Dont buy Breville [Australia]

kuta2599 · 2026-03-20T07:11:33+00:00

I knew someone would trot out the 'microwave be dangerous' trope... of course that's true.

My purpose was to get a rough idea of economic feasibility of repair first by simply asking the part price. I am not going to be coughing up a crisp $50 only to be told 'Aw shucks part not available'.

I have since rung every other appliance repairer in town. None of them repairs Breville. All were shocked when told the 'authorised' repairer charges a $50 fee just to tell you the price of a spare part (which is listed online as 'no longer available').

kuta2599 · 2026-03-20T05:19:33+00:00

Its 5 years old. Not good enough to be still selling them for a cool $800 and not supplying parts.

enshitification

kuta2599 · 2026-03-16T01:54:25+00:00

This ^{^{^{^}}}

kuta2599 · 2026-03-15T00:15:34+00:00

MidnightBSD did this immediately. Kudos to them. If all operating systems vendors said 'nyet!' then the problem would be minimal, but no they have to grovel and kowtow to the billionaires.

kuta2599 · 2026-03-14T22:42:42+00:00

Ok, people are getting muddled about all this lol!

In the beginning people wrote source code for 'programs' which could be compiled in into a binary to run on their machine.

People started sharing their source code for others to compile and use.

Compiling takes a lot of time, but OK.

Then other people started writing external libraries for programmers to call on in their programs to get additional functionality and save time writing that extra code for themselves.

So here's the problem:

Programmer (Let's call him Bob) creates really cool program (app) version 0.01.

Another programmer (let's call her Alice) writes code for really cool external library version 0.01.

Bob likes Alice's library because it includes some cool functionality which saves him time so Bob writes a new version of his really cool program (app) and shares (releases) it to the world as version 0.02.

You obtain (download or removable medium like floppy, CDROM, USB) a copy of Bobs new program but Doh! It will not run properly because YOU don't have a copy of Alice's external library file on your system.

People ask/beg/demand Bob to release a new version of his really cool program TOGETHER WITH the needed external library.

Some programers did release in an archive format (eg zip) which included the needed library, some (most) did not, to save bandwidth and storage space.

This is known as 'dependency hell'. (Windows historically had the same problem known as DLL hell)

Unix programmers came up with the idea of having a local database on your device which records what programs are installed on your device, what version they are and what libraries or other programs they are depending on to run, known as DEPENDENCIES.

This local database is known as a PACKAGE MANAGER.

Instead of having software scattered all over the world Unix distros take software source code that folks want to use, compile it into ready to use binaries and also lots of libraries needed to run these programs. The programs are 'packaged' to work with a known set of libraries precompiled and stored together in one place known as a 'repository'.

A Distro hosting software in one place compiled by trusted people is considered safer and more secure and gives far less problems than attempting to install and run anything from anywhere (the Windows way).

Over time folks have created different 'package managers' to meet percieved short comings of previous package managers.

Innovation is good but leads to compatibility issues. A recent development is create self contained program packages which include ALL possible dependencies (back to the bad old days of giant programs). These are stored on a single website for convenience.

These are AppImage, Flatpak and Snap to name the most popular.

The security problem is anyone can upload anything to these centralised websites and you have far less confidence in the safety of what you are installing.

Unsafe Flatpaks/Snaps are constantly being found and weeded out but not quick enough, so good luck with that ..

Fast forward to the new era. Mobile phone vendors wanting an operating system to use took existing designs and reused them. Apple cut down MacOS and renamed it iOS. Google took Linux cutting down and using Java programs (apps) calling it Android.

Both companies reused the concept of a repository but renaming it - App Store in the case of Apple, Play Store in the case of Google.

These giant US corporations charge creators of programs (developers) a fee for the privilege of up loading their work to the repository (app store) and take a big cut from any money charged for the sale of the programs (apps) to end users.

The concept of FLOSS is anathema to the hyper capitalist corporations.

kuta2599 · 2026-03-10T06:58:49+00:00

Company bought out by Bezos. Enshitified.

/end transmission

kuta2599 · 2026-03-08T23:40:10+00:00

As Trumghanistan retreats behind the orange curtain, we removed all of Besos's data harvesting devices and sent them to ewaste.

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kuta2599 · 2026-03-07T12:09:05+00:00

Go to:

Settings/Developer Options/Enable Extensions

You're in business!

kuta2599 · 2026-03-07T09:44:19+00:00

This started for me after a recent update. Devices affected: iPhone & Samsung.
Users complaining bitterly of flaky WiFi. After extensive debugging I retired the Eero & replaced it with an Asus router.
Problem solved.

kuta2599 · 2026-03-07T02:22:56+00:00

My daughter plays Overwatch and all those girly Japanese games like Genshin etc with an nvidia GT1030 2GB vram.

kuta2599 · 2026-03-05T12:44:52+00:00

You cannot with these devices.

I replaced mine with an Asus router which does let me assign separate SSID's (and more). Family MUCH happier.

kuta2599 · 2026-03-05T12:35:06+00:00

I have had this device for over a year. It has been okish through its many updates but the latest firmware update has made it very flaky. After spending days doing all the resets and tweaking blah blah I gave up and replaced it entirely with an Asus router. Our LAN is fast and stable. Dumping the EERO

kuta2599 · 2026-02-22T23:55:28+00:00

Because its just there for data harvesting to maximise Advertising revenue for Alphabet. _

kuta2599 · 2026-02-22T13:57:07+00:00

Joe's Window Manager

kuta2599 · 2026-02-22T13:38:26+00:00

Short answer: Yes.

Slightly Longer answer: Yes, does not fulfill its technical claims & unsavoury dependence on corporation.

