Anything that’s not an HP…

I don’t know what it is with them, but I always have problems with their hardware - generally. Printers, laptops, anything…

But I definitely +1 all the Dell comments

Yeah, it’s good to see actual data to back up claims, and TBH, justify what some of us were probably thinking, but didn’t have the time / motivation to research… like many Ras Pis vs 1 traditional PC.

There is a CLI for VLC… just sayin’…

There is a CLI for VLC… just sayin’…

It’s not like the AUR packages need recompiling after every update, so I’m using standard Arch repos + AUR and that’s it.

Everything will be using the same (bleeding edge) dependencies, so if something breaks, I can find what changed and fix it and / or roll-back and / or report it to the dev.

I’ve been down this whole scenario with Windows back in the day… DLL hell, InstallShield packaging, compiled zips, weird %PATH% sets for execution, the lot… and at the end, it’s always simpler to use common libraries and work with the devs to fix bugs - after all, they’re usually developing on a “normally” packaged system anyway.

Came here to say this too… I contribute a few €/£/$ per month to various projects…

I won’t get all righteous here, but just because you don’t have to pay, doesn’t mean you to say you can’t support the developer(s)…

… searches for “Futa” on company laptop…

Can Immich just leave my photos alone in their current location / folder structure, or does it take over and mangle it all up?

I’m fairly happy with my photo storage structure, but would like the features of Immich…

I think others have generally caught this, but I wanted to simplify the point: the apps on your phone are not controlling your home, a computer is. If you don’t use Google’s, then you’ll need to provide one.

This is a really good point - us “believers” probably don’t glance at the negativity because we know it’s (generally) incorrect, but how others perceive it can be hard to convince if all they read is negativity.

Consider that most people know a laptop runs an OS, so they can distinguish “Dell” from “Microsoft”, so I’m often baffled why people stuggled when moving from WinXP to Vista / 7 (ie a whole new experience… and often asking where to get a hacked version for free), but when I suggest putting <insert distro here> then they run away.

Feb 2034: grammer correction: there are no humans.

Er. Am I the only one to comment that this is a refreshing change to all the displays in shops, airports, etc that show the many ways that Windows errors and BSODs?

Linux on the desktop? Hell no, it’s on 80’ billboards.

(It’s not Arch btw)

Yep, now, I initially found the daily journal approach a bit strange, but I use this for work as much as personal stuff, so it actually helps…

My suggestion to your usecase would be to keep a page per “thing” ie server / container / etc and then when you make a change you can just say (on that day’s journal page):

‘’ Setup a backup for [[Server X]] and it’s going to [[NAS2]] (for example) ‘’

Then, on either of those 2 pages you’ll automatically see the link back to the journal page, so you’ll know when you did it…

I think you can disable the journal approach if it’s not useful…

But, the important part is, the files underlying the notes you’re making are in plain text with the page name as the filename, whereas with Joplin you could never find the file…

Also, if you modify the file (live) outside of Logseq, it copes with that and refreshes the content onscreen.

And the links are all dynamic… renamed the NAS? Fine, Logseq will reindex all the pages for you…

Yep:.

https://github.com/logseq/logseq

Logseq. That is all. (Oh, and syncthing…)

Yep, look into Wake On LAN if you just want to power the NAS on remotely.

My NAS also powers on at certaIn times of day and off again after a while - IF - no-one’s connected / no network traffic / etc.

I do NOT need my NAS on at 3am…

Edit : forgot to say, check out OpenMediaVault

I have both Fractal Design and SilverStone cases… love them… but the internal layout is not 100% of the consideration

Have a think about airflow and cabling… some of them have weird air flow designs and if you’re putting the machine inside something, or next to something, then that can make more impact on day-to-day use.

For example, I have a Node 304 (not enough drive space for you) because it fits nicely inside Ikea shelving. But the front air flow under the front bezel did mean I keep that machine near the front of the shelf, not pushed back.

And also consider hotswap drive bay caddies that fit smaller drives into large drive bays. Sometimes these have weird power connections, but if you don’t have them do you have enough PSU leads? So, are they absolutely essential? Possibly. Possibly not…

Maybe not the answer you were lookong for, but those are my main considerations now…

Logseq.

I used Joplin in the past, but just didn’t quite get completely comfortable with it.

I also tried Nextcloud in the past… that project has become too big for my needs and the file syncing had issues.

Logseq is very similar to Joplin (ie markdown files), but IMHO the editor is easier with Logseq, plus the files are just simple plaintext files, named after the page title, so are easy to edit outside of the application (and immediately update in the app)

At first, I was a little unsure of Logseq’s default of working as a daily journal, but after a while it makes more sense for me - I use it at work, so 99.9% of my notes are meetings, tasks that occur during daily life… and of course those daily journals can refer to other “non-time based” project pages…

I also use syncthing to sync the notes between android phone, linux and Windows laptops and my NAS… so that wouldn’t change for you.

Have a look at the ServeTheHome site and channel on youtube … he’s done a load of good reviews of AliExpress devices and some tiny/mini/micro devices (think thinclients)

He covers power consumption and some interesting points (like which recent multi-Gb NICs are supported by pfSense / Proxmox / etc)

Just watching those should at least help you decide what you need.

I was going to build my own virt server and I ended up with a low power, silent, passively cooled box to run all my VMs in… for much cheap.

This is probably waaaay outside what you’re asking, but MythTV can do the tracking for whatever you watch through it (both TV and movies) or listen to… but it can’t do suggestions.