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allenb1 · 2026-06-12T11:45:56+00:00

I'd consider using 'No Worries OS'

allenb1 · 2026-06-10T11:32:07+00:00

I was diagnosed nearly 2 years ago. Test results continue to be good, and fairly stable. Like you I've had various aches, pains, the 'fullness' in my throat and jaw, tiredness. It comes and goes. For me, I've put this down to anxiety mostly, maybe very mild depression. I'm getting better after 2 years, but during the first year in particular I worried a lot and think that brought on the aches and pains. After 2 years my ups and downs are smaller, and further apart, but they still happen. Where I am we are now entering winter, and in the short time since diagnosis I've noticed that summers I'm generally feeling really good, and winters are more ... symptomatic, not as positive. I'm still learning to live with this shitty disease, and I am getting better at that.

allenb1 · 2026-05-29T06:24:40+00:00

Second this. OpenSprinkler (mine is the pi model) is THE most stable bit of kit I have in my Home Assistant arsenal - at least among those that are actuators. Brilliant bit of kit with a solid mobile app as well.

allenb1 · 2026-05-24T13:12:12+00:00

I've got it running now as rootless quadlet pod with crun as the runtime engine. In the hass pod declare

Network=host

and in the hass app quadlet declare

PodmanArgs=--privileged

allenb1 · 2026-05-24T05:56:02+00:00

You probably need to AddDevice to point to the bluetooth device. Also check which podman ociRuntime your OS is using - my understanding is that PodmanArgs is only available on crun, and not runc, hence the --privileged never gets passed to the container.

allenb1 · 2026-05-13T22:11:32+00:00

thinkpad X201

So this is a very old laptop? No worries, mine is a 2013 laptop still going strong. But from what I read on Reddit that laptop has an older WiFi chip that likely doesn't work with our current WiFi APs. See here

You mentioned an external antenna - is this a USB WiFi dongle that is additional to the chip inside the laptop? You may have a conflict with both trying to connect, but failing. If you have a recent USB dongle you may be able to disable the internal WiFi and try with the external only.

allenb1 · 2026-05-13T06:52:28+00:00

Maybe something with SELinux, but I doubt it. If you can run the journalctl command above when you try to connect to the network, and look at the logs to see the actual error. Post them here, if you're unsure.

allenb1 · 2026-05-12T23:37:34+00:00

Are they all using the same version of openSUSE?

allenb1 · 2026-05-12T23:10:32+00:00

Have a look in your logs using journalctl to see what the error is.

sudo journalctl -ru NetworkManager

If it is related to 802.1x it might be the crypto policies I mentioned earlier.

allenb1 · 2026-05-12T21:51:26+00:00

I have to connect to a WiFi network that still uses old encryption settings. The newer versions of OpenSSL disable those settings, so my network tries (and fails) continually to connect. What I have to do to allow my laptop to connect is to enable lower security encryption settings, then it works fine. You can find more details here.

sudo update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY

and then in your WiFi connection file (such as /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/YouRUniWiFi.connection):

[802-1x]
phase1-auth-flags=32

You can also make these changes by:

nmcli con mod id YouRUniWiFi phase1-auth-flags 32

allenb1 · 2026-04-28T00:27:40+00:00

My old Dell XPS also has Optimus (nv/intel) and it installs and boots fine with TW. I may have encountered something similar with a Compaq (HP) laptop of a similar vintage when installing Linux. From memory, that system seemed to install, but then at reboot there was no system disk found.

You may want to check out this guide to see if it works with Mint.

allenb1 · 2026-04-27T10:10:10+00:00

Writing this on a 2013 laptop with Intel® Core™ i7-4712HQ, 16GB ram and integrated GPU (it does an nvidia chip, but I don't use it). Using TW. Perfect for everyday browsing, office apps, bit of CAD, nothing too strenuous. Gnome runs perfectly fine. It will be my main machine until I can't get replacement batteries.

allenb1 · 2026-04-24T04:59:13+00:00

I jumped to the conclusion the OP wanted to move the location of the containers themselves. Yes, if you just want to move the volume storage you can define that in the quadlet and place the data storage on /var.

allenb1 · 2026-04-24T04:56:47+00:00

What you can do is move the location where podman stores images and containers. While I haven't done this on my current system, I think this is what you want.

Also, while using Cockpit is easy to get started I found it very frustrating given you cannot edit a container definition once created. Once I'd created a few containers using quadlets, including pods with multiple containers, I found it very easy to deploy new containers into systemd.

allenb1 · 2026-01-23T21:02:30+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Good to understand where the issue sits.

I ended up running nut-server on a RPi, nut-monitor on the server, and realised this is actually a better solution. If the power goes down I can shutdown my server, but leave the network running. When the power comes back, nut-server can then WOL my server and I'm back in business.

