The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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what do others use for dns redirecting to a local network server? I was using dnsmasq but it constantly crashes, which is not good because it forces you to disable systemd-resolved.

And now something happened which caused everything to break. I think when i tried switchign to a different dns docker it somehow overwrote something important.
 
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Eternal Spirit of Light said:
Tormented I am again.
I installed Void to get away from soyware. and bloat... yet I just installed flatpak because my note-taking app of choice (logseq) needs it. Truly a tragedy.
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Consider bedrock Linux +btrfs

Mixing and matching distros is quite comfy and with BTRFS you can just dedupe everything so no worries about le bloat :)

I'm currently toying with the idea of running void-musl or Alpine as my "core" strata and having Artix-dinit for gaymen and AUR stuff
 
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Betonhaus said:
Of the 50tb in my media storage pool I only have like 12tb of free space
Code: 
/mnt/pool/media$ du -h --max-depth=1
41G    ./music
7.3G    ./comics
1.1G    ./ebooks
228G    ./unsorted
5.5T    ./anime
244G    ./adult
4.0K    ./podcasts
4.0K    ./books
6.2T    ./movies
20T    ./shows
240G    ./audiobooks
728G    ./games
2.7T    ./cartoons
36T    .
(unsorted just contains a version of Mythbusters that has the filler like recaps cut out, to keep it seperate from the full mythbusters. jellyfin shows them side by side)
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Nigga, what sort of turbo fag weebo do you have to be to have 5.5TB of motherfucking anime. Disgusting
 
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TheDataHorder said:
man truly has no idea how big media files can get. I've got "The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)"on my server in 4K 10Bit HDR HEVC, it takes up 33GB of space. these files can get massive if you want them to be in higher resolutions and in HDR. i happen to enjoy my movies with this (even though my 4k tv has no HDR support, i got it in HDR for when i do get a tv capable to do it) since i get to see them at their best quality, file size be damned.
i know compression exists, some of my movies are compressed (my copy of "The Lego Movie (2014)" is about 1.9Gb) but for movies i truly care about, the ones i either grew up with or love to bits, i want to watch them at their best.
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No, I just think it's crazy to put the money towards media instead of backups if you're worried about your data. Having an average movie take up 33GB of space is stupid to me, though. I'm not a movie enthusiast by any measure.
 
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davids877 said:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

The one that's really full is all the 'retro' games, isos, etc, I've collected.
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to put it in a retro gaming context, it's like resident evil on the PS1 and it's port onto the N64. the FMV's are the same, one just looks different to save space so it'll fit on the N64. compression is just a way of saving space.
video games can't be compressed much (a wide variety of factors determine this but it's too much to get into) but video files can be compressed a good amount before losing quality.
this thing is a whole can of worms that requires doctorates in maths and computer science to truly understand how it works since it's such a complex topic.
Aidan said:
No, I just think it's crazy to put the money towards media instead of backups if you're worried about your data. Having an average movie take up 33GB of space is stupid to me, though. I'm not a movie enthusiast by any measure.
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who says i'm not backing up my data? i've got a 12tb external hdd backing up my entire array, media included. I'm not smart by any measure, but even i know any kind of raid or raid like tech isn't a backup. while i can't backup my data offsite due to financial limitations, i do back it up locally.
and yes, i am a movie enthusiast, although only for movies i like/love, i could care less for movies like "The Barbie Movie (2023)". it's only for movies that were mastered (the final version that ends up being shown in movie theaters and is the basis for consumer variants like dvds) in 4K HDR that get the treatment. my most beloved movie of all time "Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (2007)" is in 1080p and takes up about 600mb.
 
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who says i'm not backing up my data?
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With that, I was referring to the post below, which is what I was replying to initially in this conversation. My thinking is that he should worry less about having a bunch of space for media and more about avoiding data loss if he's the type to worry about optimal file systems per drive and the associated operating system.
Betonhaus said:
Thought experiment: Let's say I have the following server configuration:
500gb WD Black M.2 ssd: OS drive/docker images/homeassistantVM
1tb M.2 SSD: Torrent/usenet downloading/cache drive
1tb WD Green sata ssd: games
4x12tb sata drives: media storage.

what would be the most optimum filesystems for each drive? And Ubuntu fine or should i use something else?
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Yes, Ubuntu is fine. Ext4 is fine too. If you notice performance issues related to the file system, then consider changing it, but I highly doubt you will. The media storage may benefit from something like ZFS but that's a topic entirely on its own and it won't be due to speeds if it's going over the network.
 
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video games can't be compressed much (a wide variety of factors determine this but it's too much to get into) but video files can be compressed a good amount before losing quality.
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The problem I run into is I know I have duplicates, but there are some CHD and some Bin+Cue and probably some raw ISO trying to deduplicate that is a pain in the ass, maybe I'll try someday.
 
Frederica Bernkastel said:
I like Krita better because it's simpler to use, and Gimp's interface is kinda bloated. But, wine should support Photoshop if you need something better.
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I used to have a pirated copy of Photoshop CS6 but since they have disabled the servers for it, I moved to Krita, on both Windows and Linux.
I tried Gimp several times, I just can't.
 
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davids877 said:
The problem I run into is I know I have duplicates, but there are some CHD and some Bin+Cue and probably some raw ISO trying to deduplicate that is a pain in the ass, maybe I'll try someday.
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I ended up just getting a torrent that was a curated list of the best games for each console, and it was better then getting every single shovelware. It was TopRoms by this cdahmedeh guy
 
Eternal Spirit of Light said:
This question has probably been asked hundreds of times before, but:
Is Emacs worth using? I'm currently using Vim.
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I tried it. I prefer neovim. No dealing with elisp. And I can do all the things I would have wanted to do with emacs as far as configuration.

You can turn your emacs into a lot of things outside of a text editor. But I really don't care to make my text editor into an email client/web browser/window manager.

Neovim is noticably faster, especially if you add plugins with lazy vim and lazy load them also.
 
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I want to know how common is it to have a main Linux machine and a backup Windows laptop for very specific use cases?

Personally, there are good reasons for using Windows: corporate shitware, janky chinese software, Paint.net (you fucking nigger make it work on wine), better VR support, and more...

Yeah I could virtualize most of it, however I dont have the means of doing GPU Passthrough with QEMU/KVM (for lack of a secondary GPU), and VMware ain't the best for gaming.

While I can deal with corporate shitware (putting myself into CEO mindset), I'll say it's quite convenient to have a machine ready for running that chink utility once every 9 months.

Works for me, and heck, it might just work for you too!
 
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I want to know how common is it to have a main Linux machine and a backup Windows laptop for very specific use cases?
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I keep a Windows partition to debug any significant issues with my graphics card because the tooling is better and more accurate. I also keep it if I want to play a specific game, but that's becoming less often because Wine is constantly improving.
 
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Gatdam Animal Person said:
I want to know how common is it to have a main Linux machine and a backup Windows laptop for very specific use cases?
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A backup laptop to whip out has got to be the least common of all, compared to VMs, dual-booting, or even having a backup desktop to remote into.
 
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