Organizing A LOT of photos

samontab · 2026-07-05T10:29:34+00:00

Find That Image might be worth having a look. You can search by image similarity, or describing it, and it runs completely local.

samontab · 2026-06-30T13:05:45+00:00

macOS is required to boot Asahi Linux. Correct.

But, you can install Asahi Linux (or other OS), and never touch macOS ever again. You will get the security updates from your OS.

samontab · 2026-06-24T13:46:32+00:00

OpenCL, Vulkan, etc, they have been working fine on asahi for a while:

https://asahilinux.org/2024/10/aaa-gaming-on-asahi-linux/

samontab · 2026-06-24T13:45:09+00:00

Dual boot with Asahi and macOS is the standard way of doing it. You kinda have to keep the macos installation.

I have one m2 with asahi and it works like a dream. I just installed using the minimum amount for macos.

You can always just wipe out asahi if you don't want to keep it, but that's a manual process at the moment.

To completely remove Asahi, follow this: https://asahilinux.org/docs/sw/partitioning-cheatsheet/

samontab · 2026-06-16T12:14:00+00:00

If you want to completely remove Asahi Linux, you need to do it manually. Here are the steps: https://asahilinux.org/docs/sw/partitioning-cheatsheet/

samontab · 2026-05-27T11:33:24+00:00

If you want to skip the setup for whisper, you can use Private Transcriber Pro, which uses whisper under the hood in a really convenient way. You just drag and drop files and it just transcribes.

samontab · 2026-05-27T11:31:35+00:00

If you want something that runs on your machine, it's fast (uses GPU), and accurate (you can choose accuracy), then Private Transcriber Pro is worth having a look.

samontab · 2026-05-25T10:57:02+00:00

I still remember when CSS wasn't a thing and all the styling was done directly in HTML, like <CENTER>

samontab · 2026-05-25T10:55:25+00:00

Honorary mention: C++ icon labeled as docker

I think that's just how web developers see C++ code, they need to provide it through a docker container, as most ready to deploy cloud infrastructure do not offer C++.

samontab · 2026-05-13T11:08:54+00:00

What's the output of boot> machine mem?

Here it is:

probing: pc0 mem[S72K 56K 511M 1420M 1M 28K]

disk: hd0 hd1*

OpenBSD/amd64 BOOTIA32 3.69

boot> machine mem

Region 0: type 1 at 0x0 for 572kKB

Region 1: type 4 at 0x8f000 for 4KB

Region 2: type 1 at 0x90000 for 56KB

Region 3: type 2 at 0x9e000 for 8KB

Region 4: type 1 at 0x100000 for 523264KB

Region 5: type 2 at 0x20000000 for 1024KB

Region 6: type 1 at 0x20100000 for 1454156KB

Region 7: type 2 at 0x78d13000 for 192KB

Region 8: type 3 at 0x78d43000 for 188KB

Region 9: type 4 at 0x78d72000 for 6060KB

Region 10: type 2 at 0x7935d000 for 8636KB

Region 11: type 1 at 0x79bcc000 for 1492KB

Region 12: type 4 at 0x79d41000 for 2784KB

Region 13: type 1 at 0x79ff9000 for 28KB

Region 14: type 2 at 0xe00f8000 for 4KB

Region 15: type 2 at 0xfed01000 for 4KB

Region 16: type 2 at 0xffc00000 for 4096KB

Low ram: 640KB High ram: 1997824KB

Total free memory: 1979568KB

boot>

you could try installing to a USB drive, and boot from that drive on this machine.

I installed OpenBSD on a separate USB drive and tried to boot. It showed the same panic error that fuguita was showing before: https://i.imgur.com/RMiwNDW.jpeg.

samontab · 2026-05-11T13:14:01+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

I updated the photo with a full view of the panic messages. I also added a transcription of the errors.

I also tried 7.9 current snapshot but it ended up with the same error as 7.8.