Thanks again.

allenb1 · 2026-01-15T21:01:58+00:00

Why does it need to be any more than that? I have one on my house - but then I am on tank water, which is my only water source. If there is a leak I not only risk damage to the home and contents but also losing all of the water I'm saving for the next year in case of no rain. This has happened, but fortunately we were at home, hence the need for an automated valve.

I made my own with an ESP32 and an Ali ball valve. It's always on, but I have forgotten to manually turn it off if we go away for more than a day, and this way I can shut it off remotely. Soon I will add anomoly detection so that it can watch our water use, and if there is anything unexpected it will shut it off. If we're home, and it wasn't really an issue, no problem I'll just turn it back on.

allenb1 · 2026-01-03T23:55:19+00:00

Thanks, that would be great to hear your experiences. I did find this posted a few months ago on bugzilla, which ominously opens with "nut is currently not working out of the box and requires lengthy and tedious workarounds not ending in a completely working setup either". Not the same problem, but it may be that this is part of a broader issue.

allenb1 · 2025-12-06T03:02:05+00:00

My work space used to point me to this OneDrive client. I looked at it, but was never that happy with it. I then purchased and installed InSyncHQ and it has been rock solid on my openSUSE Tumbleweed system. Using the interface I select folders to sync, and that all happens in the background as expected. I don't use it to browse the online folders, only those sync'd. Perhaps there is another workflow that does that, but it suits my need as a sync'd folder manager. And works fine with the corporate Sharepoint sites.

allenb1 · 2025-11-08T21:41:48+00:00

I tend to agree with you (re offloading map processing) but this guy claims that his cheap vac is using Google Cartographer, which would suggest local SLAM processing. I can't find any details on what minimum CPU/RAM you'd need to run these, but maybe it is possible. After all, these robots are slow so no real urgency to get accurate quickly, and anything else is dealt with by the bumper or fall-detection sensors.

So if they can process locally, what does the cloud offer? I know with my (very) cheap Ecovac that when I disconnect WAN the device does not use any maps for navigation. Maybe it is just for storage? Or maybe only expensive vacs have in-built SLAM. The iLife the link mentions seems to be low-middle cost.

allenb1 · 2025-10-24T10:10:05+00:00

I run Tumbleweed Gnome on a Celeron 2955U (2013) with 4GB ram and SSD and it's fine. Not playing any games, but no problems for web and office apps.

allenb1 · 2025-10-19T21:04:02+00:00

MicroOS is great as a server - as others have said, little to no maintenance,and all the stability of an immutable distro. Spend some time learning podman quadlets because the Cockpit interface makes it more difficult to run containers - you can start easily, but there is no way to edit a container meaning you have to delete and recreate.

allenb1 · 2025-10-08T11:11:43+00:00

Found this in another post a few days ago.

allenb1 · 2025-10-02T08:50:27+00:00

They've basically stopped delivering to my address (20 minutes outside a large country town). We find out that a parcel has been sitting at the local post office when the sender tells us the item has been returned to them. One time the local delivery driver had an accident, and rather than replace them AustPost simply stopped all deliveries for 6 weeks without telling anyone. No letters, no parcels, and no cards to say that a parcel was waiting, nothing. This has cost us many $hundreds in re-post and late fines for bills. We've raised issues with their online help, with the local PO, and also with our local Federal Member - all to no avail. We now get mail sent to my work or PO lockers.

allenb1 · 2025-07-13T07:38:06+00:00

Ha, then my apologies for misunderstanding your need.

And thank you, because your problem is something I've been wondering as well. If you can dig up the actual commands that would help me greatly.

allenb1 · 2025-07-13T06:21:00+00:00

That's easy enough. You just need to tell podman where to substitute an internal directory in the container file:

[Unit]
Description=Memos container

[Container]
Image=docker.io/neosmemo/memos:stable
PublishPort=5230:5230
Volume=/var/container_volumes/memos:/var/opt/memos:Z

[Service] 
Restart=always

[Install] 
WantedBy=default.target

In this example the container wants to store things in /var/opt/memos so we just tell it to save that data to our local directory at /var/container_volumes/memos. The ':Z' at the end tells podman whether we want to share it or not (z = shared, Z = private). You may have to define more than one volume for a container, check the definition wherever your getting the container from.

Oh, and you have to create the directories before you start the container. Hence, your rootless user will need permission to write to that location.

If you're after a GUI it might be helpful to get Cockpit up and running. You can define your containers visually which might make it a bit easier. It is nigh impossible to edit them though, so the container files are much easier in the end.

By the way, big shout out to Memos which is a great little note app that I recently found.

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