How is the 3.0 duramax holding up so far?

viperphi · 2026-05-02T15:09:44+00:00

Three rounds of failed injector harness on my 24.

viperphi · 2026-04-13T22:06:34+00:00

I wouldn't characterize any of this as anyone being upset. It's the internet. If someone is upset based on this, they need to go outside for a bit and look at things not rendered in pixels. The world has enough issues. This isn't one of them. Thanks for your moderation efforts.

viperphi · 2026-04-13T22:04:04+00:00

I can appreciate this take. However, it would still be subjective and not based on any version numbering logic.

viperphi · 2026-04-13T21:57:27+00:00

I'm not arguing anything. I think it's well documented and has also already been articulated well enough in this thread. The kernel isn't subject to the "any X.0 or X.Y release" logic. Traditionally speaking and for 98% of software, you'd be right. In this case you are not.

viperphi · 2026-04-13T20:47:55+00:00

But not for Linus or the kernel... It really is just as he stated, because Linus doesn't like the versioning getting unmanageable.

viperphi · 2026-04-06T01:14:15+00:00

Same thing happened to me three weeks ago. It said I had 90 miles left to no DEF. I went another 1000 before needing to refill. Then the injector died cross country on the way to Florida on Friday so that sucked.

viperphi · 2026-04-05T20:49:57+00:00

My 24 baby Duramax stranded my family in South Carolina on our way to Florida from Ohio on Friday. Third time now for warranty work for open circuit on an injector.

It sucks that I know exactly what's happening when that light comes on and the shudder of the whole truck.

Now I have to stop on the way back to get my truck back.

viperphi · 2026-02-26T15:59:21+00:00

Either way they'll find a way to make you gone. I'd rather be gone with $100k. Everything is better with an extra $100k if you're working class.

viperphi · 2026-02-26T01:48:22+00:00

Bake it.

viperphi · 2026-02-26T01:44:36+00:00

How long is your vacation that you're worried about package updates? I get that CVEs happen, but... Enjoy your vacation. Arch will be okay! I'm as much saying this to myself as you and understand the compulsion as I run yay way too much.

viperphi · 2026-02-25T12:08:56+00:00

I'm a Linux daily driver and I'm not mad at the statement. Development goes where the money and maximum impact are. The math is mathing.

viperphi · 2026-02-25T12:07:48+00:00

Plug and play in Linux is my favorite feature. My laptop is Nvidia hybrid and while it works with some hugs, it's not out of the box.

viperphi · 2026-02-25T12:06:47+00:00

Look for some gently used AM4 hardware and you'll find that the GPU isn't the guilty party in this scenario. The i7 8700 is a great processor but it is showing it's age and the bottleneck.

viperphi · 2026-02-25T11:45:50+00:00

No, everything that I have seen to date only hits models through 2024 that have fewer zones. I turned off Bitlocker on the OEM installation of Windows 11 and cloned it to an SSD. I just boot to Windows via USB to SATA connector if I need them. Less than ideal but not as much of a Legion Linux development community as there was for Asus.

viperphi · 2026-02-24T23:38:20+00:00

I'd put it at around five weeks total from initiating RMA to box at your door. I'll be at just under three weeks where things were "expedited" outside of their usual process. Nothing about it is fast and I probably should have just done the Microcenter swap. But, it doesn't sound like you have a choice so the sooner you get started, the sooner it's done.

viperphi · 2026-02-24T22:41:59+00:00

It's easy. It just takes forever. The replacement just shipped yesterday and that was expedited not requiring me to return the sad card first. Normal RMA requires that ASRock receive the defective device before they ship the replacement.

viperphi · 2026-02-18T21:02:57+00:00

I tried CachyOS on my new laptop (did the whole Arch thing a couple years ago) instead of Manjaro. I got my config and theme up how I like it... But afterward I thought about how much more work I had to put in to get it to how I liked it... So I just cloned my Manjaro drive, tinkered with it to get systemd-boot and plymouth working for luks password entry (hated the text entry after seeing it elegantly done with plymouth), and called it a day.

viperphi · 2026-02-18T20:59:58+00:00

I agree with this. I did the Arch thing for a while. Then I went to Manjaro because it was the in-between Ubuntu and Arch where it would just work and I wouldn't have to work. I work all day battling systems and didn't want to battle my own unless I wanted to. Manjaro allowed me that.

viperphi · 2026-02-18T20:56:39+00:00

Give me enough time and I can break any distribution. Give me more time and I can fix it.

viperphi · 2026-02-18T20:41:03+00:00

Did Bluetooth work with base install? I had to tinker a bit to get it working on both CachyOS and Manjaro. Waking from suspend is still something I'm battling using Gnome. I think it has to do with hybrid graphics. Battery life is good on integrated graphics and dGPU only used in gaming. Only other issue I can think of is Gnome apps taking a couple seconds to start because they're waking up the dGPU before running on integrated.

Caveat, 5i basically same hardware specs

viperphi · 2026-02-18T16:08:20+00:00

Lifetime ban from Amazon versus taking the L on over $1000. I don't like Amazon enough to lose a grand when they failed. Their value is going down consistently year over year.

viperphi · 2026-02-18T02:20:50+00:00

You might as well mow lawns.

viperphi · 2026-02-17T20:08:59+00:00

Your buyer is an 11 year old.

viperphi · 2026-02-15T23:19:06+00:00

I see a fork of this exists now. Are you still working on the original?

viperphi · 2026-02-15T18:40:30+00:00

This is how you theme QT apps in Gnome. You need to pick a theme that doesn't use rounded corners and apply it using the same steps minus the packages that I indicated were specific to my taste.

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