Isn’t AMD’s HEVC/265 still decent, specifically? I feel like I read that somewhere years back. 264 has always been a weak spot for them, however.

Isn’t this almost the inverse argument to the android vs iPhone thing? Like the iPhone being (traditionally) more expensive for the “same technology from 5 years ago”? I don’t really have a horse in this race, I’m a firm believer in use what you like and is easiest/best for you. But I do feel compelled to call this one out a bit.

Software-wise, it seems that the relatively fast adoption of flatpaks and other containerized formats somewhat solves the typical dependency hell that was so common in Linux just a few years back (and to some extent still is an issue today depending on your distro and use case). The hardware support side is a little harder. That’s going to be up to vendors to play nice with the Kernel team and/or introduce reasonable userland software that doesn’t break the golden rule. Until Linux gets more market share the latter isn’t likely to happen. A nice side benefit of the emergence of immutable and/or atomic distros is that users can play around and try things with much lower risk of bricking their systems, so I’d also consider that a step closer in the “it just works” department.

Very true. But brute force checking through tons of different settings for each camera you need to configure is not fun. I couldn’t seem to find any kind of “known working configs” database or anything either. Every camera seems to be different in what it expects, outputs, authenticates, etc. Once it’s set up, I agree, maintaining the config is easier. Having all your cameras match in model and firmware version probably makes the whole endeavor MUCH easier.

AmCrest and Frigate together are SO good. Integrating Frigate with Home Assistant was also insanely easy for quick viewing and notifications. That initial Frigate config is a bit of a bear- but once you’re past that I cannot speak more highly of it.

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My friends and I all LOVED the pick-up nature of SG1. We’re all adults with busy lives, so hopping into a ~5 minute casual match was just so easy. And the casual nature made it feel like we could have success without “grinding” the game. I guess that is explicitly not the intent of SG2.

The shift from “we’re making a fun and relatively casual arena shooter with a neat gimmick and extremely rewarding fundamentals” to “we’re making a generic e sport shooter” was swift and, frankly, uncalled for.

Even with nvme drives which supposedly “don’t need” to use BFQ, I STILL always swap it since it maintains responsiveness across the system during heavy IO loads. I used to have similar full system freezes when downloading steam games which notoriously overload your IO in Linux. BFQ was the solution every single time.

Edit Try following the instructions detailed in this post to add a systemd rule to set the scheduler: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1009577/selecting-a-linux-i-o-scheduler

The second answer that shows an actual rules.d file example has always worked for me. If using nvme or old school spinning rust you’ll need to change it up a bit. Instead of “noop” set it to “BFQ”.

Try swapping to BFQ io scheduler and see if that makes a difference.

Anyone who ritualistically buys Dell. I believe Intel is on the record as having called Dell “the best friend money can buy.”

I’m going to assume it’s not Universal Blue… But parts of your description reminded me of it.

A gallon glass carboy is $20-25 and that’s going to be your biggest up front expense. That’s reusable, however so once you’ve got that you’re not going to need another for simple small batches. Champagne yeast is like $10-20 for 10-20 packs (figure a dollar per pack) and each pack can easily make 2 gallons if you’re smart enough to split it in half. 3lbs of raw honey from Costco will run $12-15 and a gallon of boiled water rounds out your list. Yeast nutrient is probably a good idea since it almost guarantees good results (1lb is like $10-15 and you only use 1/4 tsp or so per gallon batch). One-way air locks for brewing with stoppers are $2-10 depending on how many you buy (also reusable). So your first batch is your most expensive at $85 absolute worst case with today’s prices. From there on out subsequent batches cost only the honey, water, and any fruit or spices you want to try adding. As far as hobbies go, that’s not bad considering how much variety there is in it. I can’t comment on beer, but mead is dead simple as long as you keep everything sanitized before and after brewing.

As someone who makes meads/wines in a closet and has done so while renting, I don’t particularly see the relevance as long as your batches are small and contained… Typically, the tools and ingredients aren’t wildly expensive either if you’re keeping things simple (in the US, anyways). Honestly, I don’t see how more demographics don’t get into the basics of homebrewing. It’s dead simple to make something “passable” and with time and effort you can even make something good/great!

I have personal experience with BTRFS and Windows. And that experience is that it’s roughly as stable/complete as NTFS is for Linux. 6 of one and a half dozen the other. I can’t recommend either situation for guaranteed stability long term between systems if one really needs to swap between the OS’s frequently while accessing all the same files.

I run mine with the actual photos on HDD but the database on SSD. So far everything has been near instantaneous for loading, downloading, uploading, you name it.

