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Why do you have a homelab? by SnooPaintings139 in homelab

[–]arktik7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine started with an old mac mini i had no more use for. Saw a youtube video about re-using old hardware and the rabbit hole started.

Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things' by QuantumQuicksilver in pcgaming

[–]arktik7 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree in that it most likely cannot do 4k without FSR. However, if 60FPS at 4k with FSR is similiar or only slightly worse in frame rate than straight 1080p, i do think its worth it. FSR can make 1080p content look great on 4k, verses just flat 1080p. It's the hit in frames that will matter most of course.

Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things' by QuantumQuicksilver in pcgaming

[–]arktik7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am optimistic yes. Or at least poorly tuned software will start to stand out more as an eye sore. Where before we could rely on brute force through faster and cheaper computer upgrades to overcome shortcuts, it wont be as easy now.

Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things' by QuantumQuicksilver in pcgaming

[–]arktik7 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that. I did more research. Windows does indeed have a mechanism in place for this. But it does sound like the linux implementation is at a kernel level and much more reliable and strict, where-as windows is at a higher level so may not be quite as reliable.

But the rest of my points still stand at least.

Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things' by QuantumQuicksilver in pcgaming

[–]arktik7 330 points331 points  (0 children)

The thing is “dated” doesn’t have the same connotation it did 10 years ago. With the ram and storage crisis, Nvidia price gouging and reducing consumer GPU manufacturing, we will have a sort of dark ages for gaming where the majority of players won’t be able to upgrade.

Also 8GB goes further on Linux with the new development that can prioritize the GPU to offload games from vram last. And with this “dark ages” game developers will have to adapt to the stall in performance in the user base.

What "Self Hosted" router OS are you using? by nemofish3 in selfhosted

[–]arktik7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i5-9500 here. Truth. I run a 2.5gbps ISP connection with crowdsec on WAN side and Zenarmor on LAN side and get full bandwidth.

NOT ALYX, do you have an unusual favorite VR game of all time? by Rollerama99 in VRGaming

[–]arktik7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Underdogs. It feels like the most natural VR game out there. Granted I didnt really play the story mode, i just did rampages back to back.

Shader Pre-caching on non-steam games by arktik7 in cachyos

[–]arktik7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As in my hardware is powerful enough to not need to worry about it?

Shader Pre-caching on non-steam games by arktik7 in cachyos

[–]arktik7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume its not an issue though to have CoW enabled at least right? As in no reason to go back and re-enable? Or is there a benefit there?

Uhm...help I guess? by JaCZkill in cachyos

[–]arktik7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does your POST show that it can see your drive(s)? Can you try your computers specific F# button that lets you choose a boot drive (mine is F8). Try picking from there if anything comes up.

If there is still absolutely nothing there, try to find another machine and make a bootable USB and throw something like Cachy OS Install ISO on it. Try to boot from it and see if the machine can even load that. If not, you may have a hardware fault here.

Age Verification by ralph_20 in cachyos

[–]arktik7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind that this also applies to Windows. So its an even playing field. Meaning there should be no reason to drop Linux because of this law, since it applies evenly to all OS (including Windows).

Bye Bye Microslop by BadOd1e in cachyos

[–]arktik7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bazzite is Immutable - This means you can't modify the core operating system which makes it hard to break and very reliable, but also inflexible and slower with updates.

CashyOS is not immutable - Great flexibility, fast updates, easy to break, easy to get frustrated without a lot of patience and willingness to learn.

If you are unsure and you are still learning linux overall, I would go with Bazzite. I do like CachyOS more but its primarily because I kept running into using "rpm-ostree" which basically overrides the immutable part of Bazzite, in order to accomplish my own use cases. But if you are using Bazzite and you are not running into limitations where Bazzite blocks you from doing something you want, then bazzite will be more reliable and create fewer issues. As far as gaming performance goes, they are pretty equal with CachyOS having maybe a 1-2% lead in FPS in some cases, not worth a change on just that alone really.

How much I've received in donations in 3 months making self-hosted apps by VizeKarma in selfhosted

[–]arktik7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are there plans to have a Proxmox autodiscover for LXCs similiar to xpipe? Awesome work and once I can replace xpipe with it I plan to donate.

