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noob404 · January 2025

@BasToTheMax said:
Anyone using KDE Plasma as desktop? (me)

Too resource intensive for my liking

BasToTheMax · January 2025

@Beniskickbutt said:

@BasToTheMax said:

@noob404 said:
Anyone else watching Squid Game? Lots of weird theories going on around the Web.

Me. Watched episode 5 a few days ago.

no spoilers pls

No spoilers are bad

noob404 · January 2025

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:
Anyone else watching Squid Game? Lots of weird theories going on around the Web.

no spoilers here pls!

Oh no never. I'd never do that

BasToTheMax · January 2025

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:
Anyone using KDE Plasma as desktop? (me)

Too resource intensive for my liking

What would you use instead then?

noob404 · January 2025

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

That's years or decades away

They have a chance with windows 12!

That they are gonna fumble. Completed that sentence

chitree · January 2025

@BlazinDimes said:

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Hope you guys got your daily entries in for https://lowendbox.com/blog/racknerd-winter/

Thanks for the reminder noob!

Just fulfilling my duty.

Thank you, sir.And the community is proud to have you for it

Anytime, dude. It just increases your chances of winning.

I'm really optimistic about this next giveaway.We had a lot of winners in here

Let's hope we get some new ones. I really wanna win the NVMe as well.

Where is an NVMe drive being given away?

RackNerd's Winter Giveaway Includes an Awesome Grand Prize! Wow! And they have deals, too...

oh yeah, the evil gleam

chitree · January 2025

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@BasToTheMax said:
Using 65 MB disk haha.
Idk why it added swap ram tho.

Htop screenshot on idle please

here you go!

Dayummmm.... Under 100MB. Might be time to switch to Alpine.

Yeah. Most resource efficient linux distro!

And it's geared towards higher security too

I love this OS.

noob404 · January 2025

@BasToTheMax said:

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:
Anyone using KDE Plasma as desktop? (me)

Too resource intensive for my liking

What would you use instead then?

LXDE or XFCE. Wanna try JWM next. Don't get me wrong. KDE looks the best among all though.

BasToTheMax · January 2025

@chitree said:

@suut said:

@chitree said:

@BasToTheMax said:

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:
Using 65 MB disk haha.
Idk why it added swap ram tho.

Htop screenshot on idle please

here you go!

Dayummmm.... Under 100MB. Might be time to switch to Alpine.

Yeah. Most resource efficient linux distro!

And it's geared towards higher security too

I love this OS.

Alpine on top!

noob404 · January 2025

@chitree said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@chitree said:

@noob404 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:
Hope you guys got your daily entries in for https://lowendbox.com/blog/racknerd-winter/

Thanks for the reminder noob!

Just fulfilling my duty.

Thank you, sir.And the community is proud to have you for it

Anytime, dude. It just increases your chances of winning.

I'm really optimistic about this next giveaway.We had a lot of winners in here

Let's hope we get some new ones. I really wanna win the NVMe as well.

Where is an NVMe drive being given away?

RackNerd's Winter Giveaway Includes an Awesome Grand Prize! Wow! And they have deals, too...

oh yeah, the evil gleam

The social media issue still aitn fixed for you?

JohnnySac · January 2025

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@noob404 said:

Oh yes. I have heard theya rent supposed to be for anything major, but they are good for smaller projects.

yeah i think energy usage is a big standout for them too

Yup. Arm though is changing

Raspberry pi is my only exporsure to developing on ARM

Min eis my Android box. Never seen an RPi in real life.

They have buckets of them at some stores in the US. If you can find a microcenter they are bountiful but hard to find a microcenter

I love MicroCenter! That's where I get all my Pi's from.

They need to open more locations. Replace all best buys with microcenters and the world will be a better place

Hell yes! MicroCenter blows BestBuy out of the water.

chitree · January 2025

@BlazinDimes said:
Maaaaan I was just looking at the New Years 2021 thread, it's only 112 pages! Look how far we've come!

It's not clear if it's an accomplishment or not

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@noob404 said:

Yup, the fact that Apple would just have you buy their newer version rather than just swap the RAM sticks out makes people think that hardware today is just that fragiel

Isnt pretty much everything soldered in there?

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@chitree said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

RACKNERD HYPE CREW FOR GIVEAWAYS!

Is the Chef still cooking or too many posts for him to share any cooked items with us all?

Still may be cooking! you never know what he is up to

noob404 · January 2025

@JohnnySac said:

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@noob404 said:

Oh yes. I have heard theya rent supposed to be for anything major, but they are good for smaller projects.

yeah i think energy usage is a big standout for them too

Yup. Arm though is changing

Raspberry pi is my only exporsure to developing on ARM

Min eis my Android box. Never seen an RPi in real life.

They have buckets of them at some stores in the US. If you can find a microcenter they are bountiful but hard to find a microcenter

I love MicroCenter! That's where I get all my Pi's from.

