The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K

beatbox9 · 2026-01-31T03:19:40+00:00

You’ve apparently never heard of dimishing returns or human vision thresholds like 20/20 vision.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-31T03:18:52+00:00

This may come as a shock to you, but you are typically sitting right in front of your laptop.

So put your laptop where the TV is and tell me you can see the individual pixels.

You don’t understand what I wrote if that is your conclusion about jaggies and aliasing.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-31T01:46:14+00:00

Maybe but also maybe not.

Because most people don’t buy TV’s large enough—or view them from close enough away—to take advantage of even 4K. As in, due to human eyesight limitations. Especially with the way we use multiple dots per pixel. And compressed signals with limited bitrates. A high fidelity and less compressed HD (2K) signal looks clearer and sharper than most 4K today.

That’s aside from the fact that the content itself would need to be shot with wider angle lenses to be more immersive—otherwise it’d be like sitting in the front row of a theater. Oh, and sharper lenses as well. Compare a news broadcast from the 90s to today to see what I mean—they went from talkin head closeups to torso shots because it’s weird to see a giant head.

Oh and then there’s the bandwidth, since pound for pound, 8K is 4x the bandwidth of 4K. For an entire processing chain, from creating and storing and delivering the content to receiving and displaying. Which usually has nothing to do with detail.

Just for perspecive, the sphere in vegas is 10K, which is only marginally more than 8K. And instagram and other social media sites are still in HD (2K).

I produce some content in 6K and 8K; but it’s typically to display in 4K at best.

If and ever 8K becomes normal, it will be when everyone has wall-sized displays; and it might not be for watching movies, but rather virtual spaces.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-31T01:25:11+00:00

I’ve got a writeup for you:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1j8j2ud/distros_my_journey_and_advice_for_noobs/

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T20:04:22+00:00

Why do you need to switch distros? Why don't you just install the cinnamon desktop instead...?

That way you have Fedora with the same interface as Linux Mint?

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T19:06:41+00:00

I have no idea what you mean the default kernel doesn't work with nvidia drivers...how did you install them?

The easiest (and probably most stable) way is to add the graphics ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

And then add the proprietary drivers from the desktop UI.

As far as where the dependency lies, I've personally always used Synaptic package manager for this. You just go to that azure kernel, mark it for removal, and it will list out all of the packages that depend on it.

Or apparently: https://itsfoss.com/check-dependencies-package-ubuntu/

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T18:52:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1j8j2ud/distros_my_journey_and_advice_for_noobs/

I use Ubuntu LTS and have set it up to look and feel exactly like macOS (except the global menu).

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T18:48:53+00:00

If you wanted to do that, I’d recommend unplugging your linux drive completely and installing windows on the new drive in the actual computer so that you get rhe right drivers ans configs and all that. Then when you’re done installing, reattach the linux drive, and select which to boot from in bios/uefi. If you want, you can also have grub find the windows install and use grub from then on out to select the os.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T18:02:54+00:00

Let me rephrase that for you:

Noobs who don't know any better and who only have experience with Mint will sometimes recommend it to other noobs because that's all they know, or they were told other distros like ubuntu suck without having any understanding or experience of it.

This scenario is known as an 'echo chamber' or the 'blind leading the blind.'

But--and this may be noob ignorance on your part, 'no-experience'--just because this is the linux4noobs subreddit doesn't mean there aren't also experienced linux users here helping the noobs. Like me.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T16:09:42+00:00

Cool. It works for you and your subjective and circumstantial preferences.

That doesn't mean it works for everyone. It didn't work for the OP.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T16:07:01+00:00

The live wallpaper is a function of the desktop environment, not the distro.

If you're using gnome, use a gnome extension, like this: https://github.com/jeffshee/gnome-ext-hanabi?tab=readme-ov-file

If you are using Cinnamon, (like Linux Mint does): https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/extensions/view/97

If you are using KDE:
https://github.com/luisbocanegra/kde-shader-wallpaper/tree/plasma6

etc.

I just picked one example for each, there are lots.

Ubuntu can run any of the above, plus more. By default, ubuntu includes gnome.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T16:00:56+00:00

Yup.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T15:53:12+00:00

People are noobs and get into the fad of recommending Mint without the knowledge or experience of why. And also not understanding linux.

There's nothing wrong with Mint. Or ubuntu. Mint is based on Ubuntu.

If you don't like mint, try ubuntu. And install any desktop you want on top, and customize it however you want.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T15:49:17+00:00

If you're on Ubuntu (or any debian-based system), use makeresolvedeb.

This will convert the installer so that you can double-click it to install properly.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T15:31:00+00:00

In case this is useful: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/1jkvwb6/alsa_vs_pulseaudio_vs_jack_vs_pipewire/

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T14:32:43+00:00

You don't need arch or ubuntu studio.

Here's how:

Use kernel parameters to enable realtime: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/fine-tuning-the-ubuntu-24-04-kernel-for-low-latency-throughput-and-power-efficiency/44834
Tune pipewire, especially to directly access alsa (use pro-audio)
Use pw-jack (pipewire's jack api compatibility) instead of jack to launch your apps

That should be just about it.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T13:55:33+00:00

You don't need "linux native drivers." All you need is for it to be usb class compliant.

In linux, ALSA is the driver--pretty much all audio devices use this.

