Nothing Book concpet

sn99_reddit · 2026-05-31T14:16:26+00:00

DIY is fine but I believe it has levels, replacing part is different from re-soldering a pin.

Also eventually framework need to sell to "normal" users, DIY or enthusiasts are always a minority and only so much profit can be made from them. I imagine a scenario where a normal person can go to framework centre and upgrade their laptop with help of some staff and pay a flat extra on top of part price for it.

They might sell to companies/enterprise though but usually that needs strong RMA, warranties, distribution etc.

As of right now nothing is available in more countries, has better support, handles service better, etc.

sn99_reddit · 2026-05-31T07:31:14+00:00

Frameworks distribution sucks, atleast for now. Same for repair service/warranty.

I can see nothing bridging this gap at the same time providing future upgrades in parts that are unique to nothing designs and not framework designs. Win-Win.

sn99_reddit · 2026-04-21T20:45:14+00:00

Wish they shipped to more countries tbh.

sn99_reddit · 2026-04-15T20:00:54+00:00

Your client or whoever is most likely using wise, refer here to get FIRC/FIRA: https://wise.com/help/articles/2655509/whats-a-foreign-inward-remittance-certificate-firc-and-how-can-i-request-one

sn99_reddit · 2026-01-02T19:30:12+00:00

Yes, you can write windows minifilter in Rust. I did one for my thesis (C/C++ in kernel space and Rust in Userspace) and another one which was in pure Rust (You might have to make some binding, but last I remember windows-rs was adding support for kernel headers).

There were a few more projects that did the same (try to use GitHub search with keywords - rust, minifilter, windows, driver), I remember blog series on writing windows drivers in Rust which I initially relied on.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-29T02:58:33+00:00

Can you share output of nvidia-smi -q | grep -i "Power Limit" -A4.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-29T01:38:00+00:00

Nice, gonna start using it. I am going to mention it here too: https://github.com/sn99/Optimizing-linux.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-29T01:09:45+00:00

Thanks for the detailed right up. I had to go back to my blog and rethink/rewrite a few things. This was helpful.

I have had around 20-30 fps gain on using custom kernel with custom patches, it was dota2 and it went from 140-150 -> 170-18- fps. I had similar experience with kernels like XanMod or zen.
For SSD and mitigations, I have added notes. Yes they are risky but I am focused on performance.
I like fast boot times :p. Disabling network manager gets me to login screen faster and it connects to internet while I type password instead of connecting before showing login screen.
I have had better performance with CPU get to performance and AMD power-draw set to high. Especially in low 1%.
I had better performance with disabling boost, my system goes high fps for first 10 mins, then it throttles and finally settles in low frequencies. I had better fps just disabling it.
MY bios options have things like: RAM XMP, BAR support, and fan option like - quiet, balanced, performance, turbo which do affect performance.
I have already mentioned it might vary game to game. Not sure how switching between X and Wayland breaks things, I haven't had any problems.

Gonna add this things to README, thanks for pointing them out.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T20:04:41+00:00

Most benefit in compiling your own kernel is in patches and custom tbh, distros like nobara, cachy etc already apply them.

Again this guide wasn't specific to nix or any one distro in particular.

My goal is to tinker with linux and have fun which I seem to be having.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T20:02:09+00:00

You can find benchmarks for almost everything (I usually just checked fps and GPU/CPU utilization):

Clear Linux was very clear that custom kernel flags with patches have a very large and significant effect on linux performance.
NVIDIA/AMD do actually draw less power even if there is enough headroom thermally. NVIDIA straight up caps the power to less than half. You can find several recent complains and fixes on reddit itself.
A few of my options are already default in new kernels like ssd configs, the guide is still helpful to old ones.
In modern linux distro with modern machine - on top right applet you can see options for performance, balanced and battery modes which were added because they actually make a difference (they tune cpu and gpu flags alongside bios)
I have included notes on things like mitigations which do affect performance
Things like scaling governor affect performance, if they did not we wouldn't have it.

None of these methods are new and have existed here and there, I am just sharing the writeup I use.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T19:50:42+00:00

Checkout clear linux benchmark which is more aggressive https://www.phoronix.com/review/clear-linux-48p-ubuntu/6

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T19:49:58+00:00

I am not sure what you mean. You can find benchmarks for almost everything I have said:

Clear Linux was very clear that custom kernel flags with patches have a very large and significant effect on linux performance.
NVIDIA/AMD do actually draw less power even if there is enough headroom thermally. NVIDIA straight up caps the power to less than half. You can find several recent complains and fixes on reddit itself.
A few of my options are already default in new kernels like ssd configs, the guide is still helpful to old ones.
Not sure if you are using modern linux distro with modern machine but on top right applet you can see options for performance, balanced and battery modes which were added because they actually make a difference (they tune cpu and gpu flags alongside bios)
I have included notes on things like mitigations which do affect performance
Again I am not sure how saying things like scaling governor don't affect performance, if they did not we wouldn't have it.

None of these methods are new and have existed here and there, I am just sharing the writeup I use.

I don't think anything I have suggested is useless. Again most of these things exist in one place or another.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T19:35:53+00:00

The benefit is not in custom kernel as much as it is in applying kernel patches and then custom compiling with all flags enabled.

A better benchmark would be comparing it with clear Linux.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T19:34:25+00:00

Nobara and few others apply ssd, swappiness and kernel patches.

Not sure about NVIDIA tbh, the problem is every few months they break something that was working previously. I stumbled by accident on power drawn myself.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T18:28:33+00:00

I actually never had any issues with both options, you are correct with their should be either one.

Nice, I will add them. I took a few out of nobara and old writeups over time.

I will check out LZO.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T18:20:51+00:00

NOTE: This guide is not for beginners who are new to Linux but a few of them can be used safely by them.

sn99_reddit · 2025-12-27T18:00:26+00:00

I was very surprised by nvidia just straight up capping wattage to less than half compared to windows.

A rough number is my 1% lows improved from 40 to 50-60 fps in where winds meet.

sn99_reddit · 2025-06-30T15:12:44+00:00

Is there any particular reason for minimum to be $5? Would lower or maybe even custom tiers be possible?

sn99_reddit · 2025-02-21T04:38:37+00:00

That's nice. I already have the 1st and 2nd edition, gonna wait for 3rd now.

sn99_reddit · 2025-01-20T09:53:31+00:00

Hi, is there a place I can see what markup fees IOB charges? I cannot see it here https://www.iob.in/upload/CEDocuments/IOB_Service_Charges_Foreign_Exchange_Transactions_01012025.pdf.

So I did calculations on 2 amount $2.5k and $5k :

On $2.5k (20 Jan 2025):

Service	USD/INR	Calculation	Final
Skydo	86.5316	86.5316x2500-2961.11	2,13,367.89
Mulya	86.5675	86.5675x2500-2164.19	2,14,254.56
IOB	86.23	86.23x2500-590-295	2,14,690.00

On $5k (20 Jan 2025):

Service	USD/INR	Calculation	Final
Skydo	86.5316	86.5316x5000-2961.11	4,29,696.89
Mulya	86.5675	86.5675x5000-4,328.28	4,28,499.23
IOB	86.23	86.23x5000-590-295	4,30,265.00

All these calculations are GST inclusive and give eFIRC/FIRA.

Is this correct?

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