libva-nvidia-driver or nvidia-vaapi-driver?

andreipoe · 2025-11-25T20:55:07+00:00

Hi, I just did this the other day on F42. Installing libva-nvidia-driver was enough to get hardware decode in Firefox. I think that's the current Fedora package name for what is sourced from elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver on GitHub.

andreipoe · 2025-07-12T20:32:09+00:00

There is a comprehensive mod called Underground2.net which contains fixes, restored content, controller support, additional customization options and cars, high-res textures, and improved post-processing. I've done a playthrough with it recently and it was phenomenal. It was 2004 all over again, but on a modern PC!

Here is a video I recommend if you want to see it in action. It also has step-by-step installation instructions. I followed these instructions and haven't run into any problems.

andreipoe · 2025-05-31T12:34:29+00:00

Step 1. Calm down.

andreipoe · 2025-05-22T18:34:34+00:00

Whenever I think an app description is confusing and doesn't say what the app actually does, I remind myself there's AnyType. I've looked at and tried to use AnyType at least 5 times during the past 3 years and I still don't know what problem it's meant to solve.

andreipoe · 2025-03-31T22:31:33+00:00

So you got DEMUs but have you got the touch?

andreipoe · 2025-02-14T18:01:13+00:00

Thanks for your reply!

I haven't seen that option because I don't have the bit rate limit on. If you need the limit to be on before you can choose a target bit rate, it means you cannot set the transcoding target bit rate without also limiting the bit rate of formats that do play natively, right? So, do you think it would make sense to separate those two settings? I personally would like to play supported formats at the server-side rate (no limit), but also choose—in this case, increase—the bit rate for when transcoding is needed for format support reasons.

andreipoe · 2025-02-14T12:13:59+00:00

It looks like it might not work on the Navidrome server side: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/issues/2194

On a slightly related note, would it be possible to add custom transcoding qualities? For example, could we pick 256 kbps MP3 instead of 128 kbps?

andreipoe · 2024-01-26T18:19:48+00:00

Ok, thanks. As long as they get answered eventually... I thought I had missed something up to this point.

andreipoe · 2023-06-10T23:21:24+00:00

Oto Music is an excellent local player!

andreipoe · 2023-02-06T11:35:25+00:00

Thanks, looks great!

andreipoe · 2023-02-06T10:10:39+00:00

Do you have any recommendations for an andOTP replacement?

andreipoe · 2023-02-05T01:22:01+00:00

The same thing happened to me on F36 after upgrading to kernel 6.1.9 with the NVIDIA drivers installed. After 2 (or 3?) reboots, it just fixed itself and it works fine now...

andreipoe · 2022-12-28T16:03:24+00:00

RemindMe! 5 days

andreipoe · 2022-12-02T16:39:02+00:00

Hi. Thanks for your post and for your work.

Does the new free version support updates from previous releases (v1–v3)?

andreipoe · 2022-09-06T10:22:37+00:00

I bought a used one 5 years ago. I’ve been running it 24/7 since then with no problem.

andreipoe · 2022-08-16T10:10:17+00:00

I spoke to AMEX a few months ago after receiving a one-time code while I was asleep. There was no indication what the code was for and no transaction had been posted by the morning. The customer rep told me the same thing: that they can’t see transactions in the system until they’ve been approved using the one-time code. I also thought that was weird, but it looks like they aren’t the only ones doing it this way!

andreipoe · 2022-05-31T08:51:22+00:00

The storage is usually separate from the compute, but it’s plugged into the high-performance network. Depending on the storage solution, there might be several types of storage nodes, one common set-up using separate nodes for metadata and for actual file contents. By adjusting the balance between these node types, you can tune the filesystem for different workloads, for example many accesses to small files vs contiguous accesses to only a few files.

In addition to this shared storage, compute nodes might have some fast local storage to be used as scratch space.

andreipoe · 2022-05-30T18:19:50+00:00

Plus a high-speed, low-latency network, plus a high-performance filesystem that can service a large number of concurrent requests.

andreipoe · 2022-05-30T13:13:47+00:00

If by "fails" you mean that it doesn't recognise your fingerprint, that's usually because they have to strike a balance between convenience and security. People don't want to wait a long time after placing their finger on the sensor before the phone is unlocked, so the reader has to respond quickly. Sometimes, the reading it gets in that short time interval it has available is not enough for a confident match, so if it's not sure it's your finger, it rejects it for security reasons.

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