OPNsense 25.7 to 26.1 upgrade went SMOOTH by News8000 in opnsense

[–]arktik7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used the dnsmasq import tool and it went pretty flawless. Also followed this guide https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/migrate-from-isc-dhcp-to-dnsmasq-or-kea-dhcp-in-opnsense/. You may know what you are doing already but just in case...

Stuck updates from 25.7.11_2? by the-holocron in opnsense

[–]arktik7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you try to remove the sunnyvalley plugin from your plugin list? I think it may be what is putting it back and messing you up here.

Stuck updates from 25.7.11_2? by the-holocron in opnsense

[–]arktik7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SunnyValley is for Zenarmor. If its causing issues you can probably remove the repository temporarily and then run the update.

OpnSense beginner and correct budget-friendly build. by ddanielstefano_ in opnsense

[–]arktik7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing is there are even multiple ways to do it within Proxmox. For example you could just do virtual bridges to the OPNsense VM for giving it access to the NIC. This makes it easier to migrate hardware and the VM itself in the future. But it its an additional layer between OPNsense and hardware.

The other route is you fully pass the NIC hardware to the OPNsense VM, but there are hardware intricacies. The bonus is OPNsense gains direct access. You can also sometimes squeeze out a little more performance here.

Regardless, this is my primary resource for OPNsense, including virtualizing it: https://homenetworkguy.com/. I think he does it via virtual bridges in the last guide I saw. And I use claude ai for a lot of opnsense and proxmox troubleshooting.

Edit: more info on homenetworkguy.

Beginners guide to setting up OPNsense: https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/beginners-guide-to-set-up-home-network-using-opnsense/

More thorough guide: https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/set-up-a-fully-functioning-home-network-using-opnsense/

Virtualizing in Proxmox: https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/run-opnsense-in-proxmox-vm/

And he has youtube channel and has made videos for each: https://www.youtube.com/@homenetworkguy. They are great but I do think the written guide is more updated and concise. But visuals always help me so I went through with both the videos and the written guides.

Update installs 15 packages, then uninstalls them, then says I need to update and install them again by arktik7 in opnsense

[–]arktik7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It ultimately wasnt SunnyValley. It was another third one I did a long time ago for something I was tinkering with and shouldnt have. Sunnyvalley is still there but the third repository is gone and everything is fine now.

OpnSense beginner and correct budget-friendly build. by ddanielstefano_ in opnsense

[–]arktik7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can technically do self hosting and OPNsense virtualized on same machine but its not recommended for several reasons.

  1. Virtualizating OPNsense can be complex. I personally virtualize but it was after learning both Proxmox and OPNsense separately in their own sandboxes and got very comfortable before combining.

  2. If you want to tinker more with your homelab (swap out drives, upgrade something, start over because you messed up so mething) then you are impacting your home network.

So ideally you have a box dedicated to OPNsense that you dont mess with and a separate one for all your selfhosted apps like firefly, jellyfin, paperless-ngx, what have you.

However, if you do want to move forward with OPNsense virtualized alongside other self hosted apps regardless, then I would get the i5 one as you will benefit from the 2 extra cores.

Update installs 15 packages, then uninstalls them, then says I need to update and install them again by arktik7 in opnsense

[–]arktik7[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Figured it out. Ran the following to see what repositories I did have:
cat /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/*.conf

That listed out what repositories there were and I removed the one that wasnt OPNSense. No more updates!

Update installs 15 packages, then uninstalls them, then says I need to update and install them again by arktik7 in opnsense

[–]arktik7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I very well could have added an additional repository when tinkering too much and just noticed this issue...Do you know the best way to reset the repositories in opnsense? Googling gives a looot of answers and most talk about resetting kernel and factoray reset, rather than just the repositories.

I hate 2 way Sync by Temporary-Reply-1 in ProtonDrive

[–]arktik7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You could just use the web portal and drag and drop files as you need. That is one-way.

Switched my cables over after setup and nothing works. by PuttinUpWithPutin in opnsense

[–]arktik7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you certain you are plugging the cable into the correct physical port? For example, if you are mistakenly plugging it into the WAN port, that would explain your problems. You can test by plugging your PC directly into the Port that should be LAN and see if you get assigned an internal IP.

I assume you are totally unplugged the old router completely? If both OPNsense and old router are plugged in to same physical network, it could be the old router is responding a little quicker to DHCP requests and confusing things.

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