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Any suggestions for cheap but decent laptops for coding?
  • Second this. Did it a few weeks ago, works perfectly fine. Paid 50€ for a four year old Acer Chromebook 11 and followed the matching guide here: https://mrchromebox.tech/#devices
    (Don't buy my model, the keyboard is crap)

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    Recommendations for cheap hardware upgrade
  • I don't see anyone mentioning sth power efficient yet, so I will throw my two cents in here; I just ordered an Odroid M1S to take over some jobs from my RPi4 (8GB). Has not yet arrived so I cannot praise it yet but might be worth a look!

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  • Update: seems like the persistence section is sufficient; I have

    persistence:
      enabled: true
      existingClaim: nextcloud-config-claim
    
    

    at the end of my values file which references a volume claim (and volume) that I created manually upfront. The importand file is config.php. Back that thing up immediately and three times, print it if you have to. The secret in there is unrecoverable otherwise and needed for any repair actions.
    I also use the postgresql sub-chart (by simply enabling postgresql as database) and provide a claim there:

    postgresql:
      enabled: true
    global:
        postgresql:
          auth:
            username: XX
            password: YY
            database: nextcloud
      image:
        repository: postgres
        tag: "14"
        postgresqlDataDir: /bitnami/pgdata
      primary:
        persistence:
          enabled: true
          existingClaim: nextcloud-db-claim
    
    

    Hope it helps!

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  • I think it was literally called "config". I will check my setup and provide the mount points I used here later today, if you back these up, it should work. Put some disposable data on it once you finished setup and then upgrade to a newer version to see if everything works. You can specify the image tag to use manually (or you install an older chart version).
    I also pinned the postgres version to 14, not sure if I can recommend that but I had issues with DB upgrades in a docker installation, so I tend to be careful there.

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  • True. Have a setup running on Kubernetes with their helm chart but the documentation is (or at least was) insufficient on what is important to back up, so I had to start over once, learning the hard way that the config file contains the one string you always need for recovering data. Since then, it is pretty stable and I had almost no problems.

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    What is the Anti Commercial-Al license and why do people keep adding it to their comments?
  • Check if you actually saw multiple people or if it was always just a single user called internetpersona. They are the only one I saw doing that but are quite active here, so you might get a wrong impression. Imo this is completely useless.

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    Net neutrality is back as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
  • Thank you and sorry at the same time for not phrasing my question properly; I know what it is, I am just very baffled on how it should be a bad thing if they strengthen the enforcement net neutrality. Imo, this is always a pure win for the consumer as it prevents a lot of malicious business models. So basically: no idea what the initial commenter is complaining about.

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    Older patient gamers: what is your preferred gaming platform?
  • Steam Deck (so technically PC).

    I can lay down on the couch while my SO watches some show on the TV I am not interested in but depending on the game, I can still follow the general story so we can discuss and react to things together. Enabled me to finally do some more gaming (~1 hour per evening) again (compared to a few hour per month previously).

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    open letter to the NixOS foundation
  • My thoughts exactly. Also, these are a lot of words for very little content, feels like an attempt to obscure the actual intention.

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    Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?
  • Unified Push.

    Unbelievable that we have to rely on Google and co for sth as essential as push messages! Even among the open source community, the adoption is surprisingly limited.

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    AMD Zen3 Linux compatibility upgrade question
  • Sorry to hear that! Can confirm that I experience none of these issues on Arch with my 5900X and an Aorus pro wifi (mini ITX), so definitely specific to your combination.

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    Is osmand normally terrible?
  • I used it in a motorbike trip last year and had some trouble but not in the way you describe. I used offline maps, finding my location was a matter of seconds. It would however sometimes not register some "waypoints" and try to lead me back to a point I already passed until I restarted navigation. Annoying when you have a route with several intermediate destinations.

    I use organic maps for everyday navigation, never had such issues with that one.

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    Linux on a Chromebook, my favorite way | Veronica Explains
  • Does anyone know if this is applicable to any ARM64 devices? I'd like to test NixOS on a cheap device and I did not find anything on usable ARM64 devices

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    Looking for a game with a great story... Could it be Watch Dogs: Legion?
  • Well, if you can pick it up for 10 bucks or less, give it a shot but the story will not blow you away. I played WD2 and legion last year and there was a significant downgrade in story and characters between them. Gameplay was fine but I liked the spider drones in WD2 better than the new drones there.

    It also felt much more political and "modern", similarly to what they seem to have done for FC6. So depending on your age and maybe political opinions, this might be a pro or a con. I agree with the notion that it becomes very repetitive too.

    Other people here suggested Uncharted and Witcher, definitely go there instead if you can!!

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