unwillingsomnambulist
@unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social
Suburban Chicago since 1981.
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 1 week ago:
Unless the requirements have changed, you’re looking at 2016-2017 era. Intel 7000-series, AMD Ryzen 1000-series. Newer may be available if there’s no TPM installed.
- Comment on Oof 5 weeks ago:
…and as such, a shit load of them should be jailed for perjury.
- Comment on Come to say thank you. Time to move from proprietary to Open Source 1 month ago:
Yes, that’s the only reason. You can mix drive sizes and still have a dedicated parity drive to rebuild from in case things go poorly. I am aware that it’s basically LVM with extra steps, but for a NAS I just want it to be as appliance-like as possible.
Still using Scale at work, though - that use case is different.
- Comment on Come to say thank you. Time to move from proprietary to Open Source 1 month ago:
Just got unraid up and running for the first time today. There’s a bit of a learning curve coming from TrueNAS Scale but it supports my use case: throwing whatever spinning rust I have into one big array. Seems to work alright, hardware could use additional cooling so I’ve shut it off until a new heatsink arrives.
- Comment on Windows Is Adding AI Agents That Can Change Your Settings 1 month ago:
Fair, I’ve seen a ton of complaints about Resolve’s lack of AAC support for far too long, so if your workflow depends on AAC encoding and decoding directly inside Resolve you shouldn’t have to bend over backwards to work around that.
That said I’ve done all of my video editing in Resolve Studio on Linux for years now and haven’t had any trouble. I’m using an Atomos Ninja to record, since my camera outputs 10-bit 4:2:2 over its HDMI port but records 8-bit 4:2:0 internally. The Ninja records PCM and so the AAC issue has never bitten me.
The only thing I can complain to Blackmagic Design about is their official support of Rocky Linux only. The udev rules for things like the Speed Editor or Micro Color Panel don’t work properly for Ubuntu- or Arch-based distros, meaning anyone who wants official support is stuck with their specific modified Rocky Linux ISO. Through trial and error I’ve proven that it works fine on AlmaLinux 9.5 too, so that’s what I’m using, but honestly I’d rather be using something with a newer kernel and better hardware support.
- Comment on It's going 3 months ago:
Alive & vertical.
- Comment on what was the last game you played in 2024? 5 months ago:
Nice! I started it 3 or 4 times but got distracted. Having a much easier time staying focused now, so I’m playing through Ultimate Edition. I don’t plan on doing the rest, though - will go to Baldur’s Gate 3 after this one.
- Comment on what was the last game you played in 2024? 5 months ago:
Dragon Age: Origins. Never got around to finishing it before.