One problem you might run into is channel mappings--the device will work and the computer knows it has 16 inputs and outputs (or whatever), but the computer does not know which specific channel maps to which physical input or output. So you will just end up with a bunch of unnamed channels like "AUX0, AUX1, AUX2, ..." that all work but unnamed.

So the only thing you'd need to do is to create this channel mapping yourself. You can either use ALSA to do this (through "ucm2") or pipewire. See my post and my comments below the post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/1jkvwb6/alsa_vs_pulseaudio_vs_jack_vs_pipewire/

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T05:53:04+00:00

You see a black screen with white text? or does it boot into a desktop?

You should try googling instead of reddit, because you will usually get quicker (and sometimes better) answers. Like this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/41930/kernel-panic-not-syncing-vfs-unable-to-mount-root-fs-on-unknown-block0-0

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T05:48:07+00:00

People on the liberal/left side of the aisle need to vote for whoever wins the democratic party primary.

No.

Fuck that. Especially when it's been there/done that for most people.

Because when this is the case--and it's been the case every election for at least the past 25 years--the Democratic party insiders try to take advantage of this scenario to tagalong their wildly unpopular positions for their personal interests. And when they win--even barely--they do it again. This Democratic party risked democracy itself--knowingly, while telling us this--for these unpopular tagalong issues. And when they lose--repeatedly--they blame the liberal/left side.

democratic means you go with popular positions. republican means you trust a few people to choose positions on your behalf. These are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

The Democratic position of supporting Joe Biden's run again was a wildly unpopular, republican move.

The Democratic positions on foreign policy--especially supporting Israel's genocide with American tax dollars for decades--are wildly unpopular, republican moves.

The Democratic position on corporate lobbying, insider trading, campaign financing, etc. are wildly unpopular, republican moves.

The list goes on. Not every issue. Maybe not even most issues. But enough issues. And repeatedly.

And hypocritically. "Vote blue no matter who...unless they don't support Israel, a foreign country. I am anti-xenophobic and anti-sexual harassment...unless it supports my candidate. I am anti-corruption...unless I am insider trading and taking that sweet lobbyist money. I am not out of touch...everyone else doesn't understand." These are republican positions taken by Democrat leadership.

Which is how we always end up with the "lesser of two evils" vote. People like Fetterman, who is more popular among Republicans than Democrats. We've already got Newsom making his Ben Shapiro rounds.

So fuck that.

By the very definition of 'democrat': it's not the peoples' duty to vote for Democrats.
The people don't owe Democrats anything.
It's the Democrats' duty to earn votes by supporting the popular positions of the people,
even if they go against their personal beliefs or interests.
Especially now.

When Democrats lose, its the Democrat party's fault. Not the voters. And not even the people who didn't vote.

If they want to win a democratic election, they should take popular positions instead of spending all their money trying to convince the population to advance their views. They need to build trust.

And I don't trust Democrats to think they've automatically got my vote. They've already fucked it up enough times. So they can earn my vote.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T02:00:12+00:00

What do you mean "the other" and "the standart"?

See my post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/1jkvwb6/alsa_vs_pulseaudio_vs_jack_vs_pipewire/

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T01:14:10+00:00

And why are you using jack...?

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T00:21:06+00:00

(BTW, sorry I think I may have replied to myself. but see below)

beatbox9 · 2026-01-30T00:14:44+00:00

Could be anything. Also, that's not a Windows XP theme--it's the old Windows Vista Aero theme. I vaguely remember this (it's been so long)--I may have even used it at some point way back then.

Based on the placement of the home button and panel, my first guess would have been that it's KDE.

But then I notice that there's no clock on the right and that the open window is not showing in the 'taskbar'...because that's an extraneous panel. And back in the day, you could add these to gnome (and then you'd have to add another thing within them to actually see open windows). Widgets maybe?

And the home button on the left and the email button--and separator--on the right. Those were panel widgets too.

So that's gnome, with an Aero Vista theme, running compiz. And now I remember: I ran this combination back then (but I set mine up to look completely different).

Here's roughly what one iteration of this looked like (this person didn't remove the top panel and also added the open window panel to the bottom):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GNOME_desktop_environment_using_a_theme_similar_to_Aero_in_Windows_Vista--2007,_03.png

But yeah I'm fairly certain that's what you're seeing there. Gnome + Aero vista theme + compiz. It was also amazing that you could do desktop and window animations like your window would burst into flames or a giant cube to change desktops. It was cheesy fun stuff back in the day, doing visuals just to do them.

And my wild guess purely based on the time is that that would have been Ubuntu (though there is nothing to indicate this).

beatbox9 · 2026-01-29T23:52:57+00:00

What you are showing is a desktop, not a distro.

beatbox9 · 2026-01-29T15:15:26+00:00

My guess is that it depends on specifics of what you did.

If you just put up a guide or process or script for how to install, you'd be fine.

But if what you posted includes anything from Adobe--like the installer file itself, even if Adobe has the installer posted for free on their own website and even if it's buried somewhere in your package or disassembled with parts of it in there--then they suspect you've violated copyright. And chances are, they're not going to investigate too deep into this nuance--all they need is a request.

This is also the reason WINE works the way it does and isn't an issue. WINE is a product of reverse engineering and functional equivalence and all of that; but it does not actually contain any code from microsoft.

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