If you want a novel but obsolete portable storage format, you could check out MiniDiscs. You’d need a working recorder that supports Hi-MD for data storage.
I believe them to be more reliable than Zip discs, though I no data to back that. But still, it’s 20+ year old equipment with mechanical components, so equipment failure is just a matter of time.
Working recorders can also be a bit pricey.
I ditched Fedora because I didn’t like the way the wind was blowing. I mention because despite having a bias against Redhat, I agree with most of the sentiment in the comments. I don’t think the future of Fedora is in any kind of jeopardy and if you’re happy with the distro, you should keep using it.
Thanks! I gave it a read.
I’m curious what’s on it. I’d guess it’s just a storage device with an antivirus and some system cleanup utilities. And enforces it’s restriction by storing a timestamp of when it was used.
I put in a low effort search trying to find out. Saw a couple of YouTube videos that might say, but not in a position to watch those right now. Also found a reddit thread asking the same question but the comments wouldn’t load. Gave up at that point.
Until they want to play a multiplayer game with their friends, that doesn’t work because of Anti-Cheat
It’s my understanding that anti-cheat CAN work in Linux and does with some games. The point is still valid of course. If a specific game someone wants to play doesn’t work, that’s going to be a frustrating experience. But still I foresee the percentage of Linux gamers will continue to grow. And gaming companies increasingly making sure to use anti-cheat software that does work with Linux, as that market share is becoming too large to ignore.
Death Stranding
I’ve hated tofu every one of the few times I’ve tried to prepare it. Undoubtedly because I’m doing something wrong. And it’s just OK when I have it at a restaurant. But this looks and sounds pretty good and straightforward. I’ll give it a shot!
The 3b just has USB 2, so even with slow spinning rust, that’s going to be a bottleneck. But it’s probably still plenty fast as a remote storage device for media storage.
Edit: said I didn’t know OP’s use case but in re-reading they did say. Edited accordingly.
I don’t speak from personal experience, but it’s my understanding you can do this with an active (as opposed to passive) ps2 to USB adapter. Should be compatible with pretty much any ps2 keyboard.
Missed opportunity!
Indeed it is!
Fair point. I dislike competitive multiplayer games. Also why I don’t encounter anything with anti-cheat, as that’s the primary (maybe only?) type of game it’s used for.
But absolutely an important consideration for those that do like competitive multiplayer.
My personal experience gaming solely on Linux for about two years is a 100% success rate running Windows games. Mind you I don’t play anything that has anti-cheat. And maybe 85%-90% without needing to fiddle with anything.
I feel like I was aware of this (much time has passed), but I think it’s something we discovered by trying it out of curiosity.
I was aware of this, but I think it’s something we discovered by trying it out of curiosity.
Risk is also a factor re: self hosting.
Those concerns are what stop me. Because I otherwise think I’d enjoy hosting a little corner in the fediverse.
My kneejerk response to this was negative. “Oh, another distro spinoff”. But I read the article and the front page of their site. It feels to me it’s trying to be to Fedora what Mint is to Ubuntu. And I hear good things about Mint.
While I take issue with both base distros (Ubuntu, Fedora). I’m also of the opinion that Fedora is better, relatively speaking. So, maybe this has more of a place than I initially thought.
For those like myself who hadn’t heard of GoToSocial and are curious what it is but don’t want to watch a video, it is as you might guess an ActivityPub based microblogging platform. With a focus on smaller instances capable of running on low end hardware. According to their site, anyway. https://gotosocial.org/
A search of the comments didn’t turn up any mention of seedboxes. So I’ll throw that hat in the ring as an option.
Not a redundancy option, but I also had my routing setup go in to a bad state while traveling which was a hassle.
I solved this by setting up nightly reboots while away. Both my routing PC and modem are rebooted by smart switches (zwave/ZigBee) controlled by home assistant. Which means they’ll operate without a working network. The routing PC is set to shutdown one minute before the smart switch turns off, and set to boot automatically when power is restored (smart switch turns back on). Which avoids any issues with hanging on a reboot.