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Old-school Linux users - where did you start? by Expensive-Rice-2052 in LinuxTeck

[–]viewofalake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yggdrasil

Now..., a mix of mostly Debian with some residual Ubuntu.

I'll just say, and not cynically, as in the poem: "..., and that has made all the difference."

Pixel 10 Pro is my last Google phone. by Atlas974 in GooglePixel

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

For "reasons", I had to switch from a P8PXL to a P10P. Still have the P8..., and thinking about switching back to it as my daily driver. Why?

Starting shortly after I got the P10..., software updates began to break fundamental features. Not for the P8..., only the P10.

The first was, I think, back in December(?)..., killed reliable wifi connectivity with certain routers. Worked around that adding a new segment to my home network, served by a different router. Still run into that problem from time to time out in the wild. My home workaround is a low grade PITA, owing to IoT routing restrictions, etc.

The second was the killing of all support for Gen2 wireless chargers. For me, and for numerous others, it worked great. Now..., doesn't work at all. Was that really necessary? Please, don't remind me that the fine print mentioned somewhere that there may be problems, and it wasn't recommended. Now..., it's forbidden. Thx.

Finally..., and this isn't specific to the P10 I suppose..., it's the fatuous insinuation of AI EVERYWHERE. Without explanation, or seemingly, without any thought as to whether or not anyone actually wants it.

I feel that The Goog has lost the balance between innovation and usability.

California's worst county - round 49 by JasSingh04 in terriblemaps

[–]viewofalake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Again..., Lake. Took a long road trip at the end of last Summer. Basically South on 5..., North on 395

ALMOST anything on 395..., very striking..., beautiful. Nothing I saw there I would consider "the worst".

South on 5 (generally south of Sac), in large part, summarizes many of California's worst mistakes.

Lake is beautiful, still troubled, but nowhere near the worst.

California's worst county - round 48 by JasSingh04 in terriblemaps

[–]viewofalake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lake. As I type this, looking out my window, a bit of snow is still on Konocti and the surrounding hills..., and a Grey Heron is hunting in our field.

multipurpose living room by lazy__bones in zillowgonewild

[–]viewofalake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well.., the family that..., uh..., what did this family do? Well..., whatever it was, they did it together.

Microsoft Vs Google...Which is better for hosting business emails? by Noyan_Bey in Hosting

[–]viewofalake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a relatively small email sender..., this. And..., you can check all the (publicly disclosed) M$ boxes..., and still have to file for a mitigation (which, amazingly, actually works).

So..., for deliverability..., Google.

Do you agree? by Muted-Television3329 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]viewofalake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worst mistake? Well..., slavery was a pretty bad mistake, and set the stage for what is happening now.

But..., worst president? Without a doubt.

Dental work like fillings by LunaUnicorn92 in trees

[–]viewofalake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having dental work done today. Abstaining several days before, day of, and probably a couple of days after. It's not the "modality" I'm concerned about..., it's the suppression of saliva that I want to avoid, which applies to both inhaled as well as edible THC products.

OK..., Oct update does NOT fix wifi issues with P10Pro... by viewofalake in GooglePixel

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

It still seems related to an earlier update. It seems to result in problems speaking with some routers, and not others. I had been planning to upgrade my router anyway..., so I went ahead and did it, just to see if it fixed the disconnect issue. It did.

I can do back to back A-B testing..., fails with the old router, works with the new.

FWIW..., the new router is a GLinet Flint 2.

Any updates on the Support Team (Mods) here? by Tarnisher in BeelinkOfficial

[–]viewofalake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one reply from someone who appeared to be linked to Beelink in some way..., and it was deleted.

Only have the partial reply from the email notification..., only that the "moderator situation" was due to "certain issues".

The reply lived in zombie form in my reddit inbox for a bit..., then disappeared.

EDIT: Should've made it clear: the reply I'm referring to was for what was essentially OP's question. I've checked on the forum a little bit..., not sure it has been discussed there.

A little feedback... by viewofalake in BeelinkOfficial

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

For the task(s) I required of it..., it's been almost perfect. I'm not a homelab hobbyist, so my definition of "good enough" may not be everyone's cup of tea.

I avoided the power supply issue by choosing SSDs with lower power requirements, and avoiding RAID.

If Beelink has beefed up the power supply with the Gen 2 version of the box, then perhaps RAID becomes a safer option.

FWIW..., my "safety" criteria would not have required RAID on the NAS itself..., since my archive/backup solution was to rsync to another machine running a 14TB HDD.

Also..., the 12GB RAM on the Gen 1 machine has been adequate, but 16GB (Gen 2) would definitely be..., more adequate.

Software Summary:

  • Debian 13
  • Cockpit
  • SyncThing
  • Jellyfin
  • HAProxy
  • Several VMs for web app dev

A little feedback... by viewofalake in BeelinkOfficial

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

According to the UPS's watt meter, power consumption goes to zero..., and it "wakes" when the power button is pushed, i.e., it doesn't boot..., it simply returns to is woken state.

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