I can vouch for Bazzite. Been running it on my desktop and laptop (both amd gpu’s) with virtually no issues or hiccups. The desktop is even dual boot, despite that not being advised.

Maybe not too helpful, but could point you in the right direction: you used to be able to use “gksudo” to get the graphical popup requesting your password in lieu of sudo which would only ask for a password in terminal. I believe gksudo is deprecated/non-existent at this point but there’s got to be an alternative out there. Best of luck!

Aw sick! I love B̷̡̨̢̨̨̧̡̛̛̳̰̼̘̬̭͉̜̣̭͇̗̗̠͎̰̣̦̻̞̻̲̗͚̖̟̠̭̱̻̜̯͔̜̞̭̪̞͕̠͉̫̻̘̝̣͕̖̘̬̯͉̱̻̫̟̣̼̭̬̲̯̅͂̓̿̏̐̆̾͋̑͂͊͋̔͂̾̂̊̉̀̉͑̅̊̍̈͛̐̌́̎͑̑̎̎̈̔͐͋͆̿̒̑̑̇̃͌̈̿̑͛̾̈́̀͗͗̀́̏͐̏̍̔̏̓͑͒͂͆̇̓̈́̄̍͌̂̆̄̈͐̄̈́̅̄̒̆̀͂̂͗̅̉̏͂́̓̈̑͛̓͋͗̆͌͒̎̊̽́͑̋͊̾͌̒̄͊̓͂͛͑͘̕̚͘͘͘̚̚͜͠͠͝͠͝ȩ̵̨̨̡̢̡̢̢̧̢̧̧̛̛̠̯̦̯͚̘̥̬͈̻̻͔͔̻͔̦̯̦̙̹̖̖̦̫̝̲̖̣͖̬͕̱̱̼̘̥̬͔͎̬͖̥̲̱̝̭͈̥̥̰̞̺͍̲̤͈̺̩͉̳̰̝̥͍̭̘̻̯̮̫̪̮̜͉͓̗̳̦̞͓̹̭͖̬̥͉̳̪̙̻̫͓̰̼͙̠͉̺̙̝̥̖͓̺̞̼͉̰͕̦̳̖̥̭͓̱͍̠̤̼̤̣̜̊͂͌̐̆͗̀͂̄̔̊͑̽͋͗͂̂͗͊̐̄̌̌̒̿̂͂̽͑̂̑̽̏́̏͆̆́̀́̍̈̾̈̂̓̌̓͌̈́̆̿̿̃̒̄̌̈́̍̈́̐͋̓̑͑͛̋͒̏̆̋͗͗̆͛̄̈͂̊̃̎͂́̓̾͛̑́́́̉̂̈́̏̿͐̽̈̓̓̐̉͂̃̇͐̍̂͒̿̋̉̍͂̌̔̈́͂͂͗̽̓̏͌͂̓̿̀̀͊̔̉͊̈́̃̈́̏͌̈́͑͆̐͂̒̇͊̇͘̕͘͘̚̚͘̚̕̕͘͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅr̵̨̡̧̨̛̛̘͇̼͍̻̞͕̤̻̫̟̲͔̲͖̹̹̬̜̬̹̪̹͚͇̺͍̼͓̠̝̫̯͍̙̩̱̘͍͖͓̹̙̖̎̋͑͗̀͌̈́̍̈́͒̀̈́̉͑̋͋̄͛̆̓̅̽̀̾͗̿̐͂́̓̿̎͂͐̏̓͆́̈͛͆̌̄̀́͊̔̾̌͋̔̄̈̾̌͋͐͆̇͌̑̑͛͊͂̏̽̑̆̈́̔̔̀͊͛̃̆͐̐̐̍̿̎̃̌́̽̅̉́͛̉͊̏̂͂͒̈̉͌̓̒̄̆̿̈̉͋͊͌̏̎́͆̐̅́́́͆̀́͊̀̊̅̽͊̎̐́̏̽̋͋̀͛̃̅́̓͘̚̚̚̚̚̕̕͜͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