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You ready to move from subscripton and paid cloud services? Gemini Summary (sucks that it doesn't give me links but you can hit the Gemini button (Chrome) and get this summary. I found I like the summary. Previously I turned on the speed to the highest I could so that I can get the information faster and not get board. lol This video details the journey of building a home server, starting from simple media storage needs to a more complex, hobbyist-driven setup. The creator emphasizes starting small and solving specific problems rather than over-engineering from the beginning. Key Stages of the Journey: The Origin (0:24 - 1:36 Driven by rising streaming costs and a desire to centralize media like home videos and ripped DVDs, the creator started with an inexpensive Dell Optiplex thrift store find to run Plex. Learning the Stack (1:36 - 2:44 The transition to Debian Linux and the discovery of Docker containers allowed for running various services like Pi-hole, Minecraft, and Home Assistant. The Upgrade (2:44 - 4:42 Moving to an older Zeon workstation, the creator implemented Proxmox (a hypervisor) to manage virtual machines. This enabled headless operation and separation of concerns between a NAS (Open Media Vault) and various services. Refining the Ecosystem (4:42 - 6:19 Key software swaps included: Jellyfin over Plex for a more open experience (4:42). Homepage for a unified web dashboard (5:20). Frigate for camera monitoring (5:32). Immich for mobile photo backups (5:38). Tailscale for secure remote access (6:03). Core Takeaways: Keep it Simple (6:42 - 7:00 Avoid the urge to buy enterprise-grade server racks or build dedicated climate-controlled rooms. The creator notes that their server lives in a standard closet with no cooling issues. Solve Your Own Problems (6:42 - 6:50 Do not feel pressured to replicate advanced setups seen online; your home server should fulfill your specific requirements, whether that is basic file storage or advanced home automation. Backup Philosophy (2:45, 4:16 Emphasizing that RAID is not a backup, the creator stresses the importance of off-site backups for data protection. You can and should use Talescale as well to communicate between your devices and server. You can use Wire Guard but you will hvae to do some extra work but in the in if you are parronid you can rest assured that nothing is left on the web or any other server. Talescale is pretty secure and regarded as reasonably safe to use. NOthign 100%.

Heh.

You might not need enterprise hard drives just quality regular drives that are HUGE. Enterprise drives can run 24 / 7 and have some other features to help with raid controlers and vibration etc. Stuff you might not need. However, a good server would be benficial. Unraid, Truenas etc. Sure you can get a store bought nas but I suspect you will quickly out grow it and need more space. A customer server that you built would be more flexible and able to expand and even add some tools and such you might want in the future. Also provide a way to view and even download the videos when not at home. Send large video through dedicated links and not have to have Google or others watching over your shoulders.

Got a chromebook? (I do, it is getting old and will likley not be supported in the future) I wanted to explore the options for upgrading the Chrombook with something that can be properly supported once my Chromebook will no longer be supported. I found the below. It can be used for those that want a cheap computer and use Linux for those that are watching the computer prices go sky high. For those that want to use LInux and like your Chromebook and want some features from LInux. Keep in mind that Chromebooks are based on Linux and there is a way to access and use LInux in your Chromebook (I don't have that infromation here. ) You want to make sure you have a reasonably strong chromebook. Doesn't have to be as strong as your gaming laptop but stronger than the most cheapest Chromebook as you will be pulling in more data and using more memory. THis is someone that I have followed and watched. I enjoy her content and so far she hasn't led me wrong.

Need some portable secure computng? I knew about Puppy Linux but now heard about Slax. It can be loaded entirely in ram. It is designed to run on a thumb drive (or dvd if you are that old school) https://www.slax.org/ There is a versoin that is based on Debian which is the same OS that Linux Mint uses. Note: I haven't tried it (yet) Interesting

NexusMods earning the hate, YET AGAIN.

https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/4-reasons-linux-mint-best-184517555.html

I'm so sick of the fake introverts and people who claim to have mental illness on Youtube. It's seriously disgusting how these people profit off of making content like this. They try to be cute about it when it's not.