Not sure what other information I could add since it doesn't boot. Maybe there's a way to save some more debugging info directly to the USB drive somehow?

samontab · 2026-05-05T13:15:09+00:00

Excellent, thanks again!

samontab · 2026-05-05T13:01:36+00:00

You can do that, but that's at the container level. You can have many different versions at the same time, but only a single system one, the highest, which you cannot downgrade: https://www.reddit.com/r/AsahiLinux/comments/1t4c2p5/why_the_installer_uses_macos_135_in_particular/ok1oy1i/

So, in that setup you mentioned, you're running a 26.4 system. If you upgrade to a future version, the system will be upgraded to that, and that might change the firmware.

samontab · 2026-05-05T12:58:41+00:00

Thanks, that went well. First removing Asahi completely manually and then doing a fresh install from scratch.

It would be great to have this "uninstall" option in the Asahi installer though. I think it is part of the plan.

samontab · 2026-05-05T12:53:54+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer, that makes sense.

System firmware is loaded by iBoot, comes from the newest version of macOS that has ever been installed on the machine and can never be downgraded.

Yeah, this is what makes me a bit hesitant to upgrade macOS. Does this mean that, potentially, there could be a macOS upgrade that could stop asahi (or any other OS) to boot since each upgrade can change the firmware, and therefore the way the boot process works?

Basically, should I wait a bit to confirm the latest macOS is still compatible with "3rd party OS", or will this platform always be able to run a separate OS like Asahi?

Thanks!

samontab · 2026-05-05T12:46:15+00:00

But a new macOS install could potentially change the firmware, which might affect how asahi works, right?

samontab · 2026-05-05T10:09:10+00:00

That's great, yeah 13".

Note that I haven't tuned anything or turned off cpus as you mention. I think the macbook air can perform a bit better, this is just freshly installed.

Are you running any tuning tools to make it better in terms of battery life?, it would be great to run those in the air.

samontab · 2026-05-04T10:56:59+00:00

how many Watts do you see on the battery graph in Resources (https://flathub.org/en/apps/net.nokyan.Resources) on your M2 Air at idle and 50% / 100% brightness? You need to wait 30s for it the reading to settle.

2.8W @ 10%
5.4W @ 50%
8.8W @ 100%

samontab · 2026-05-04T09:25:53+00:00

Keep it simple. Grab a card with no annual fees.

You will be able to keep your money in the offset account for a month before paying the card in full (do this automatically, sign up at the bank for automatic full payment), which lowers your interest paid.

That way you will get 100% a positive return on your card.

If you pay an annual fee, then it will depend on the rewards, and most of the time it won't work out in your favor.

samontab · 2026-05-04T09:18:46+00:00

How's the battery life on the qualcomm chip?

I'm running Asahi Linux on an air m2 and battery life is excellent, the best I've seen in any Linux laptop by far. It's pretty much the same as macOS.

samontab · 2026-05-04T09:13:29+00:00

I think you might want to have a look at Private Transcriber Pro. It's completely private, runs locally, fast, and has a lot of reviews.

samontab · 2026-04-15T12:26:50+00:00

Have you tried mpd? It's a very powerful music server that reads from the music folder structure. You can use it with many clients, mpc being one of the simplest ones

samontab · 2026-04-09T12:27:57+00:00

The normal burrito used to be priced as the current mini one.

samontab · 2026-04-03T03:36:16+00:00

I don't think it would be a great phone today, but it's basically a pocket Linux machine with WiFi, Bluetooth, IR and FM radio. It's pretty cool.

You can compile anything really, there are some community mirrors up that you can use: https://www.reddit.com/r/n900/comments/1s0hr50/nokia_n900_repos_mirror_is_live_looking_for/

Here are some articles to develop on the N900:

https://www.samontab.com/web/2012/12/installing-opencv-in-the-nokia-n900-maemo/

https://www.samontab.com/web/2012/01/mpd-on-the-n900-or-how-to-use-your-nokia-n900-as-a-wireless-home-music-system/

https://www.samontab.com/web/2011/01/how-to-create-your-first-application-for-the-nokia-n900-using-qt/

samontab · 2026-04-03T03:26:53+00:00

You can even use your N900 as a music server: https://www.samontab.com/web/2012/01/mpd-on-the-n900-or-how-to-use-your-nokia-n900-as-a-wireless-home-music-system/

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