͝͠͝͝͠͝ͅr̸̡̛̛̛̛̜̯̫̈́͒̄͋́̊̽̈́̓̌̈́͊̀̄̈̏̔̅̓́̌̂́̔̉̓̽͐̌̀͆͊̈́̈́̾̊̀͗̅͊̆͂͗̽̀͋͒͒́̌̉̑̎̅̍̒̽̋͛̀̒̆̈̐̾̅̾͌̋́̔̇̇̇͒̂͊̀͐̈́̐̇̔̾̎̐̇̈́̃͂̈͑̾̇̈́̐͊̑͒̒̕̚̚͘͘͘̕̕̕͜͝͝͠͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝ỳ̶̨̨̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̤͖͕̫̹̰̟̮̺̺̱̝͇̜̹̠̝͍͕͍̖̗̘͇͚͚̺̦̪̲͚̝̭̟̱͍͕̞͈͍͍̜͎͎͍̻̜̥̩͎͍̗̭̯͈̥̦̞̦̲̯͎͙̞̺̲̫̼̻͌͗͒̋̈͆̑̾̈́̆̽̈́͗̈͋̀̇͛̀̅̓͗͆͒̃̽̐̒̂͌̽̓͑̃̔̆̈́̄̋̏͛̃̀̀̀͋́̋̈́̐̎͐̆͗̿͆́̿̀̌͗͗́̄̀͂̿͊͌̐͛̒̈́̋́͑̌̇͂̈́͗́̎̊̓̆̈͋́̓̂̐̓̎͌̅̓̂͊͆̓̉̔̀͌̈́̾͌̆͊͒̃͌̏̌̊̔̉̾͑͘̚̕̕̚͘̕̚̚̚̕̕̕͘͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝ͅͅ ̶̧̧̢̡̢̢̛̛̛̛̛̝̩̤̞͎̰͇̫̲̦̱̱͉̮͔̞̦̦͉̯̣̼̥̻̜͍͔̺̭͉̫͍̣̘̻̗̻̻͙̭̤̲̲̬̥̱̗̖̩̫͎̰͕͖̭̏́̒̾̽̐̃̾̈͗̄̈́́́̀͑͐̏̆̃̏͌͛́͒̔̿̆̋̂̈́̈́̿̓̄̐̄̓̄͘̚̚͜͜͜͝͠͠͠L̶̨̧̧̧̨̧̡̨̧̧̢̧̧̛̛̼̝͖̙͈̰͙̼͙̰̲̭̗͈͕̻̯̜̮̙͚̼͖͇͓͖̖̹̫̳̫̲̘͔̥̩̭͈͕̞̦̺͈̰̘̫͚̼͚̻͇͙͚̻̫̟̥̞̞̝̪̦̥̦̣̠̳̲͓̜͈̺̘͍͓̹̺̦̺̗̭͔͓̹͇̙̟͔͓̹̪̥͕̘̭͕̜̠͈͙̰̹̬̣̤̗͇̠͙̗̮̥̞̲͖̩̠̬̪̳̟̣̝͎͓̝̱̦̠̥̭̼̥̞̩͓̗͚̜̪̣͇̩̫͉̺̐̏̾̋̃̿̓̄̈́͌͊͆͐̔̊͌̊͊͂͆̆̓̔̇̽͒̔̍̽̔̂̇̄̽͒̍́̆̍̍̓̓͂̔̀͗̍̀̽̈́̐́͛̾̑̀̀͊̽͒̄̈͗̀̓̋͑̀̂̏̊̃̑̔̈́̄̉̋͊̒́̇͂̇̔̌̏̄͌͌͐̀̿̌̈́͛̍̍͗́̑̏̑͂̐̉̀͊̋̎̽̒̈͆̊̋̾̂̈́̔͊͌̄̾̈́̚͘͘͘̚̚̚̚̕̚̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅi̷̢̢̨̨̧̧̨̢̨̨̛̪͇̭̞̝̺̯̯̹̻̘͚̭̞͈̼̬͇̲̳͇̥̼͎̣͓̬̺̘̣̙̺͉͙̪̫̦̻̺̙͙̻͕̙̪͎̹̩̖̭͈̮̭͖̗̝̪̰̯̯͕̞̬̪̼͈͎̬̩̲̤͍͈͍̪̦͚̻̞̰͙͎̣̳̣̥̩̼̗͎̯͚̭̟̙͙̝̥͓͍͓̫̜̥̺̜͔͇͙̥̲̞͕͂̌͋͗̓͊̓̓̾̄̓̂̄̄̈̀̂͗̽̄̍̇̀̊̓͑̏̑̀̌͌̇̔̏̓̑̔̓͒̄͒͊͗̑̿͒̽͐̀͑̀̕̚̕̕̚͘͜͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅm̸̧̧̧̨̨̡̢̨̧̢̨̛̛̛̛͓̖̠̪̙̤̜̼̱͈͇̫̱͖͚̮͕̬̰͈̥͚͇͈̥̬̻̼̫̣͇̯̗