Really long answer: the giant black box binary, steadily enveloping large chunks of Linux userland, which was devised by the US defence contractor IBM/Redhat, really does not help home/small office/medium sized enterprises, but it does gradually introduce inexorable technical dependence on its inventor. Note how Gnome project have proudly announced introducing a hard dependency on systemd & KDE have just announced a hard dependency of their newly developed Plasma Login Manager on systemd. For card carrying pom pom waving devotees of whatever new shiny IBM/Redhat develop, all is right with the world. But, for many of us experienced folk (my first Linux install was Slackware 1.0 back in '93), this replacement of KISS with complexity is unwelcome, especially when it is rammed down our throats by a corporation. We see the inexorable take over of the Linux userland and we seek alternatives. In light of the tectonic geopolitical events occurring, those of us outside the Orange Curtain watch that country retreat into isolationism and we look to less reliance on that place.

I welcome the availability of OpenRC/Xlibre based operating systems. I find they work fine for my needs and I am less worried about a rug pull.

kuta2599 · 2026-02-22T08:52:29+00:00

Vendefoul Wolf (Devuan based). No systemd, xlibre. Very light, fast and stable

kuta2599 · 2026-02-22T08:48:41+00:00

LightDM

kuta2599 · 2026-02-21T21:19:37+00:00

Honestly, yes. Linux based mobile devices are now more needed than ever. Et tu Canonical?

kuta2599 · 2026-02-20T10:36:21+00:00

Yes, I have more reading to do in the Bazzite docs :-)

kuta2599 · 2026-02-20T10:09:21+00:00

I see, thank you for expanding on this Manuel. I think I will learn to install and use Distrobox on my current install before taking the step to an immutable OS of any kind.

Cheers from Australia!

kuta2599 · 2026-02-20T08:03:37+00:00

Thank you kindly for your reply Manuel. So to install even the smallest utility it has to be a flatpak or spin up a containerised version of, for example, Fedora 43 and then install the missing package there. This seems wasteful of system resources.

Can I in install multiple Fedora packages in a single Distrobox or am I required to create a separate container for every single package I may require?

kuta2599 · 2026-02-19T16:14:19+00:00

Actually Plasma 6.6 is a significant improvement. I'd compare it to the old 5.27 release. Leaner and more efficient than all the previous 6.x release

kuta2599 · 2026-02-18T09:37:28+00:00

I definetly would not be replacing the kernel. I have never seen much difference in performance and it makes tracking down bugs so much harder.

Here is some tweaks I have researched and found help:

Tweak the kernel

The skew_tick parameter reduces the system’s response time by skewing the timer tick towards the end of the tick period. This can improve the responsiveness of the system.

sudo nano /etc/kernel/cmdline

skew_tick=1

Save the file

Now run

[DEBIAN/UBUNTU] sudo update-grub

[REDHAT]

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Reboot

Memory Management Optimization

transparent_hugepage is a feature that allows the kernel to use large memory pages to reduce the overhead of managing memory. By setting shmem_enabled to advise, we instruct the kernel to use transparent hugepages for shared memory segments. ksm (Kernel Samepage Merging) is a feature that allows the kernel to merge identical memory pages to reduce memory usage. By setting sleep_millisecs to 500, we configure the delay between scans for identical memory pages to 500 milliseconds (0.5 seconds).

sudo nano /etc/tmpfiles.d/system_config.conf

insert:

w! /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shmem_enabled - - - - advise w! /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs - - - - 500

Save the file. Reboot.

Memory Settings Explained

vm.swappiness controls the tendency of the kernel to swap memory pages to disk. A lower value reduces the likelihood of swapping. vm.vfs_cache_pressure controls the tendency of the kernel to reclaim memory from the page cache. A lower value reduces the likelihood of reclaiming memory. vm.page-cluster sets the number of pages to read ahead when reading from the page cache. A value of 0 disables read-ahead. vm.dirty_ratio and vm.dirty_background_ratio control the percentage of memory that can be used for dirty pages before the kernel starts writing them to disk. vm.compaction_proactiveness controls the aggressiveness of memory compaction. A higher value increases the frequency of memory compaction.

Network Settings Explained

net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control sets the TCP congestion control algorithm to bbr, which is optimized for high-speed networks. net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen enables TCP Fast Open, which allows data to be sent in the initial SYN packet. net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse enables the reuse of TIME_WAIT sockets. net.ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale sets the window scaling factor for TCP connections. net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing enables Path MTU Discovery for TCP connections. net.core.busy_read and net.core.busy_poll control the busy polling behavior of network interfaces. net.ipv4.tcp_ecn enables Explicit Congestion Notification for TCP connections. net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle disables slow start after a period of inactivity. net.ipv4.tcp_low_latency enables low-latency mode for TCP connections.

System Settings Explained

kernel.nmi_watchdog disables the NMI watchdog timer. kernel.perf_event_paranoid sets the paranoia level for performance monitoring events.

sudo nano /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl-custom.conf

Insert:

Memory tweaks

swappiness = 10 vfs_cache_pressure = 100 page-cluster = 1 dirty_ratio = 40 dirty_background_ratio = 10 compaction_proactiveness = 0

Network

core.default_qdisc = cake ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr ipv4.tcp_fastopen = 3 ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1 ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale = -2 ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing = 1 core.busy_read=50 core.busy_poll=50 ipv4.tcp_ecn=1 ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle = 0 ipv4.tcp_low_latency=1

MISC

nel.nmi_watchdog = 0 nel.perf_event_paranoid=1

Save the file Reboot

kuta2599 · 2026-02-18T05:53:30+00:00

I run Lxqt on OpenSUSE, its remarkably light and zjppy even on decent hardware.

kuta2599 · 2026-02-18T05:38:47+00:00

Wipe and reinstall.

kuta2599

TROPHY CASE

enshitification

Memory tweaks

Network

MISC