I'm 20 hours into this game, and I just learned that you can drag bodies.

Jodi will enjoy wearing this.

Unreal is a far better engine than Lamebryo. Right now Shift Up Studio (Stellar Blade) and Metal Star Studio (The Killing Antidote) are proving why western devs are utter shit. They both make sexy female protagonists and are unapologetic about it. And they embrace the mod scene. They both don't care about nude mods created for their games. Bethesda has long turned into a corporate pleasing maggot.

Perfect. I'll take a stab at one after I'm done with my next Skyrim outfit.

Just pasting this here to take a look at it later.

Besdies the bilionairs screwwing the public, your governor and mayor's are doing the same with the real estate taxes. Insane taxes. In democratic states they are struggling to come up with ever more imaginative taxes they can give the public so they can take that money and give it to those that don't contribute or in fact, likely aren't even citizens.

I've had runs where I was literally redlining on health and I went to pop some pain pills to heal my health only for a zombie to smack me from the back and the pill bottle was flung from her hand. It's brutal on extreme but mad fun.

That was pure badass.

She needs to "gleen" how stupid she is. All she needs to do is watch videos where lawyers, politicians and pretty much everyone has had to correct her stupid mistakes time and time again.

Yo Man! You killiin' women's right to be lazy ass, high body count Ho!!! But seriously. The arguments I've heard for abortion are abolutely absurd and dehumanizing. Guns don't kill ppl. Ppl kill ppl.

This isn't "Linux" but something that likely will be appreciated by those that have Linux. It is a program that will set up a USB drive to be able to easily have as many ISO's as you desire. Linux, Windows, Mac, Raspberry Pi and various tools. There are some other formats that Ventoy supports as well. In general, if it boots from the drive like when you install an OS, you should check to see if it works with Ventoy. I have dozens of OS's and a tool or two on my setup and have used it for some testing and a recent installation of a Linux on one of my testing laptops. It worked flawless. I know some in the tech field, and they stated that Ventoy is good for this as well, and recommended it. (there are other tools as well that do similar things as well) Ventoy is easy to set up. Download that program and then install Ventoy on the drive. It will erase the entire drive and set up a partition that you can drag and drop the ISO etc. into and once you properly unmount the drive (to make sure nothing got corrupted as it was still transferring data) you can plug into a computer set up the to boot to the drive and see a listing of the various options you have to install or use (in the case of a tool) https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

(@18:50) It looks like GamersNexus is moving toward Linux. Windows Recall was the best advertisement for Linux, but the decision-makers at Microsoft are too blind to see it.

I installed everything with Bottles. SKSE, BodySlide, FNIS all worked. I could have used Mod Organizer 2, but I prefer to install mods manually. The only problem I had was the way Kubuntu handles folders. Kubuntu (and other Linux distros I assume) allows two folders to have the same name if the first word in one folder is uppercase and the first word in the second folder is lowercase. This broke some mods, but once I realized what the problem was, I moved all the files to the appropriate folders and the rest was smooth sailing.

Finally got a modded Skyrim running on Linux.

Going to duel boot? If so .... nice! On a different subject.... How to remove windoze bloatware... https://www.ninjaone.com/blog/how-to-find-remove-bloatware-from-windows-11/ The article above is wrong... Step 1. Install Linux over your Windoze OS Step 2. Your done, Windoze bloatware is gone. Enjoy a PC that doesn't nag you, install software you don't want and is more secure along with FREE software you can use to do most of the work you need to do. (provided you don't need a professional app that isn't available for LInux. For that VM or duel boot) LOL

