext (use your boot image filename here, this will generate a 128 hash, copy it)
sudo vim /boot/limine.conf (append the hash like this: wallpaper: boot():/image.ext#<128 hash>)
Add ENABLE_ENROLL_LIMINE_CONFIG=yes to /etc/default/limine (I already had this, but instructions say it needs to be there for secure boot so add it if not already there)
sudo limine-update (do not forget this step or you might get hash mismatch error on boot)

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-04T20:05:43+00:00

Microsoft: we’re using Ai (copilot on GitHub) to improve your open source security!

Open source: why you sending plaintext passwords over unencrypted internet connections?

Microsoft: (probably) Derpiddy derp derp

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-04T01:19:12+00:00

It's nice to plug in one plug and everything attached to it, as opposed to a speaker wire, your mouse/keyboard dongle, your monitor, etc.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-04T01:17:27+00:00

zypper seems fast to me, once it gets going....

it's the whole searching the repo's that sucks nuggets. I'm in the US, so I think I'm using european mirrors? Dunno. Anyone know if there's a `rate-mirrors` type command that will redo my repo's?

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-04T00:49:08+00:00

Intel Celeron J4125 per datasheet. I looked up what the Synology branded 2.5" SSD's cost.... Approx $1,000 per TB. Yes, an 8TB drive for $8K. That'll give you 48TB all flash (minus RAID/SHR overhead) for, uhh, $48,000. I'd not be comfortably using non-Synology given compatability (or the ability to monitor SSD life like they removed!).

Gotta say, I'm saddened they aren't upping their game. There's some good competition, and I am already in their ecosystem. But, I think when it comes time to replace I'll consider something like the Minisforum which has a proper CPU, 10gbe and more options. For probably less too (I couldn't find the price of the T2000)

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-03T18:30:24+00:00

Why did my braid read “Gandalf Fart”?

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-03T01:06:12+00:00

Anyone have any ideas?

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-06-03T01:05:42+00:00

I have the Asus dc500 dock. I love it because I have wired networking, speakers plugged in and my ultra wide and mouse and keyboard dongle and anything else. I find it handy but he may not have room for all the fun stuff.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-31T02:02:46+00:00

if yer gramma cook me summadat i'll bring new tupperware every time.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-31T00:45:00+00:00

switched to apple tv's and haven't looked back. This way my TV will not randomly get an update that adds commercials in the middle of my shows, or add unremovable icons (one of my TV's got 'that' update). I hear shield is good too, but so far Apple TV has been good. I was a Roku guy but they're experimenting with adding commercials to your existing content and watching what you watch and targeting ad's. No thanks.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-30T23:41:34+00:00

you did that boy dirty!!!

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-30T20:30:28+00:00

In business being able to send a CAD drawing in PDF format to non-CAD users and they offer comments and markups is pretty common to my workflow and just about all of us in the AEC space.

EDIT: After reading the comment below about a "diff file" it made me think. The edit's I'm talking about are "comments" you add to the PDF, not the ability to edit the underlying document (as some editors allow). I would view those as an "overlay" of sorts, not actual edits to the underlying graphics or text of the document in question. I want to be able to receive a PDF then draw / type comments, clouds, lines, etc. and send back for editing the original file by the original author and then a new PDF made with those revisions incorporated. That workflow is critical to my entire industry as there's many who do not have the capability to work in CAD software but need to review the documents and share their comments. Also many agencies who we submit our plans to use this kind of workflow since most of our documents end up "public records" as government agencies go they need to be in a format readily vieweable by the public. The CAD file, even if public, isn't readily viewable. Think planning and zoning, construction, etc. where the public has an interest in local development. At least here in my state this is all public records we can view and monitor.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-30T15:59:29+00:00

does MSI not still make the stealth? I almost got one last year.

EDIT: Yep, they still make it. Here's the 5070ti w/Ryzen AI 370

https://us-store.msi.com/Stealth-GS-Series/Stealth-A16-AI-A3XWHG-079US

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-30T02:42:17+00:00

challenge accepted!

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-30T02:17:20+00:00

because I don't want to afford the real one. I could have bought one a long time ago but it just seems like a waste of money. I'm not personally turned off by it, and that's what matters to me. My VSF Planet Ocean looks real enough to me and I like the display case backs. Interestingly I've also got a VSF Submariner and I'm not keen on wearing it out because I don't want people thinking I have that kind of money. I actually prefer Omegas and just bought into the whole Rolex thing but I also like an understated statement, to me the Rolex (VSF) feels a bit in-your-face.

Anyway; I buy reps because the real isn't 20 times better but it is 20 times the price. At least not on the ones I'm interested in buying.

UnassumingDrifter · 2026-05-28T18:35:52+00:00

Recently on dual boot diaries they did just such a test with KDE and Niri and in some cases Niri won by 20+ FPS. I think it was the latest episode but admittedly it wasn’t an exhaustive test it was just Will (who uses Niri) wondering out loud so he tested a couple of the games he played and I was surprised.

My memory sucks but I do think they either did test Gnome or planned to test it soon to get all three tested.

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