'No Stupid Questions' (NSQ) Internet & Technology Edition

[kiwiiii]

We are registered directly with the NIC for Sao Tome and Principe.

Does this mean there's no kosher way to get a .com? From what I can tell there's no way to buy directly from the nic.
Maybe you should keep trying to set up a clearnet .com, just to see who'd be willing

 

[Null]

Namecheap seems good.

 

[Funnel Cakes]

Im tech illiterate and trying to fix that. How can I install linux for a new pc that I am building? I was originally going to use windows 10 but I checked the OS thread and saw that it had a massive back door. Fuck that. Also, Recommended guides, and tech forums? If fucking RTU can run a computer I sure as hell will make it so I can too.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

Couple questions about PC gaming under Linux-
Does all the fancy nvidia stuff (frame generation, dlss etc etc) work? I’m not expecting anything that exists in the nvidia control panel like shadowplay to be there.
What’s the state of HDR on Linux?
And finally with the minimal amount of sperging possible ( ) what distro is best suited for a dedicated gaming PC? Garuda?

 

[Civillian 18]

Im tech illiterate and trying to fix that. How can I install linux for a new pc that I am building? I was originally going to use windows 10 but I checked the OS thread and saw that it had a massive back door. Fuck that. Also, Recommended guides, and tech forums? If fucking RTU can run a computer I sure as hell will make it so I can too.

Linux Mint (link is to installation instructions, which include steps on how to create a bootable USB). Assemble PC, plug USB in and boot. Mildly more fucking about with regards to getting some specific things (audio is weird in Linux for whatever retarded reason) working but if you are willing and/or capable of searching for answers for yourself and thinking before you randomly slam shit into a terminal you will be fine. Mint is a 'stable' distro in that it is not the most up to date but will be less prone to shitting the bed every other day.

 

[seri0us]

Does all the fancy nvidia stuff (frame generation, dlss etc etc) work?

No.

What’s the state of HDR on Linux?

Not great. It's possible through experimental support but is also quite in the realm of perpetual "Soon".

And finally with the minimal amount of sperging possible (

) what distro is best suited for a dedicated gaming PC? Garuda?

Linux Mint. It's pretty stable distro with one of the best package managers that's conservative but not ancient about software updates. Mint doesn't bundle proprietary Nvidia drivers by default, but does make it easy to install for people who want them.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

No.

Is that the case under Linux natively and under Wine/Proton? And is this the case regardless of driver choice?

Linux Mint. It's pretty stable distro with one of the best package managers that's conservative but not ancient about software updates. Mint doesn't bundle proprietary Nvidia drivers by default, but does make it easy to install for people who want them.

So pick your poison? I’m no stranger to Linux but at the same time I haven’t been all that adventurous, I was mainly curious about Garuda billing itself as a more gaming optimised(?)/focused distro.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Is that the case under Linux natively and under Wine/Proton? And is this the case regardless of driver choice?

I think the issue you'll run into there is there isn't much parity between Windows versions of nVidia driver and Linux versions, and trying to run the Windows drivers through Wine/Proton is a bit more than Wine/Proton are designed to handle. For example, this person is running the Linux nVidia drivers, but Wine struggled to see the video card at all until some Wine registry tweaks were made. The drivers are a bit lower-level than games or old software, and DLSS and other cool features are quite proprietary in the first place.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

I think the issue you'll run into there is there isn't much parity between Windows versions of nVidia driver and Linux versions,

This was the clarification I wanted, thanks. I had naively hoped that the only difference would be the lack of nv control panel (or whatever it goes by these days, my last nv card was a GTX670), and that th other driver level stuff like DLSS would just work assuming the game was running an API that supported whatever feature.
I guess if I do build a new gaming PC I’ll use whatever the latest Windows 10 LTSC build is and go from there since CPU will be an X3D and I don’t need support for the BIG.little type setup on the Intel side as I cannot stand Windows 11.

 

[SchloppyI.T.Man]

What are the advantages to doing a bare-metal application server separate from a bare-metal NAS?
I see a ton of homelab builds that feel like they do everything on one centralized machine.
I feel like I wouldn't want to have the whole "house" come crashing down around me if I did something that broke the virtualization element of these systems.
It feels like this goes unaddressed or unexplored a lot of the time with many homelab content creators
Thoughts?

