nanook @ nanook @friendica.eskimo.com

Owner of Eskimo North

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Never cared for Zorin's inability to update from one release to another in place. Got way too many apps and custom configuration to re-install every time a new release comes out.

I use alpine when I want a text client, Thunderbird when I want graphical.

For what it's worth, even if you're sticking to a lts release like 24.04, a 6.14 kernel is a very worthwhile thing to do. I found substantial reduction in load average and CPU time wasted in wait state on my busier servers.

You can always grab from source and compile.

I do use rsync when backing up remote computers, locally I use dump/restore. I prefer it because of the ability to get a directory listing from the backup, pick and choose files or restore the entire file system as necessary.

I've been using Mate ever since Gnome-2 transitioned to Gnome-3 and I didn't like the transition. I like a clean screen with simple menus, Plasma is just way too cluttered for me.

These, after do many decades, are still stupid funny. I can't help but picture an ugly 13 year old male desperate for companionship but not receiving any.

I've got a Dell 1500 series laptop that I've been running Ubuntu on for several years. It is thicker than many modern computers but not to thick as to be uncomfortable to carry. The touch screen even works with Ubuntu Mate. It is slow to boot owing to a very slow hard drive but ok once booted, however the battery is sick so I'm getting ready to perform surgery and replace the hard drive with an SSD and replace the battery.

Not a fan of vim, it's improper implementation of the ex command set and the way it ads line feeds, when you cut-n-paste between windows, makes it basically useless. I much prefer the BSD derived nvi, even on Linux. Like VIM it also handles multiple byte character sets, but UNLIKE VIM it is a COMPLETE and CORRECT implementation of vi/ex not a half-assed kind of sort of implementation.

An e-commerce site invariably involves a level of responsibility that I don't think would fly in a federated environment.

I just went through seven motherboard, three power supplies and two i9-10980xe CPU's to find a stable combination of hardware for my instance, so forgive me if I'm not too keen on paying for someone else's.

Only situation where I'd consider including this in a kernel is for use on a gaming platform where it could enable kernel based anti-cheats and thus be attractive to game developers that would otherwise avoid Linux.

I will add to all of this, which is basically good advice, also MONITOR how changes you make affect performance, use tools like glances, btop, iotop, top, free, to monitor various system parameters and modern kernels really do help a lot. I saw wait time go down quite a bit with 6.14 relative to 6.13, granted this is an environment with around 1000 simultaneous processes and even more threads, but I think it will help most loads. But bottom line, measure, measure, and then measure.

Even if you're not swapping, more RAM means more buffer and cache. 32GB isn't all that much, I've got 96GB in my workstation and 256GB in the server that runs friendica.

If you are running Linux, I would recommend maxing out the amount of RAM that your CPU supports. Memory I/O is faster than the fastest SSD, and Linux will use all RAM not being used for something else for buffers and cache putting write in the background so you don't have to wait upon them. Also consider using a modern kernel and tailoring it to your processor, use the -march argument for your architecture in the compile, this will utilize your CPU to it's fullest.

Intel has been making CPUs with integrated GPUs for ages, i7-6700K with UHD630 graphics for example, the thing is they contain a very small number of shaders, etc, because there is only so much real-estate on a single die and these weren't really intended for gaming, just providing enough GPU for a basic display, watch videos, etc.

@aasatru @ALostInquirer @TheLugal I got kicked off of Farcebook three years ago for not going along with the Covid-19 Vax agenda. I started a friendica at that time because of all the fediverse software available at the time, it looked the most like facebook. My intent was to provide an alternative platform where you were free to say what you wanted.

Since that time I've also put up a Misskey, a Hubzilla, and a Mastodon. I personally don't like the micro-blogging format, thus I don't use Misskey or Mastodon much, just enough to make sure they are working. I prefer long format macroblogging because they make actual intelligent discussions possible (even if it is a capability people rarely use), where as microblogging isn't good for much beyond an occasional snarky remark.

Of the two macroblogging applications, friendica and hubzilla, I prefer friendica because it displays full photos by default and it also makes better use of a wide display (I have a 2560 x 1440 monitor) so I find it more readable.

I also like it's support for bbcode, which while not 100% complete is still better than most other platforms. The only downside to Friendica is that it is relatively resource intensive. Originally I had it on a six core 3.6 Ghz i7-3850 with 128GB of RAM, but it had a hard time keeping up and responsiveness wasn't great. Now it is running on a 4.4 Ghz 18 core 36 thread i9-10980xe (the machine will run at 4.8Ghz but not 100% stable) with 256GB of RAM.

Friendica is not that hard on the database however, averaging around 300 tps, and I've tested MariaDB and found it, on this hardware, to be capable of almost 14,000 tps, so not straining. Seems the PHP code is just not particularly efficient.

Hubzilla, in spite of supporting more protocols, is quite a bit less resource intensive, and Mastodon and Misskey are very resource light.

@TheLugal @ALostInquirer If you want an old facebook look, take a look at friendica. friendica.eskimo.com/

It is reliable, reasonably light weight, and has connectors for a number of protocols. I've been running one for a couple of years now. Very low maintenance compared to other social media software I am running. Feel free to check it out, hubzilla.eskimo.com/