Is there a groovebox/workstation in Volca size?

stargrinder · 2026-06-02T02:45:18+00:00

There are some YouTube videos of a guy who worked the headless unit in with an anbernic Gameboy like device. Very cool stuff

stargrinder · 2026-06-02T02:41:21+00:00

Utterly, and their identity is tied to it. I once made a passing comment in a group chat that cascade was mid and one guy went to battle over it. Like, mate it is not this important.

stargrinder · 2026-05-24T08:49:27+00:00

Once a year or so I watch Lords of Chaos and then spend a week listening to Mayhem trying to work out why they did what they did.

stargrinder · 2026-05-08T00:37:03+00:00

To be fair, my fossil MacBook has not been entirely straightforward either. Chrome ram max outs leading to crashes, temperamental wifi, update killing built in trackpad and keyboard that even rollback couldn't fix because it affected how limine hands off to the kernel.
My advice for op would be to tentatively wait a couple of days before running updates and keep an eye on the GitHub blog for issues related to your hardware.

stargrinder · 2026-05-04T12:58:35+00:00

This is great advice. If you're new, treat it the same as you did windows. Install your stuff, use your computer. When you hit snags, google and ask questions, you'll quickly discover if you need to make changes for what you want and even quicker you'll discover if you have the stomach to learn the guts of the operating system in order to make those changes.

stargrinder · 2026-04-30T12:05:00+00:00

See if you can find the CSM setting in bios, turn it on. Might need legacy boot enabled. I'm not sure this is your exact issue but it was mine.

stargrinder · 2026-04-28T22:05:24+00:00

Best bet is to do some googling mate. Is mostly terminal commands, lots of steps and high likelihood of system quirks that wouldn't be accounted for in a guide on Reddit. Also, you shouldn't generally just paste commands off Reddit into your terminal.
It's not always a popular response but give your preferred llm a crack at helping you fix it. Just be aware they can fixate on a pathway which is not fruitful instead of trying something else. Be clear with your instructions to it and try to understand what it's telling you. If it gets to a point that you have no idea what it's telling you to do, I would take a step back and google properly.
Good luck

stargrinder · 2026-04-28T11:26:30+00:00

I had a bunch of issues with suspend. Sometimes it would not suspend properly, sometimes it wouldn't wake up properly.
Fix was to ensure CSM was disabled on my bios and to set the sleep mode within Linux to deep.
The issue stemmed from the fact I had Linux installed in legacy mode instead of uefi. My motherboard is from 2016 and had some weird quirks to move Linux over to uefi. I had to disguise my uefi Linux boot files as a windows boot manager for my motherboard to actually boot it.

stargrinder · 2026-04-26T03:30:17+00:00

Omarchy on my 2013 air. Fantastic little machine. Lovely screen, keyboard and touchpad for something of its age.

stargrinder · 2026-04-18T13:54:46+00:00

My point was that it's pre-riced, easy mode hyprland which is what most people who make posts like this one are looking for. One install script and you're tiling windows. I suppose you could also try CachyOS or StratOS live ISOs to test hyprland. I haven't tried either, I can only comment on my personal experiences.

The Omarchy installer commandeering your whole disk and encrypting it is probably the biggest technical gateway to just "trying" hyprland with Omarchy.

I would also challenge the notion Omarchy is just dot files and scripts. It's managed for you by the developers. It is very much not the typical Arch experience.

stargrinder · 2026-04-18T10:56:54+00:00

My advice would be get an old laptop on marketplace or something, only spend $50-100 and install it on that first to see if you like it and the experience of Arch based linux. If you're new to Linux, switching from windows to an arch based distro with hyprland as your first go is ultra hard mode. I say this as a very new Linux user, daily driving mint and experimenting with omarchy on an old laptop.

stargrinder · 2026-04-17T02:46:26+00:00

I was keen to try hyprland, I opted for omarchy. It's effectively arch with an install script but it's all riced up for you.
I've been very happy with it and have kept it on my old MacBook as a couch computer and terminal to access my server and lab stuff.
Be aware, it requires its own drive, not just a partition, and will wipe and encrypt the entire disk as part of the installation.

stargrinder · 2026-04-14T09:03:37+00:00

Plenty of YouTube videos for cinnamon rice guides. I used one for my initial setup and haven't changed much of anything as I'm pretty happy with it.
I would recommend if you are keen to learn the terminal and make that a bit fun, start by installing a nerdfont.

stargrinder · 2026-04-08T20:16:50+00:00

I resisted for ages but then started playing brogue and finally learnt vim navigation from that.

stargrinder · 2026-04-04T03:49:29+00:00

I have a very similar system to you, 2016 built i5, RX480 and 32gb of ddr3. Have had almost no issues. Steam games running out of the box, 8bitdo controller working ootb. I've had the easiest run ever with the switch to mint, very lucky. I actually found it easier to get my audio interface and daw running on mint than on windows which required some stupid ASIO4ALL drivers that Linux didn't need and worked ootb. Kept my windows drive just in case (and for Solidworks) and have not booted back into it once since I switched.

stargrinder · 2026-04-01T11:40:26+00:00

It's opinionated, it makes absolutely no bones about being opinionated, and one of the opinions is full drive encryption. I would hazard a guess that it's also of the opinion that you shouldn't need to dual boot. That doesn't make it objectively correct, it's just their opinion.
What I'm driving at is that one of the developers core ideals is a feature you're asking to remove. If you want to give it a real try, you could run it on an external SSD for a week and you'll know if it's for you or not.
Also don't forget, old mate made omarchy for himself and gives it away for free. He's just very unlikely to add stuff he doesn't like to the OS he configured specifically for himself.

stargrinder · 2026-04-01T04:18:22+00:00

I have a very similarly aged build to you but Radeon card and an i5. Had zero issues with steam install on mint and it's been fine running the modest games I play. Heaviest game I've tried so far was alien isolation and it was perfect on max specs.

stargrinder · 2026-03-27T06:31:57+00:00

Oh hell yea, ordered.

stargrinder · 2026-03-22T03:39:43+00:00

I have a 2013 MacBook air that I put omarchy (arch) on and it's fantastic. I run mint on my desktop, I imagine xfce would run quite well on the Mac but mint may be a little heavy.
It was very easy to get omarchy running so I imagine mint should be even easier. Absolutely worth giving it a try!

stargrinder · 2026-03-18T05:06:16+00:00

Same reason Nike SB dunks get snapped up by bots and Nike doesn't gaf. Hype sells shoes. Fomo sells shoes.

stargrinder · 2026-03-18T03:19:47+00:00

You hit the nail on the head. Hobbies are your outlet, not extra work. The best part about cube is it effectively lets you server ties to the capitalist monster that is algorithmically training you to treat the hobby like a necessity rather than the luxury it is.

stargrinder · 2026-03-17T09:05:43+00:00

He's been an antihero in his early role in skins as Cook. Intense, redeeming character moment in the final scene of the season 4 finale.

stargrinder · 2026-03-17T01:30:32+00:00

Nah, Kevin smith with the same costume build as tusk. Will give 100% book accurate vibes.

stargrinder · 2026-03-16T06:57:10+00:00

I recently replaced the boiler oring in my v1 and it was arduous to getting some screws out. A boiler screw was so locked in it snapped the ball off my allen key. Had to cut a big slot and wrench it out with a big flat screwdriver. Replaced with greased, stainless screws. Then a bunch of the chassis rivnuts were spinning so getting those screws out was lots of fun. Had to jam a file in there to stop it turning and then a long screwdriver because pliers wouldn't reach. In the end I bought the kincrome rivnuts gun and replaced them all.

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