Very nice. Details on the the mini PC & jbod? I’m curious what your read/write speeds are like and what (if any) compromises you had to make vs a “normal” 2u/tower setup.

I really hate what the PC hardware space has become. The 7600xt 16gb launched at $329 last year. The absurd $449 launch price of the 8gb 9060 is a sad symptom of how overpriced the 9070 cards have remained since launch.

I primarily use antennapod but tried abs out of curiousity. How did you get around the queue issue? I found it to be a dealbreaker

The monitors unboxed youtube channel does really good in-depth reviews and includes mixed usage. They also have good buying guides at various price points.

Lots of good answers already. I think one of the biggest factors is to not be the kind of person that succumbs to choice paralysis. There are always going to be a multitude of options for every problem. Learning to live with the idea that the best solution to a problem is not the only acceptable solution will go a long way to keep from getting frustrated in linux.

I read the article but I’m still confused as to why anyone would want to smuggle ants.

AI is a different beast altogether, maybe I missed that use case in this or your previous post. From what I’ve read, rocm support for the 9070 cards is still being worked on.

Edit: Just learned to stay away from the keyboard until after coffee. Also, GPU pricing is horrible all around.

Why the 7900XT and not a 9070 or 9070XT? Stock issue? Both are overkill for 1080p gaming but if you’re trying to future proof, wouldn’t the newer card with FSR4 be the better option?

https://medium.com/codex/bluetooth-5-on-linux-overview-of-kernel-supported-dongles-and-chipsets-c6f2b632b236

I’ve been using the startech bt usb adapter in linux for a couple of years without issues.

When I bought my B650 Lightning, Wendell from Level1Techs recommendations over the years played a big part. I haven’t found a single thing to complain about.

“Mindfactory’s sales information in repeated articles over several years, and its Ryzen 7 5800X, 5600X, and 5900X RMA rates are 0.58 percent, 0.52 percent, and 0.33 percent, respectively.”

Based on some very rough estimates using mindfactory and amazon sales data, the 9800x3d is in line with or below 5000 series RMA rates.

If there was real cause for concern, the RMA rate should be much higher.

None of your listed use cases will even come close to taxing the 6600k. It’s going to probably sit happily in idle states most of the time.

Proxmox also has great snapshotting and backup features. Makes it easier to mess around with your containers/VMs without worrying too much.

Let’s say Signal goes full maga. The chats are encrypted and there are no subscriptions or ads. What are the downsides?

Most people go with either FreshRSS or Miniflux but there’s lots of options to choose from.

https://selfh.st/apps/?tag=RSS

Any low power device is going to struggle with video playback unless you’re doing direct streaming. The exception being the new Intel N line of processors that have capable enough GPUs to do the transcoding. If all you’re after is decent transcoding performance for H264/H265 video, anything newer than Intel’s 7-8th gen CPUs will do the job. $100-$200 used optiplexes and thinkcentres can easily handle this type of workload.

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video#Hardware_decoding_and_encoding

Can you be more specific about your performance objectives? The Pi5 can handle jellyfin and nextcloud relatively well, so if you’re having issues with them, identifying the bottlenecks can help narrow down the hardware recommendations.

Not emby related but for audiobooks, it doesn’t get better than audiobookshelf.

I don’t think they’re saying it’s good economics and yes, for the most part, we understand how these tariffs will affect us.

But there’s a lot of anger at Trump here. Booing the American national anthem is not something we do lightly. I haven’t seen people this united for a common cause for a long time. I regularly see people checking labels at grocery stores to avoid buying American even if we have to pay more.

We know a recession is likely for both countries and we’ll be hit harder by it. It’s a small price to pay for our sovereignty.

I think kickassduke42 and I have been using the same source of info. It’s all thanks to mrrobvs at the other site and started with this post. Prior to that, I had always used various resellers at 2x-5x of what I’m paying now.

I’m surprised that group hasn’t been taken down yet. Maybe we could find a way to post reviews of the various services, something that doesn’t clutter up the community and makes it easy to search for relevant info.

So what exactly are the rules here about discussing various providers and sources. I’m not a reseller (have no intention of becoming one) but I do have useful info to share. Would be nice to have a dedicated lemmy community that is safe from the usual takedowns & spam.