They need to open more locations. Replace all best buys with microcenters and the world will be a better place

Hell yes! MicroCenter blows BestBuy out of the water.

When it comes to parts, ig. But I guess bb also has some good offers on laptops from time to time. So does walmart. I might be wrong though

BasToTheMax · January 2025

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:
Anyone using KDE Plasma as desktop? (me)

Too resource intensive for my liking

What would you use instead then?

LXDE or XFCE. Wanna try JWM next. Don't get me wrong. KDE looks the best among all though.

I don't run heavy stuff on my laptop so i'll just let KDE use that. KDE has a really good user experience. I will probably install LXDE on my old laptop (only 4 GB ram) because currently it's really slow on that.

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@noob404 said:

I'd love to code that

When you get started on it, spread the word here when its ready and we'll support it!

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@noob404 said:

Strictly against idling whenever I can.

I see. Thats a good thing! Wasteful to the resources!

noob404 · January 2025

@chitree Does Alpine full installation come with OpenRC or similar service manager?

BasToTheMax · January 2025

@Beniskickbutt said:

@chitree said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

RACKNERD HYPE CREW FOR GIVEAWAYS!

Is the Chef still cooking or too many posts for him to share any cooked items with us all?

Still may be cooking! you never know what he is up to

Maybe he's cooking some giveaways

chitree · January 2025

@BlazinDimes said:

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@noob404 said:
Good morning, everyone. What did I miss?

Good morning noob!! Welcome back!

Thanks dude. BlazinDimes was reliving his glory days.

I was, yes.

But then I got a letter from the chef himself.

What did chef send you!?

@noob404 said:

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@noob404 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:
Good morning, everyone. What did I miss?

Good morning noob!! Welcome back!

Thanks dude. BlazinDimes was reliving his glory days.

I was, yes.

But then I got a letter from the chef himself.

What'd he say?

He said he's been extremely busy and that he hopes to join us soon! Keep up the HYPE!

RACKNERD-GANG

o, that's great news!

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@noob404 said:

@BasToTheMax said:

@noob404 said:
Anyone else watching Squid Game? Lots of weird theories going on around the Web.

Me. Watched episode 5 a few days ago.

So 2 more episodes? BTW seems like S3 is coming out this year

oh maybe thats what i was thinking of ! Season 3 coming soon, not 2

BasToTheMax · January 2025

@noob404 said:
@chitree Does Alpine full installation come with OpenRC or similar service manager?

yes openrc is installed by default

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@noob404 said:

He says they are $10 cheaper than MSRP at MC

yeah thats a good deal indeed!

noob404 · January 2025

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

Yup, the fact that Apple would just have you buy their newer version rather than just swap the RAM sticks out makes people think that hardware today is just that fragiel

Isnt pretty much everything soldered in there?

Not sure anymore. Even Asus, MSI and Lenovo have started that undesirable practice on their lowend laptops of late

JohnnySac · January 2025

@noob404 said:

@JohnnySac said:

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@JohnnySac said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

Oh yes. I have heard theya rent supposed to be for anything major, but they are good for smaller projects.

yeah i think energy usage is a big standout for them too

Yup. Arm though is changing

Raspberry pi is my only exporsure to developing on ARM

Min eis my Android box. Never seen an RPi in real life.

They have buckets of them at some stores in the US. If you can find a microcenter they are bountiful but hard to find a microcenter

I love MicroCenter! That's where I get all my Pi's from.

How much do they cost at MC?

Usually $10 less than MSRP. So a RPI 5 8GB is $69.99

Those are good prices, if I am not wrong. They cost much more here

Yeah they have surprisingly good prices for a brick and mortar store. The best part is I can drive 15 minutes and get one locally. Like last Christmas (Dec 2023) when RPI 5 was back ordered until like March everywhere online, I was able to grab an RPI 5 a few days before Xmas.

I try to buy anything I can from MicroCenter instead of online to hopefully help them stay in business.

That brings me to this. Doesn't MC have any kinda online presence at all?
I have the habit of checking US prices just for fun every time I get some tech here locally in India. Blows my mind every time seeing how cheap they are in the US.

Yes you can order stuff online also to be shipped: https://www.microcenter.com

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@chitree said:

No, Alpine is it's own distro.
More info on the Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux

ah interesting. Just through it was another one stripped down!

noob404 · January 2025

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

Strictly against idling whenever I can.

I see. Thats a good thing! Wasteful to the resources!

Yup, would rather donate it

Beniskickbutt · January 2025

@noob404 said:

Oh yah. Now I remember. Been some years having watched the TS series of movies.

it did come out long ago, animation in it didnt age well

dustinc · January 2025

@noob404 said:
RackNerd's on fire! 3 months of multiple giveaways!!

Hi @noob404 -- You bet we're on fire! We love to keep the party going, and the energy high. 🔥🔥🔥

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