I am not stating that they didn't have some secret sause that the general public doesn't have. There are reports of issues with Photoshop using some of the tools provided. I don't know about 3dmax etc. Now I haven't done emulators as my laptops are work laptops not graphics powerhouses so I haven't experimented with it yet. However, you might check thisi out for your PS3 emulation There are lots of emulators freely available to run various consoles and games. There are also many roms however, some might be ... shady not techincally legal but depends on where you are and such. I doubt your Russian friends were too concerned with copy write laws lol If you have an old computer laying around give it a try. You might not have the power to run the stuff but you can play with it and gain confidence and then decide if you want to get serious. As I understand it doesn't take much to do PS3 games. Update on my Kubuntu system. It is still pretty good. It is on the old laptop and running fairly well even the Snaps which are told to be slow and crap is running decently. No major problems yet. Other than an issue with a program that I never used before so the problem could be between my fingers and keyboard. eventually I plan on getting one of those mini computers or build one dedicated to my Linux gaming experience. (mostly for the emulators to play DOS and other games) as I have a dedicated windoze computer for my regular gaming (no need for the proton and other tools. However, perhaps if and when Steam ever gets officially released for the general public I might change it. I can also with some work have a duel boot and have both on it. Not sure if I want to do that. I had issues in the past playing around with my gaming computer and had to fix mods and games constantly which took me away from my gaming sessions. Now I don't even spend much time modding as it is to have to screw around with it. Currently partially setup Fallout games and TES games still need to set up various frameworks and of course texture mods (god they make horrible characters. Dam NPCs got hit with the ugly sticks) The main one that I am using is Sims 4 (yep Kendo I know what you just called me reading this lol) It is because it is the most stupid easy game to mod. Eventually I will setup both WW and DD (of course different mod folders which are renamed ) AT least that was the plan. Enough of that. This is a LINUX thread! Oh to anyone that is interested (and would require a bit of work) but useful for those that know all the programs they want to use. Kubuntu has an option to load a light version when installing it. None of the extra software. I personally found the software they give reasonable but if you have specific needs or desires you can install them afterwards on a clean light system. Next step (when I get off my lazy ass) is to install Linux on an external drive (usb c) and then setup it the way I want (perfect no personal data) then just use that as a base to update and install on all my computers lol. Also could be used for a fast system recovery since it is simple to run Linux on a external drive no windows restrictions there.

@ritualclarity Do you use bottles? I've got some really old Windows games on discs that I want to play again, and I'm curious if I can use this. Run Windows in a Bottle

Bazzite example of OS and a simple build. Cheap and functional. No Windoze tax. https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/Installation_Guide/

Well. For thsoe that don't know three are three main systems in Linux. They use the same Kernel but have some slight command differences. They use different I'd say names but the format is thte same. Hard to explain. Example sudo apt update is Debian. sudo pacman update is Arch. I don't remember what Fedora/Red Hat does. There are different ones than the ones I mentioned above but the three are the main ones. The ones that a newer person should stick with until they really know better or have a really specific case need to use something else. The commands mentioned above is a simple command you use to update your system. Note: this updates the programs and OS that you have from my understanding. sudo apt upgrade is a command where you get the newer version of the apps and such. Big difference especially for Arch . There are versions that last a set number of years like Windows and there are rolling releases that constantly give you the newest and greatest. Rolling releases can cause problems as something might not be fully updated or there might be an unknonwn or a know issue that they are working on. Not a problem for someone that can roll back easily but can be a pain for someone that isn't that good with linux. There are also immutable OSs that you update the entire OS (small download) when there is an update. You use sandboxed apps and if there is any problem there is a simple command and you can roll back to a previous OS edition. Think about Windoze when it gives you a major update that has a version number. When it fucks things up. You have to go in and dig through and find out which part screwed your OS. With a immutable OS just one command and reboot later and you are off to the races. I have used Silver Blue from Fedora. It was quite good and I only moved to Mint as i could'n't use some of the apps I needed (without layering. That is another whole thing something you shouldn't need to get into and actually not advised by the developers. There is alot of information on this ont he web. Way better explainations that I have given.