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  • Is that actually an UPS or just a backup battery? Can it passthrough the line power directly or does the inverter need to run 24/7?

    In the latter case you might want to check how much power the inverter eats just by itself. For example, my Bluetti with 2 kWh needs a whopping 50W in idle just to keep the AC ports powered. Of course your unit looks much smaller so it should be way less but still worth measuring.





  • Top to bottom:

    • Unifi US-16-XG
    • OPNsense DEC740
    • Unifi Switch 24
    • Unifi Switch 16 PoE
    • DIY server with an AsrockRack X470D4U mainboard
    • DIY DAS in an old server case with 18 3.5" bays

    Not in picture: My UPSes, RIPE Atlas probe and an Odroid N2+ running my Home Assistant instance

    The server runs Proxmox with a bunch of LXC containers running a Docker Swarm cluster.

    There’s too many services running so I’m not listing them all. Let’s just say my phone is not going to be thrilled if it goes down. Also, this post was posted through said server.


  • Which distro do you use? I don’t really have much sound issues here and I have a pretty exotic setup.

    I mostly used AMD Software for instant replay, I miss this loads. Tried replay-sorcery like 3 times, failed all 3 times. I gained more knowledge since, fixed discord’s screenshare, so I might give it another shot, but I also heard that you can get instant replay with OBS somehow.

    Yes, I use OBS for that. The feature is called “Replay Buffer” and I have it running with no issues with hardware encoding. I would recommend you use the OBS flatpak, depending on your distro you might also want to use Steam in a Flatpak to make things easier.

    I’d like some alternative to fancontrol, I know I could set fanspeed in the bios, idk why I don’t. But I had a nice lil software that managed fans, now I don’t.

    I’m not aware of a software that controls all fans but I didn’t really look since I just let them do what they want. CoreCtrl can do the GPU fan but I also leave that alone.

    Piper also doesn’t support my mouse. It does however support the one I just switched from a month ago…

    You might have some luck requesting support for your mouse/keyboard on their git page, maybe support can be added.

    Idk what Realtek does, but I never had any sound related problems on windows. AKA it just worked, I’d like it back pls.

    What does not work?

    I’d still like to fix the bandwidth (I read somewhere that it’s limited by default)

    There’s no bandwidth limit on Pipewire that I’m aware of. The default sampling rate is 48000 if you mean that but it’s a sensible default and you probably don’t want to change it.

    and mess around with EQs, my lead is AutoEq.

    AutoEq sounds good. EasyEffects definitely can do your EQ and much much more.

    there is just so little support, paired with such a steep learning curve.

    The learning curve can be steep but don’t be afraid to ask, there’s a lot of helpful people on here. Also most Github/Gitlab projects might look intimidating but they also gladly offer support for applications there.

    PDF viewers

    Okular is included with KDE and is pretty competent.

    Like grep’s powerful, how does regex work, links?, everything in /etc, bash script. hopefully I can get these answered in 2024.

    Those are not strictly needed in order to “use” Linux but if you want to learn about them you there’s a lot of resources for them out there. ChatGPT is also pretty useful in helping with bash scripts/commands since they’re sometimes hard to read.



  • Like how do you replace

    Most of the time there is no 1:1 replacement, it all depends on which features you use from these apps. Some suggestions:

    AMD Software

    CoreCtrl can do most of the important stuff from the AMD software like GPU overclocking, custom fan curves and per-game profiles.

    Logitech Ghub

    Piper has a lot of support for different mice and keyboards, maybe yours are supported there?

    Realtek audio

    I’m not sure what Realtek audio does nowadays, which features do you need?

    Video recording

    OBS is available and does pretty much does the same stuff as on Windows. If you need to capture gameplay you will have to install obs-vkcapture which is the Vulkan/OpenGL replacement for DirectX capturing included on the Windows version of OBS.

    Audio settings

    Which settings do you require? What do you mean with “Audio quality”?

    Unfortunately most Pipewire/Wireplumber settings are hidden behind config files and I’m not aware of any applications to manage them. The KDE audio settings are quite decent but limited in scope. However, most of the Pipewire settings have a sensible default and probably shouldn’t be changed unless you’re doing audio production.

    qpwgraph is quite powerful when you need to connect multiple devices together or have virtual audio devices.





  • Tesla wasn’t alone in the push. Nissan’s Leaf was very popular but Tesla made it cool. Cool, as long as you cold afford it,

    The Leaf came both after the initial Roadster launch and the initial funding by Musk. They definitely helped but the main push was the Model S and 3.

    but dieselgate and climate change are what made EVs a necessity today.

    Do you really believe anyone gave a damn about dieselgate or gives a damn about climate change now? You gave them money by buying a ID.3, did the dieselgate situation influence your decision at all?

    maybe do some reading first before launching a defense?

    My comment is in reference to a single sentence. Neither am I defending anyone, simply correcting a wrong statement. If you do not think the statement is wrong, that is fine but don’t tell me to do some reading while ignoring the context of the comment chain.





  • Domi@lemmy.secnd.metoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldPoor video playback quality on Kodi
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    As someone who runs CoreELEC on all their HTPCs I cannot agree with this comment.

    Is it a bad desktop application? Yes, but Kodi is for HTPCs what VLC is for desktops, it plays everything you throw at it. On dedicated HTPCs it is about the best you can get.

    I went from a Windows PC with VLC, to MPC to Plex to Jellyfin and landed on Kodi/CoreELEC in the end.

    None of your alternatives provide a interface that is useable in an environment where controlling via remote/phone is important and supporting 4k/HDR/Dolby Vision/audio passthrough and various codecs is a must. Plex comes close but locks you into their environment while Kodi can stream anything (including from Plex and Jellyfin).


  • There are 30,000 exclusives on steam.

    There’s a huge difference between paying a publisher to only publish on your platform and publishers picking their distribution platform themselves. Valve pays 0 dollars for publishers to be exclusive to Steam.

    No, not really. Sony, Microsoft, Stadia, and most storefronts have exclusives with benefits.

    I never said any of them are any better, just because it’s industry standard doesn’t make it good. If you pay publishers to release games exclusively on your platform and you are not actively funding development you are anti-competitive in my eyes. (Also Stadia doesn’t exist anymore)

    Overall, you should be made at the studios that accept the offer instead of Epic.

    I am mad at both and I do not support either.

    Epic is just trying to fund indie teams

    If only that were true I would be less mad. Most of the time they try to snatch up games that are already finished or were already planning to release on Steam/GOG. Sometimes they even pull games from other stores (Rocket League and Fall Guys) after they released or just before they release (Metro). That’s not the practices of someone who wants to compete but someone who wants to get into the market by force without actively doing anything good for the industry.