This is the scenario I saw debated in the early 2000s on slashdot if you replace Proton with Wine. Some folks didn’t like Wine because if it works well it means there’s no reason to build natively for Linux, hurting Linux and contextualizing it within Microsoft’s ecosystem, instead of beside it. I’m all for anything that means I can play my Steam library and not run Windows, so I think Proton is the bee’s knees.

So the upcoming Xbox console is Windows on Arm.

I recently bought a Mac Mini because music production on Linux had me fighting my tools more than using them. My Linux box is a 7800x3d/7800xtx. The Mini idles at 4w, while the 78000xtx alone idles closer to 50w. I use the mini for everything non-gaming now.

The Hives were right, we need to convert to the metric system for time.

The beauty of SI units is you just add or remove zeroes.

My guess is Switch 2 shares enough architecture with OG Switch that games for one run on the other. This is why Nintendo has been going after Switch emulators - they’re already better than Switch 2 at being Switch 2.

Just write a script that runs periodically to check the log’s size and delete when its near the crash threahold.

Exactly. As far as Linux has come in terms of ease of desktop use and hardware compatibility, there is still a barrier in knowing how to know which flavor is right for you and, almost more importantly, why that flavor is right.

The kernel is too old for newer AMD gpu drivers to work, but switching to a newer kernel isn’t too hard. I had to when I built a new computer last winter, but I have also used various *nixes for a good long time.

Knowing how to discover you need a newer kernel is a bit tough for recent convert, though.

Note to anyone heeding this advice: it has to be a metal water pipe, no plastic.

Drives do this on their own.

I’ve got a BeeLink N100 system that’s just a bit bigger than a NUC, has two 2.5Gb LAN ports and came with a 512gb nvme drive. Works a treat as a Jellyfin server with TONS of processor and ram headroom. N100 is a great little chip, so long as you’re not expecting i5+ power.

Wifi is not for critical services, get that thing wired.

I have an S23 Ultra and my wife has a Note 20 Ultra. Both have S-Pens and look nearly identical and had nearly identical MSRPs. The S23 Ultra is effectively an up-to-date Note.