All I want for Christmas is... DEALS! - [2024 Christmas Megathread]

ehab

@ralf said:

@FrankZ

r3k

Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

admax

Rigged!

gbzret4d

@plumberg said:

@beanman109 said:

@beanman109 said:

1225. 🎅 WebHorizon Ryzen Singapore VPS Giveaway! 🎅 Missed out on the last two? Here's your last chance!

Two lucky winners will get a 1C1G VPS free for a year from WebHorizon in SGP

---

To enter just thank this comment & quote/reply with the keyword MERRY-XMAS-WEBHORIZON

Account must be created before the 1st of December 2024 to be eligible.

The giveaway will close in 1 hour from now at 12:47PM EST 26/12/2024 and the two winners will be drawn shortly afterwards via random.org list selection.

Thanks so much to @Abd from WebHorizon for all the giveaway goodies to giveaway over this Holiday season! Goodluck everyone and Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full spec for those curious:

Ryzen KVM 1GB
1 AMD Ryzen™ 9000
1GB DDR5
10GB NVMe
1TB BW per month
Free for 1 Year then $3.00 USD / Monthly

Congratulations to both @gbzret4d and @knightblizs on winning the WebHorizon VPS Giveaway!

I'll send you both a DM shortly with instructions on how to get setup with your free Singapore VPS for a year!

Thanks to everyone who joined in and a BIG BIG THANKYOU to @Abd and @webhorizon for these free servers to giveaway for LET to enjoy!

🎅 Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full draw:

No one will ever recover from the rigging here...

Smh

itsTomHarper

@ralf said:

@mandala said:

@Blembim said:
+1 After troublesome setting up with Windows Dualboot. Arch is yet so far so good. i haven't got a problems gaming here too! thanks to proton.

I did some pacman -Rsc on the wrong chain i guess? it delete bluetooth and some KDE meta

Windows may mess with the boot partition after an update. If running Windows bare metal isn't a must (for casual Windows software only, no need to use BT or printer for example), you can use KVM and passthrough the GPU if necessary. The drawback is that it will cause you even more headache from fixable or unfixable problems long term if you choose VFIO passthrough, is complicated if you have only one GPU and CPU doesn't have integrated GPU, near native performance but still not native,... but you can flex harder on top of being an Arch user.

But the real gamer uses LFS.

I haven't got round to it yet, but my plan is to virtualise my windows on my new machine, passing through igpu, one of the 2 network ports (plus a virtual net so it can talk to other vms), TPM plus WiFi, one of the nvme and hopefully also a USB bridge.

The general idea was so that the VM was as close as possible to bare metal so I could dual boot into either windows or windows+VMs and have windows think the hardware was essentially unchanged when in VM apart from a couple of devices missing.

But no idea how that's going to work out yet.

Good luck passing through the iGPU, especially on anything older than 6th-gen Intel. I tried on an i7-4770, and it was a real pain to get it working, even partially

Saragoldfarb

@itsTomHarper said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@itsTomHarper said:

🥁 DRUMROLL 🥁

THE WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY PACKAGE #1 IS:

Congrats @Saragoldfarb. Please DM me for further instructions.

P.S let me know if you want to give it away to someone else, I'll spin the wheel again.

Next wheel spin after a couple of games in RL. BRB

Rigged!

Oh, fuck off. Respinning the wheel anyway. Honestly, I spun the wheel twice, and your name kept coming up again and again. I’ll have to remove your name and spin it again now.

Good to know. Back in a bit. Buying meself some lottery tickets again.

Blembim

Thanks @Abd and @beanman109 for Malaysia-Singapore friendship pact. free for 1st year!

itsTomHarper

@plumberg said:

@beanman109 said:

@beanman109 said:

1225. 🎅 WebHorizon Ryzen Singapore VPS Giveaway! 🎅 Missed out on the last two? Here's your last chance!

Two lucky winners will get a 1C1G VPS free for a year from WebHorizon in SGP

---

To enter just thank this comment & quote/reply with the keyword MERRY-XMAS-WEBHORIZON

Account must be created before the 1st of December 2024 to be eligible.

The giveaway will close in 1 hour from now at 12:47PM EST 26/12/2024 and the two winners will be drawn shortly afterwards via random.org list selection.

