Recently I have visited many apartments because I am looking to buy. I have never ever seen such a floor plan, because it’s completely bonkers! 4 bathrooms! Who’s going to clean that !? Any corridor is wasted space. Modern apartments tend to extend through the building such that you have windows on opposite sides for more light all day long and easier ventilation. Also balconies are nice. I don’t think anyone would buy a new apartment without balcony nowdays.
The only time the S-Bahn shows up on time, is when you are late.
Yes, some video have a 1080p Premium high nitrate quality option that you need to pay for. It’s just the standard quality, but the free 1080p is now shitty.
It’s very sad there isn’t anything that can even remotely compare to YouTube at this time. All the content is there, can’t get it elsewhere. At least with Firefox, ublock and SponsorBlock, it’s bearable.
Oh, there are going to be some nice mods 😏. Can’t wait to be playing as Shrek !
Back to the Minitel !
I has into the first one for… well, the tits. And now they do what ? A side kick with not only no tits, but no ribcage at all !!!
IDK, I have the same experience. It takes 10 good seconds to open the file manager on my win11 work PC with 32GB of ram and 12x CPU threads. It also takes 5 minutes from power up to usable desktop. My Clevo laptop from 2011 with 4x cores and 8GB of RAM sporting Debian is much smoother to operate.
Not sure this is what you are looking for, but syncthing is for self-hosting and it’s Peer-2-Peer. I use it to synchronize my important documents and photos across my devices, it has options for encryption and file versioning.
Syncthing is the 3 in my 3-2-1 backup strategy. It enables me to maintain 3 copies of my files: desktop, phone, NAS
openmediavault and casas are good noob-friendly OSes for NAS purpose. Much faster and simpler to get it running than some Proxmox and True NAS overkill solution.
You can also just install whatever Linux OS you like, and plug-in some screen, keyboard and mouse and do your setup this way, like any other computer!
For Hardware, I recommend to build a computer out of standard parts. For what you said, a small motherboard with an integrated Intel N100 CPU and a nice looking case like the Jonsbo N2 will sever you well. This is very close to my current setup, using an older j5040 CPU and it runs everything just fine with no effort (Jellyfin w/ light transcoding, *arr stack, Usenet and torrent clients, syncthing, SMB and NFS filesharing, and more)
I second this proposition of DIY build. My current build is an older version of this using an ASRock motherboard with integrated Intel j5040. It’s already very capable! I run Jellyfin with HW transcoding and a dozen other containers and there is still plenty of headroom.
The Jonsbo N2 case is pricey but good quality, nice looking and nice to build with ! Cheaper options are there but not as nice in terms of looks and usability.
TGV > ICE
I stopped counting how many times the ICE broke down on this route. Of course I also had delays when using the TGV but not due to the train itself. Also the seats in the ICE are not comfortable at all.
Bitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it’s completely transparent to the user.
This isn’t exactly what I recommend. Only in the case the hardware is bleeding edge, as in, it was released less than 6 month ago, then check in which Kernel version it starts to be supported, as well as check the Kernel version shipping with the distribution you are interested in installing. Distro Kernel version >= Kernel version where the driver starts to be included, no problems. Otherwise, check a distro that has more frequent upgrades.
Things to check: GPU, CPU, WiFi chip, Ethernet chip. In windows you can find the information in the device manager. On Linux (e.g: test with a live USB) the command lspci with display the information.
A common case would be: I am interested in Debian because I heard it’s the most stable, will my AMD 5070XT work with that ? Probably not very well, better Check Ubuntu non-LTS or Fedora.
I am not recommending op to modify the Kernel from the Linux distro, just consider this point in choosing the distro.
| Software | Linux support |
|---|---|
| AMD driver | ✅ open-source drivers for CPU and GPU are included in the Linux Kernel and work very well. If you have bleeding edge news hardware, check online in which Kernel version they are supposed and choose Linux distro accordingly |
| Web Browser | ✅ Chrome/chromium, ✅ Firefox. All are commonly available in your distro software repository by default, or otherwise with Flatpak |
| Web-based email | ✅ not dependent on OS. Local Email client software are available, one exemple is Thunderbird. |
| Office suite | ✅ LibreOffice, or anything web-based such as Google Docs will work independently of the OS |
| Itunes | Many music players/library managers are available on Linux, I don’t have any specific recommendations here, I am self-hosting Jellyfin for my music needs |
| JBL | not sure what you mean here ? Your headset/speakers ? Don’t see why it wouldn’t work |
| Music score reader/editor | ✅ MuseScore, I also use Guitar Pro (7, 8) inside Bottle (wine) and it works with some tweaks needed for fixing font bug |
| Antivirus | ✅ ClamAV, arguable if you need an antivirus at all |
| Python | ✅ many IDEs are available, a scary amount of Linux distribution rely on Python under the hood 😅 |
| Remote desktop | ✅ RDP protocol (many clients available), ✅ Rustdesk, ✅ anydesk, ✅ TeamViewer) |
| Game platforms | ✅ Steam, ✅ Heroic Games Launcher (for Epic and GOG), ✅ Lutris |
| VPN | ✅ OpenVPN and ✅ Wireguard protocols are supported (maybe others), you can find many providers using these protocols. Most ask you to use their app, but digging a little you often have options to configure the VPN connection without installing anything extra. I know Nord on client works on Linux, I haven’t tried other. Mulldav is a very frequent recommendation in Linux communities |
| Windows games compatibility | ✅ Wine/Proton via Steam, Lutris, Heroic and Bottles. The only thing that will block you is competitive multiplayer games with Anti-Cheat |
My router (shit one provided by the carrier) is restarting frequently, I think due to overheating