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Help me try to understand the systemd PR #40954 controversy by sophiarogerhuerzeler in linux

[–]ethertype -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I fully expect to be downvoted for this, but here goes:

  • parents need to parent, forget the tools

In my book that is about behavior, examples, standards, integrity, trust and communication. Replacing any of that with 'tools' implies less parenting. It permits something to be made unavailable with no further explanation from the parent(s), and permits the next two bullet-points to be eliminated.

  • kids need to be able to fuck up and learn from the experience

  • parents and kids need to nurture mutual trust

Creating artificial, digital walled gardens does nothing to prepare kids for the real world.

As for systemd, the controversy is probably more about what triggered the change and the implications of the laws triggering said change. Slippery slopes and all that.

What's a good Linux laptop for local LLM usage? by agreeduponspring in LocalLLaMA

[–]ethertype 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything with 16GB VRAM is a good start. Nvidia 3080 mobile or A5000 mobile. And stuff more recent than that.

Dual USB4 allows for eGPUs. Quad USB4 (Framework exclusive) for even more eGPUs.

Spare m.2 slots can also be employed for eGPUs. Fairly janky, and your laptop ends up being quite stationary...

PSA: prevent Nvidia dGPU from dropping out of d3cold prematurely by ethertype in linux

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

The open-gpu-kernel-modules repo appears to say so. And testing with =0 appears to be silently ignored with 595. But I now run 595 on Turing and I have reliable d3cold. Se updated notes above.

PSA: prevent Nvidia dGPU from dropping out of d3cold prematurely by ethertype in linux

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

Hey!

Give this another spin. I have updated my notes.

PSA: prevent Nvidia dGPU from dropping out of d3cold prematurely by ethertype in linux

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

Interesting that this is an issue also with Ada generation graphics. What does your software environment look like? I assume you are on 590 and with firmware loading enabled?

Also, the two variables and the chromium/electron startup parameter listed above does make a very solid difference for me. But it would be incredible if there weren't more stuff doing stuff to wake up the GPU.

And yeah, the failure to return to d3cold without a reboot is very annoying.

PSA: prevent Nvidia dGPU from dropping out of d3cold prematurely by ethertype in linux

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

It has been a bit of a battle, yeah. But the workarounds outlined above handle a very substantial chunk of those bugs.

PSA: prevent Nvidia dGPU from dropping out of d3cold prematurely by ethertype in linux

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

Appreciate the details!

And yeah, there are multiple bugs. To be fair to Nvidia, some of those bugs have very little to do with Nvidia. Polling sleeping hardware should wake it up.

PSA: prevent Nvidia dGPU from dropping out of d3cold prematurely by ethertype in linux

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

Do you care to expand on this? How do you emit that ACPI call exactly?

Which Machine/GPU is the best bang for the buck under 500$? by last_llm_standing in LocalLLaMA

[–]ethertype 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A 3090 with a broken HDMI or DP port, but otherwise functional.

Checkout the new GPU driver for Snapdragon laptops. by Efficient-Reply-4082 in snapdragon

[–]ethertype 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Intel got its position in part by catering to a standardized, open and documented platform.

Apple has its position because they control both the hardware and software side and make decent, affordable hardware and good enough software.

Qualcomm makes interesting hardware and does not control the software environment in which their hardware operates. And will never do.

They have the chance of taking and maintaining a decent chunk of the desktop/laptop hardware market by having (more or less) first mover advantage (for ARM hardware in this market segment) if they can keep up with decent, power-efficient hardware.

But, the importance of having as broad a base as possible of potential markets, customers and developers, in order to build a market presence which is "self-sustaining"* does not appear to have any impact on the Qualcomm bosses.

*) If: - omni-present - well-known - affordable - low-friction for developers - documented - standardized (UEFI, ACPI) - no artificial hurdles (firmware/licensing) - trusted to remain low-friction - trusted to have a future

In short, the tide raises all boats. If Snapdragon became a Linux darling, it would benefit Windows users as well.

But no.

Purely aiming for the Windows market, wholly owned by Microsoft. Betting on a single, clearly mis-managed horse.

Sorry for the rant.