Thanks so much to @Abd from WebHorizon for all the giveaway goodies to giveaway over this Holiday season! Goodluck everyone and Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full spec for those curious:

Ryzen KVM 1GB
1 AMD Ryzen™ 9000
1GB DDR5
10GB NVMe
1TB BW per month
Free for 1 Year then $3.00 USD / Monthly

Congratulations to both @gbzret4d and @knightblizs on winning the WebHorizon VPS Giveaway!

I'll send you both a DM shortly with instructions on how to get setup with your free Singapore VPS for a year!

Thanks to everyone who joined in and a BIG BIG THANKYOU to @Abd and @webhorizon for these free servers to giveaway for LET to enjoy!

🎅 Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full draw:

No one will ever recover from the rigging here...

Smh

coping intensifies

plumberg

@itsTomHarper said:

@plumberg said:

@beanman109 said:

@beanman109 said:

1225. 🎅 WebHorizon Ryzen Singapore VPS Giveaway! 🎅 Missed out on the last two? Here's your last chance!

Two lucky winners will get a 1C1G VPS free for a year from WebHorizon in SGP

---

To enter just thank this comment & quote/reply with the keyword MERRY-XMAS-WEBHORIZON

Account must be created before the 1st of December 2024 to be eligible.

The giveaway will close in 1 hour from now at 12:47PM EST 26/12/2024 and the two winners will be drawn shortly afterwards via random.org list selection.

Thanks so much to @Abd from WebHorizon for all the giveaway goodies to giveaway over this Holiday season! Goodluck everyone and Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full spec for those curious:

Ryzen KVM 1GB
1 AMD Ryzen™ 9000
1GB DDR5
10GB NVMe
1TB BW per month
Free for 1 Year then $3.00 USD / Monthly

Congratulations to both @gbzret4d and @knightblizs on winning the WebHorizon VPS Giveaway!

I'll send you both a DM shortly with instructions on how to get setup with your free Singapore VPS for a year!

Thanks to everyone who joined in and a BIG BIG THANKYOU to @Abd and @webhorizon for these free servers to giveaway for LET to enjoy!

🎅 Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full draw:

No one will ever recover from the rigging here...

Smh

coping intensifies

These have helped me through the numerous giveaways in the past month or so.

On the 4rd bottle (450+ downed so far)

Dunno how long I can take it man

ralf

@r3k said:
Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

Awwwww, I thought you thanked my post because of my erudite wisdom and sage commenting.

itsTomHarper

@ralf said:

@r3k said:
Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

Awwwww, I thought you thanked my post because of my erudite wisdom and sage commenting.

🤣

beanman109

dont gamble

all that rigged giveaway karma paid off

ehab

its time

ralf

@itsTomHarper said:

@ralf said:

@mandala said:

@Blembim said:
+1 After troublesome setting up with Windows Dualboot. Arch is yet so far so good. i haven't got a problems gaming here too! thanks to proton.

I did some pacman -Rsc on the wrong chain i guess? it delete bluetooth and some KDE meta

Windows may mess with the boot partition after an update. If running Windows bare metal isn't a must (for casual Windows software only, no need to use BT or printer for example), you can use KVM and passthrough the GPU if necessary. The drawback is that it will cause you even more headache from fixable or unfixable problems long term if you choose VFIO passthrough, is complicated if you have only one GPU and CPU doesn't have integrated GPU, near native performance but still not native,... but you can flex harder on top of being an Arch user.

But the real gamer uses LFS.

I haven't got round to it yet, but my plan is to virtualise my windows on my new machine, passing through igpu, one of the 2 network ports (plus a virtual net so it can talk to other vms), TPM plus WiFi, one of the nvme and hopefully also a USB bridge.

The general idea was so that the VM was as close as possible to bare metal so I could dual boot into either windows or windows+VMs and have windows think the hardware was essentially unchanged when in VM apart from a couple of devices missing.

But no idea how that's going to work out yet.

Good luck passing through the iGPU, especially on anything older than 6th-gen Intel. I tried on an i7-4770, and it was a real pain to get it working, even partially

It's AMD 8945 something, apparently it's possible. I just got too busy in the last 2 weeks and didn't get round to trying yet.

Saragoldfarb

@ralf said:

@r3k said:
Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

Awwwww, I thought you thanked my post because of my erudite wisdom and sage commenting.