 

[Car Won't Crank]

What are the advantages to doing a bare-metal application server separate from a bare-metal NAS?
I see a ton of homelab builds that feel like they do everything on one centralized machine.
I feel like I wouldn't want to have the whole "house" come crashing down around me if I did something that broke the virtualization element of these systems.
It feels like this goes unaddressed or unexplored a lot of the time with many homelab content creators
Thoughts?

If the NAS is truly a NAS that the applications server uses over the network for larger storage pools, I could see that separation of machines as a security measure assuming the NAS is not open to the public internet. There might be some losses in data throughput depending on the networking hardware used though. I do a similar thing where I run my nginx server on a rpi. I internally forward the ports to the pi cause I feel paranoid exposing the big boi server to the internet.

 

[WULULULULU]

Lads, I'm getting the desktop I've always wanted and I'm ready to jump to Linux. What tutorials are recommended for a Linux Mint desktop user, particularly setting it up and programs that are recommended to download (whether it be for security, FOSS, gaming, VMs, etc.)?

 

[Nuclear Poisoning]

What's up with the ?si= part that sometimes gets added automatically when you copy/paste a youtube link? There used to be ?pp= as well but haven't seen that in a while.

 

[Aljam]

What's a good amount of psi to run through my case with a hotdog comprpsser? I'm not falling for the canned air jew anymore

 

[DavidS877]

What's a good amount of psi to run through my case with a hotdog comprpsser? I'm not falling for the canned air jew anymore

Low.
But the main thing is make sure the fans don't spin.
Also be sure to drain the water out of the compressor, otherwise you're going to have a bad day.
I got one of the battery powered mini blowers, it works well enough for everything.

 

[Wol]

What's up with the ?si= part that sometimes gets added automatically when you copy/paste a youtube link? There used to be ?pp= as well but haven't seen that in a while.

If you copy a link from Youtube (via the Share button), the `si` parameter within it contains a source identifier almost certainly used for tracking purposes. Having it in the URL is not essential for viewing a video and you can remove it if you don't want to be tracked.

 

[herefortheactualthreads]

Lads, I'm getting the desktop I've always wanted and I'm ready to jump to Linux. What tutorials are recommended for a Linux Mint desktop user, particularly setting it up and programs that are recommended to download (whether it be for security, FOSS, gaming, VMs, etc.)?

most of the stuff comes preinstalled and with less bloat.

if you need more suggestions you can check out this site: https://itsfoss.com/essential-linux-applications/

https://linuxjourney.com/ is a good site to learn about linux as well.

 

[seri0us]

What are your guys' experiences with preventing GPU sag? Right now I can't go for waterblocking or a vertical mount/orientation and need something that can support a 4-5 lb air cooled card while being unsupervised for at least 6 months. Could I make it work with one of those Chinesium adjustable jackstands that sit right underneath and some suspension ropes like it's the Golden Gate Bridge?

 

[Strictly Confidential]

Does a twitter clone that ranks users on how much they spend exist? I was thinking about how twitter charges per month, but what about rich.er! Where users that are poorer can't interact with the premo accounts. Anyone can still join but spam bots / trannies will be relegated to being auto ignored broke ass accounts. I was inspired by lowtax and his 10 bux but what about fleecing retards who have 1000 bux? 10000 bux? Per month even? The idea is not that you should pay that much but to again, flex on randos that you can.
Edit:
@seri0us I haven't implicated a GPU sag fix but an l bracket or small cut piece of metal and a few small self tapping screws as a platform drilled into something where the hard drive cage is. Depending on your case and how brave you are with a drill. Lazy man in me would just stack an old tower of hard drives up and shim it steady with some speciality non conductive material aka cardboard.

Or maybe glue a strip of metal to the side and use an old hard drive magnet to pin it against the hard drive bay. I do like the idea of a really neatly done cable stay but you still need to attach a plate or weld a nut onto the card as to tension the wire tight. What case are you using any that would help ideas out.

 

[FATTESTCUNT 2.0]

What's up with the ?si= part that sometimes gets added automatically when you copy/paste a youtube link? There used to be ?pp= as well but haven't seen that in a while.

It's for tracking purposes, although what that info is used for, I don't know.

I use a browser extension called TubeTweaks which prevents those links from being generated, so you always get a plain YouTube link without the tracking part. It doesn't interfere with other extensions, such as uBlock Origin.