̻̗̳̲̞̦̯̻̟̦͖͇̬̲̮̯̪͔̳̱͙͔̩̭͕̪̱̰̼̞̞͙̱̠̗͖̹̲̲̬̺̭̩̳̟̙̦̺͍̹̭̻̗̤̟̱͎̣͚̝̝̰̮̯̖̫̭͓̤͎̙̠͍̤̮̭̮͕͙͍̣̦̫̘̤̫̜͖̰̗̠̘̟̫͕̼̬̼̱̦̩͔͈̮̬̤̦̪̻̟̮̺̬̰̰͓͍͎͇̦̤͉̠͎̥͑͗́̆̿̎̾͐̃̓̓́͛̀̉̈̈́͐͐͛͌̓͋͛́̿̿͌̿̄̌̈́̍͋͐͗̓͆̅̏̓͑̌̍̈̈́̅̔̀͛̂̿͂̈́͛̀̌̍́́̀͗̏̀̈́͐̽́̄̊̊̃̌̿̈́̍̔̿̒̔͌̽͊̐̈́͊̄̏̈́̎͐͌̽̀̂̐͑͑̎̋͐̓̽̂̀̀̕̕͘̕̕̕͘̕͘̕̚͘͜͜͠͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͠͝͠͠͠ȩ̴̡̡̢̨̧̨̡͙̜͇̝̠̱͓̣͙̣̻̟͍͕̗̞̥̩̦̜̰͇̳̙̥̻̗̦̥̮̦̭̼̼͇̘̠͚̠̠̱͉̬̬̖͕̻̫̜̬͉̱͔̩̣̖̱̜̤͖͇̞͈̖̘̗̬̪͙͍̟̥̟͕̘͚̩̯̲̩̪̗͔͚̭̟͔͓̙̺͎̟͎̲̫̙͓̩͚͇͉̩̘͇͙̪̠̱̟͉͙͚̹̠̦̦͖͈̟͇̙͙̼̖̲̘̩̗̻̤̣͙̺̦̣̮͎̗̥̘̰͓̯̂̓͗̀͋̂̀͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜ͅͅͅͅǎ̶̡̨̡̨̧̡̢̡̧̧̧̛̦̭̼̤̳͖͇̪̪̠̣͙̤̞̭̣̠͉̦̖̥̱̮̯̹͓̯͍̪̠̖͎̫̖̮̗̬͙̎̀͌͋̀̂̏̌̀̉͆̎̈̔̊̈̅̊̐͋̀̉̆̏̒̌̓͛͑̃͌͂͑͛̈́̏̿̑̋́̍̍̇͋̂̔̂̓̅̈̈́̂̑̏̂̋͗̊̓̑́̀̿͘̕͘̕͜͠͠͝͠͝ͅḑ̶̨̧̨̡̢̨̡̨̛͕̹̻̯̫̠̘̭̻͉̜͇̺͉̠̭̰̫̹͎͔̼̥̪͕͇͍̘̭̹͓͇͚͕̙̹̯̝̼̠̭̼̪̪̩̞̠̝͈̗̤͖̺̩̘͖̘͎̗͚̰͈͔̥̞̰̩͈͇̭̝͚̮̯̗͎̩̩̖̯̬̫̖͍̠̩̠̰̠̙̻͙͖͕̲͔̪̗͉̱͍̥̝͇̖̫̻̱̼͈͛̃́͐́̏͛̆̎̅͌͋͌̑̍́̅̈̊͒̎̉̾̐́̌̑͗͛̆̐͒̏̅̀̍͗̐̀̿̔̀͋̐͛̎̌̄͑́̍̎͐̀̑͛̿̋̒̿̏̋́̋̿̀͂̽͒̔́̾̕̚̚̕͘̚͘͜͜͝͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅē̶̡̢̛̛̛͚̩̼̼̤̬̼̤͍̫͍͖̫̱͈̘̙̘̦̩̭̯̼̻̭͍̻͎̍͐̄͂̀͒̽̈̅̀̓̉̽̏̽̄̂̋̄͗̍̐̈́̔͛̀̂̉̀̓́̉̄̈͆̈̑̐͋͆̿̈̾̚̕͘͝͝͝͝͝ͅ

Yes, the total conversion package makes it self-contained in the steam library/store. It just checks that you own a legit copy of Skyrim to run it. It has its own steam page even, couldn’t be easier. Plus it’s free (assuming you own any edition of Skyrim) so it’s hard to pass up with so little risk aside from your time.