Cope. Cope hard.

suut

@beanman109 said:

@beanman109 said:

1225. 🎅 WebHorizon Ryzen Singapore VPS Giveaway! 🎅 Missed out on the last two? Here's your last chance!

Two lucky winners will get a 1C1G VPS free for a year from WebHorizon in SGP

---

To enter just thank this comment & quote/reply with the keyword MERRY-XMAS-WEBHORIZON

Account must be created before the 1st of December 2024 to be eligible.

The giveaway will close in 1 hour from now at 12:47PM EST 26/12/2024 and the two winners will be drawn shortly afterwards via random.org list selection.

Thanks so much to @Abd from WebHorizon for all the giveaway goodies to giveaway over this Holiday season! Goodluck everyone and Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full spec for those curious:

Ryzen KVM 1GB
1 AMD Ryzen™ 9000
1GB DDR5
10GB NVMe
1TB BW per month
Free for 1 Year then $3.00 USD / Monthly

Congratulations to both @gbzret4d and @knightblizs on winning the WebHorizon VPS Giveaway!

I'll send you both a DM shortly with instructions on how to get setup with your free Singapore VPS for a year!

Thanks to everyone who joined in and a BIG BIG THANKYOU to @Abd and @webhorizon for these free servers to giveaway for LET to enjoy!

🎅 Merry Christmas! 🎅

Full draw:

Congratulations to both @gbzret4d and @knightblizs
2/31

itsTomHarper

@Saragoldfarb said:

@ralf said:

@r3k said:
Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

Awwwww, I thought you thanked my post because of my erudite wisdom and sage commenting.

Cope. Cope hard.

mandala

@itsTomHarper said:
I am dual-booting Windows and Arch. Always set the EFI boot to GRUB (or whatever bootloader you installed with Arch) to prevent Windows from messing it up.

I let it boot into Windows bootloader because I use Windows more. I just realised I can set GRUB to automatically boot into Windows when there's no user input instead of Linux.

fitkoh

@ralf said:

@fitkoh said:

@ralf said:

@fitkoh said:
3GB 50HD $3.50 year pm me

Is this a bait and switch for your "special party"?

Absolutely yes
(Edit) I have no idea what I just agreed to

You've forgotten about your domain win already? 😮

No not at all. Hence the party.

brueggus

Where's @SilverCreek ?

Saragoldfarb

@brueggus said:
Where's @SilverCreek ?

In the pub. He sends Reguards

itsTomHarper

@mandala said:

@itsTomHarper said:
I am dual-booting Windows and Arch. Always set the EFI boot to GRUB (or whatever bootloader you installed with Arch) to prevent Windows from messing it up.

I let it boot into Windows bootloader because I use Windows more. I just realised I can set GRUB to automatically boot into Windows when there's no user input instead of Linux.

Ya grubtimeout set it to 1 or something and sett the default selection to windows. Even if your windows bootloader completely gets borked, at least you'll have a shell to do something

r3k

@ralf said:

@r3k said:
Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

Awwwww, I thought you thanked my post because of my erudite wisdom and sage commenting.

I might have... but you’ll never know.

Saragoldfarb

Tag me if something interesting drops. Roaming around the forum for a bit for deals.

beanman109

Okay dealszz now??

Saragoldfarb

@beanman109 said:
Okay dealszz now??

Wait a min...

beanman109

@Saragoldfarb said:

@beanman109 said:
Okay dealszz now??

Wait a min...

im the giveaway guy i dont have deals im looking for dealszz

itsTomHarper

@beanman109 said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@beanman109 said:
Okay dealszz now??

Wait a min...

im the giveaway guy i dont have deals im looking for dealszz

So who am I, takeaway guy?

beanman109

@itsTomHarper said:

@beanman109 said:

@Saragoldfarb said:

@beanman109 said:
Okay dealszz now??

Wait a min...

im the giveaway guy i dont have deals im looking for dealszz

So who am I, takeaway guy?

i'll take a double quarter pounder thanks

ralf

@r3k said:

@ralf said:

@r3k said:
Okay, I just finished thanking every comment in this thread (i think).
My fingers are killing me..
kthnxbie

Awwwww, I thought you thanked my post because of my erudite wisdom and sage commenting.

I might have... but you’ll never know.

Oh, I know! There was none of that in any of them!