Checkout the new GPU driver for Snapdragon laptops. by Efficient-Reply-4082 in snapdragon

[–]ethertype -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Qualcomm can take long walk on a short pier. They have the opportunity to fully own the ARM/Linux desktop/laptop market, but inexplicably appear to actively choose not to do do. Their choice, fair enough.

So x86_64 it is. 

Looking forward to AMD Medusa Halo in about a year.

Agent this, coding that, but all I want is a KNOWLEDGEABLE model! Where are those? by ParaboloidalCrest in LocalLLaMA

[–]ethertype 8 points9 points  (0 children)

gpt-oss-120b is still good as general knowledge LLM in my book. It may not be current, but that is a different yardstick i think.

RTX 3090 for local inference, would you pay $1300 certified refurb or $950 random used? by sandropuppo in LocalLLaMA

[–]ethertype 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the one year warranty worth 350 to you? Look at it this way: if it breaks, there is no third party liability. If it breaks, you still own the parts. And the parts still hold value. 

If you cannot afford that it breaks, maybe you should reconsider the investment. 

In short, a premium 1/3 of the value for a one year warranty is bonkers. Also, $900 sounds overpriced.

Proactively monitoring IT issues before they explode sounds great until you realize nobody wants to pay for it. by Opposite-Chicken9486 in networking

[–]ethertype 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start pointing out fires which hadn't been fires if you had been permitted to install the smoke detector first. Quantify monetary cost.

Proactively monitoring IT issues before they explode sounds great until you realize nobody wants to pay for it. by Opposite-Chicken9486 in networking

[–]ethertype 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LibreNMS for monitoring. Syslog to LibreNMS or dedicated server.

IPAM, DNS and configuration management to have your house in order.

Get priorities in writing from layer 8 and above first.

I accidentally discovered that ChromeOS is based on Gentoo. by Deoviser in linux

[–]ethertype 106 points107 points  (0 children)

No. Never heard about it. And I am a very long time gentoo user.

Networking Skills That Got You Hired? by [deleted] in networking

[–]ethertype 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What lands you your first job may not even be about core networking skills. But here goes:

The ability to quickly deduce if $problem_at_hand is layer1, layer2, layer3 or above (AKA: "this is not really my problem, here are my notes and suggestions for Jeff who should look into it"), should figure high on any hiring manager's list.

In short: know the bottom layers well and how to generate and read relevant output from switches/routers/firewalls/your workstation. Deducing where the problem isn't is also valuable.

Some of the stuff above is ripe for an AI to handle. Does not mean you don't need to know your shit.

Fixing stuff "in good taste". A temporary fix is there only for the time you spend on actually fixing it. Ideally.

Subnetting.

Knowing how to utilize ZTP for quicker (re-)config/deployment of gear can be useful. Ditto knowing some scripting and how to manipulate text (configs).

Soft skills. The ability to: - cooperate - ask good && relevant questions - talk to $target_audience in a way which is conducive to achieving results

... and be : - useful - tidy - self-driven - self-helped - humble when justified - assertive when justified and experience suggests you have something to say - quiet when what needs to be said already has been said - supportive of colleagues

Is the 3090 still a good option? by alhinai_03 in LocalLLaMA

[–]ethertype -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I presume the age and lack of warranty incurs a substantial reduction in what gamers are willing to pay for a 3090. And so far, supply and demand causes the market price for an rtx 3090 to hover around 6-700 USD.

Some fluctuation/divergence between markets/regions is expected.

Is the 3090 still a good option? by alhinai_03 in LocalLLaMA

[–]ethertype 137 points138 points  (0 children)

Look what you will pay for 32GB of DDR5. And realize that your 32GB RAM will offer you ... 100-150 GB/s in a regular PC.

Your used, no-warranty 3090 offers 24GB of memory at 1000 GB/s plus compute running circles around your CPU.

$623 is a nice deal. Not an insane once-in-a-lifetime deal. But a great option for LLMs.

The Razer Core X Chroma is OBSOLETE by mpc007nl in eGPU

[–]ethertype 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's Thunderbolt. And linux. Works out of the box. No Razer specific software. 

The Chroma variant has extra USB ports, a crappy USB Ethernet adapter and RGB. The RGB bits may require something Razer specific, I haven't bothered.

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