themadcodger

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[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 3 points 7 months ago

Do that. Install Bazzite, they go out of their way to make everything just work so you don't have to. And since you're nervous about messing something up, Bazzite has the extra benefit of being an immutable distro, which means you can't actually change any of the important files that keep your computer running (not easily). So you can't mess up your OS, updates happen in the background and only apply when you restart, and rolling back to the previous update is easy should you need to.

One thing to decode though is your desktop environment of KDE or GNOME. KDE is a bit more like windows in layout, GNOME is more like a Mac layout. Purely personal preference.

Bonus, if you end up loving Bazzite, you can install it on your steamdeck, which is what I did.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 11 points 7 months ago

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[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 7 months ago

I think that greatly depends on to whom you are speaking.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 39 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Some I've collected over the years.

  • "At this point, you can only impress me."
  • "My opinion of you can only go up from here"
  • "The bar was on the ground and you brought a shovel."
  • "Would you think less of me if ____." "I could never think less of you."

    • Britta says "nobody respects me any less as a political activist, right?"

      Long pause...

      Jeff: "the level to which we respect you as a political activist has definitely not changed"

  • “You aren’t the biggest idiot in the world but you better hope they don’t die”
  • Unencumbered by the thought process.
  • "I'm guessing you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling." - Malcolm Reynolds
  • "My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." Malcolm Reynolds
  • "You're the reason we have warning labels."
  • "They only got two brain cells and both of them are fighting for third place."
  • "It's impossible to underestimate you."
    • "Don't underestimate me." "I couldn't possibly."

  • "If you were half as smart as you think you are, you’d be twice as smart as you really are."
  • "If you ever had a clever thought, it died alone and afraid."
  • "They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."
  • "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - Abraham Lincoln
  • "May I ask what's on your mind, if you'll forgive the overstatement?"
  • "You could hide your own Easter eggs."
  • "I can explain it again, if you'd like, but I can't understand for you."
  • "He is a modest man with much to be modest about."
  • "I would agree with you but then we would both be wrong"
  • "Your secret is safe with my indifference."
[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 14 points 7 months ago

After BLM protests, city voted to defund PPB. They said fine, we're not going to donour jobs then. The city responded by increasing their salaries higher than before. They still don't do their jobs, because why would they?

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love all the breads, and that sounds yummy right now, but light with caraway is my favorite—almost certainly because it was the first I was exposed to. It won't appeal to probably anyone, but as a kid my favorite sandwich was seeded rye, raspberry preserves, and chunky peanut butter.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Light with caraway seeds

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 6 points 7 months ago

Tried to schedule a covid vaccine at Costco, but they have a note saying a Rx is required in the following states. Oregon was listed, but WA and CA weren't. So I'm going to try my luck at one across the border in WA.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, ever since switching to Bluefin, it's been a dream. I don't have to fight the laptop or myself when I do something stupid.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And then our states can finally stop paying for their states to drag us back to the dark ages.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 1 points 7 months ago

What's yours look like?

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This is what I've been trying to figure out, so I'm glad you did it. I have a Synology too and I've outgrown it, but building my own server scratch is daunting so I just wanted to hook a DAS up to a mini PC and call it good. But there were a lot of people online saying it was a bad idea.

 

I currently have a Synology 220+ and a couple of VPS's, and I'm looking to consolidate, while getting out of Synology's walled garden. I've already got a couple of 3.5's in the Synology, and 4 2.5's lying around and I'm planning on running a number of docker containers and a couple of vms.

That said, I've never built anything before, and basically just went to PCPartPicker, started with the case, and checked 5-stars on each component and went from there. So... how absurd is my build?

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $135.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler $90.71 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $165.99 @ B&H
Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $26.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For $179.00
Storage Seagate IronWolf NAS 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive $159.99 @ Adorama
Case Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case $173.89 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Corsair
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1200.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 19:32 EDT-0400
 

I'm not tech illiterate, but it's also not my job or anything. That said I managed to figure out how to get a synology up and running and it hosts my Jellyfin and *arrs. Nothing too exciting. I also have a couple of vps's that I use for nextcloud, a recipe server, all in docker containers. Not nothing but also, not the hardest thing to accomplish.

Well, my manager gifted me an old Dell PowerEdge R720 and 4 hard drives. Yeah, this is way more than I know what to do with, or even where to start. Do I need to plug both power cables in? I still need to figure out how to get a monitor hooked up to it with what looks to be a VGA cable. And even then this thing is a behemoth and what do I even do with it?? My manager was so excited to talk to me about it and I'm all 😵‍💫

Where do I start?

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