downhomechunk @ downhomechunk @midwest.social

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I have a hardkernel station m1 running android TV. You can set up with or without the play store, I did mine with. It's great. The main control is a remote from the couch.

It uses flauncher for the 10' UI and runs tivimate for iptv. I added a cheap nvme drive for dvr functionality. Other apps include stremio, YouTube, steam link, retroarch, vlc, etc.

If you are lucky enough to have a microcenter near you, go in and talk to the person working in the maker section.

I picked up an ender 3 v2 dirt cheap as the new versions were rolling out, and I have no regrets.

Someone else said these are not good beginner printers because they're sold in kits you need to build, but that was a great way for me to learn about the machine. Yeah I had some crappy prints in the beginning, but that was part of the process.

Ddclient has done the trick for me, and my registrar supports it with an API

I use slackware btw. Doing work for the computer is half the fun.

But I did learn something here, so thanks for that.

I use ddg to search for things in my area all the time. I just use near

<zip code>

I'm not google free though. I pay for YouTube premium and have a couple Gmail addresses.

I was on xfce for a long time due to having low power hardware. I got a decent computer around the time kde plasma came out. I tried it and have stayed on it.

I hate gnome with every fiber of my being.

My daily driver for ~25 years is still on sysvinit. I have plenty of experience with systemd based distros. I run proxmox on my home server. I don't hate systemd, but it's a lot less intuitive for me.

Example: I want to start the tailscale daemon and service at boot. Easy, add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local . Oh wait, I want my laptop to check for an internet connection before trying to bring up tailscale. Otherwise the boot process halts for 20 seconds until it gives up. Easy, add a bash script in rc.local to test for an internet connection before trying to bring tailscale up.

I know the answer is systemctl something, but I have to look it up EVERY DAMN TIME. and this is just one of many things that have been giving me heartburn for years.

I think they'll all get their companies to pay for security details and armored cars. It'll make them feel even more self-important.

I call it butter fuss. Yours is better.

I use unbound with pi-hole inside an Ubuntu lxc container. No additional device needed.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/

Slackpkg or slackpkg+, without a doubt.

Thanks for the perspective.

Lead us to salvation tech jesus!

I have bazzite on my daughter's machine. I still had to enable compatibility for other titles. It's not a huge deal if you know it's there, but it can be a stumbling block for someone testing the waters.

You don't need snow tires in Chicago. The streets are very well plowed and salted. Just take it slow.

Valve needs to enable Proton by default.

Slackware!

TIL!

If it's a steal, buy it and try it. Worst case, you could turn a small profit by reselling it.

May i see the output of neofetch?